Pratt Fine Arts Newsletter September 28, 2026

2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, March 30 - May 8, 2026, Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photos by Dylan Bosch.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

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CAMPUS EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Fall Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS) Artist Talks

TOMORROW! VALS Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Zoë Pulley

Tuesday, September 29, 6-7:30pm

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Free and open to the public. Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend.

Eventbrite closes at Noon ET on September 29, 2026.

Save the date!

VALS Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Mev Luna

Tuesday, October 27, 6-7:30pm

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Free and open to the public. Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend.

REGISTRATION OPENS OCTOBER 1

Eventbrite closes at Noon ET on October 27, 2026.

Support for VALS is generously provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation, to whom we are very grateful.

FINAL DAYS! Projects Archive in DeKalb Gallery closes September 30^th

Projects Archive

August 24 - September 30, 2026

Open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

DeKalb Gallery, Main Brooklyn Campus

Organized by 2026-27 Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Kamau Amu Patton.

Projects Archive presents a survey of project documentation of community and site-engaged works from over the course of Kamau Amu Patton’s career. The projects included in this survey articulate the broad range of work and working practices Patton has deployed over the years. Read more. . .

FACULTY, ALUMNI, & STUDENT EXHIBITIONS

Photo: Amy Lemaire

Faculty Nicolas Touron and MFA alum Amy Lemaire on view in Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures at New Bedford Art Museum through October 11

MFA alum Na'ye Perez and BFA alum and trustee Mickalene Thomas included in group exhibition Crowns in Bloom: Celebrating Hair in Contemporary Art at Amika

Faculty eri king solo exhibition Fingers Crossed on view at One River School, Larchmont, NY

MFA alum NH DePass upcoming exhibition Nicolo at SCAD Museum

MFA alum Matt Kleberg presented at the 2026 Armory Show, September 24-27, by Berggruen Gallery

MFA '27 candidate Marja Saleva participated in New York Art Book Fair 2026

MFA '28 candidate Kay Moon included in Principle Material at the 37th Annual Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST)

Photo: Morgan Porpeglia

MFA alum Megan Porpeglia participated in 2026 Newburgh Open Studios this past weekend

Faculty Alex Strada's exhibition Public Address now on view across the Bronx and (upcoming) the Bronx Museum

Faculty and MFA alum Yasmeen Abdallah participated in Art in Odd Places: Utopias Performance Art Festival on September 26

MFA alum Audrey Anastasi and MFA '27 candidate Paige Warmington included in group exhibition EXCLAIM! at BWAC Gallery

MFA '27 candidate EHwang included in group exhibition BLANKNESS at A Space Gallery

BFA alum Eva Robarts solo exhibition A Trip To The Coast at Berthold Pott Gallery

MFA alum Kirsten Batten-Leach solo exhibition Catalyst Carrier at A.I.R. Gallery

MFA '27 candidate Shaan Rao included in Best by 07/21/2026 residency-then-exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery

MFA alum Will Hutnick exhibiting in duo exhibition My Heart Like a Kick Drum at Kenise Barnes Fine Art

Faculty Carlos Motta solo exhibition Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz

Retired faculty and MFA alum John Monti included in group exhibition A Legacy of Making: 29 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Their Italian Heritage at Hunterdon Art Museum

Faculty Nicolas Touron upcoming solo exhibition Nature Digitale at the Centre Céramique Contemporaine de Giroussens opening October 3

AWARDS, EVENTS, & PRESS

Photo: Irvin Tepper, It’s the Busy, Worrying Mind that Keeps Us from Acting with Animal Grace, 1983, porcelain, 5.5" x 8" x 8"

Faculty Irvin Tepper guest lectured at the Kansas City Art Institute September 12 as an honored alumni

BFA alum Taisha Carrington selected for 2026-27 St. Elmo Arts Residency Fellow in the Visual Arts Center and Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin

Faculty Alex Strada's Public Address covered in Hyperallergic "NYC’s Shelter Population Speaks Out in Public Art Project"

MFA alumni Elle Gillette and Xiangni Song featured in Prattfolio "Curating Connection in Unexpected Spaces"

MFA alum Jennifer Mack-Watkins awarded Fall 2026 New Futures Award at inaugural The Other Art Fair Atlanta, presented by Saatchi Art

Illustrations by David Gothard

Faculty and BFA alum David Gothard illustrations published in Wall Street Journal pieces "The AI Future is for Everyone" and "Pause AI for Humanity's Sake"

MFA alum Brian Napier's work in SPRING/BREAK Art Show highlighted in the Wall Street Journal

BFA alum William T. Williams featured in fall 2026 Art in America "Icons" issue

BFA alum Taylor Reese participated in Byrdcliffe Open Studio day on September 26

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, & OPPORTUNITIES

The Raia Project $50,000 sponsorship and exhibition opportunity for emerging artists (left)

National Arts Club Artist Fellowship

Visual Artist AIRspace Residency at Abrons Arts Center

Art Omi Dance, Music, and Architecture Residencies

Studios at MASS MoCA residency program

NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program