BAP is excited to welcome our summer 2023 PreCollege Scholars to campus!
Meet Javen, Mikayla and Bianca.
All three New York City residents were awarded based on their enormous artistic talent and we can’t wait to see their presentations at the end of the program.
Please join us on Tuesday, April 11, 6:30 PM in Higgins Hall, 61 St. James Place, Brooklyn, for a presentation by alumna, author and award-winning photographer Marilyn Nance in conversation with professor Tiffany Smith. buff.ly/3KkAce7
Curated by Constanza Valenzuela, BFA Fine Arts ’17, “Corpus: Landscapes of Memories and Eternal Sprouting” features work by students as they explore the complex and fragmented Latine/@/X identity.
Now on view through September 30 at The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery.
Students & Staff gathered for fun, food, and friendship at the BAP Student Welcome Social on Tuesday afternoon. The annual event, sponsored by The Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is always a good time.
Ready to make a difference at Pratt? This #PrattGivingDay, support BAP, or any fund that means the most to you, and help us reach our goal of 240 gifts today. Your gift will help bring our students' dreams to life: buff.ly/3IzDEij
Meet alumna Cheryl D. Miller, MFA ’85, artist, award-winning graphic designer, professor, lecturer and activist widely known for her work in decolonizing graphic design and her influence to end the marginalization of BIPOC designers. @cdmillerfineartbuff.ly/3qofqBo
Black History is Pratt History! Meet Joseph Cuillier III, MFA Communications Design ’14, is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of @theblackschool, an artist-initiated experimental art school teaching radical Black history and art.
#BlackHistoryIsPrattHistory#prattalumni
.@PrattInstitute. was represented on @marcandmyrashow’s tribute to Andre Leon Talley. Alumna @CorynneCorbett guest hosted, and Prof. Adrienne Jones and BAP supporter @audreysmaltz were panelists. The episode airs again tonight at midnight and Wed at 10PM. buff.ly/3HjlLUO
All classes will shift to remote delivery for the first two weeks of the spring 2022 semester. Campus conditions are “amber” now through January 30. More Info: bit.ly/3EWwt1O
Big congratulations to @PrattInstitute alum and BAP supporter David Pilgrim. He’s just joined @VaynerMedia. As group creative director David “will collaborate with the department leads in an effort to ramp up VaynerMedia’s highly crafted, innovative work across platforms.”
Jerome Byron, BArch ‘10, is featured in the March issue of Architectural Digest. The article focuses on his cedar-clad, experimental guesthouse in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, completed in summer 2020. #prattbap#prattinstitutebit.ly/3uOrJrc
Black History is Pratt History! Black History is BAP History! Today we highlight some milestones of BAP’s first ten years. Did you attend any of these events? Post an image and tag us. #PrattBap30#BlackHistoryMonth
We celebrate the history of donor support to Pratt students
and publicly thank you all through the voices of BAP scholars. The BAP Endowment was established in 1997 with a gift from the late Brooke Astor, and has surpassed $3 million over the life of the fund. #PrattBap30
Repost from @prattinstitute. While a student at Pratt, Peggy Dillard-Toone, BFA Merchandising and Fashion Management ‘77, made history as the second African-American model on the cover of Vogue. Her August ‘77 cover would be the first of three Vogue covers.
Brooklyn leader and community organizer Elsie Richardson, BA Humanities ‘72, worked for six decades in Central Brooklyn advocating for civil rights, housing and community development. Read more about her on our Instagram: bit.ly/3boNbu0
ALT Elsie Richardson with #ShirleyChisolm @BedStuyRestoration