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Engagement, Culture & Community

Video: I’ll Explain It Again If I Must… by Graduate Student Mx. JP Anne Giera

Graduate student Mx. JP Anne Giera (M.F.A. Performance and Performance Studies ’18) challenges perceptions in this short, powerful video performance about the trans body and identity. An emerging trans-femme, non-binary performance practitioner and academic, Giera seeks to use…

Engagement, Culture & Community

The Art of Protest: What Role Do Artists Play as the Agents of Change?

The recent political climate has spurred a proliferation of artist involvement in expressions of protest and resistance, from banners and signs used at the Women’s March on Washington to works shared on social media or displayed in more conventional museum…

Engagement, Culture & Community

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Expands Diversity-Related Initiatives to Foster Equity and Inclusion

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is expanding its initiatives related to creating an inclusive and equitable community at the Institute with the establishment of diversity planning committees, new staff hires, a new Center for Equity and Inclusion, and a new area on Pratt’s…

Engagement, Culture & Community

Women of the World Poetry Slam Tournament and Festival Held on Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus

The 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWps), a poetry tournament and festival, was held on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus from March 9-12. Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) brought WOWps to the Pratt campus as part of her fieldwork residency…

Engagement, Culture & Community

Diversity Takes the Spotlight at the Oscars

Film/Video Chair Jorge Oliver speaks out on the 2016 Academy Award nominations and the Oscars diversity controversy. Why is the issue of diversity at the Oscars getting so much attention this year? It is surprising that, for the second year…

Engagement, Culture & Community

Pratt Presents Panel Spotlights Influential Women in Art during Art Basel Miami Beach

{exp:slideshowpro id=”838″ type=”album”} A large audience gathered to attend the Pratt Presents panel discussion, “Women of Influence in the Business of Art,” which was held during Art Basel Miami Beach at the EDITION Hotel. The December 3 event featured…