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MFA Pop-Up Exhibition installation for Open Studios / Open Fields, November 8, 2025, at Dock 72. Photo: Dylan Bosch

April 6, 2026

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CAMPUS EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions Opening Today, April 6!

BFA Drawing Thesis Week 1

DeKalb Gallery

Opening Reception Monday, April 6, 5-7pm

On view April 6-10, Monday - Thursday from 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12pm

Exhibiting Artists: Donovan Jackson, Carol Li, and Eme Tuttell

BFA Painting Thesis Week 2

Steuben Gallery

Opening Reception Monday, April 6, 5-7pm

On view April 6-10, Monday - Thursday from 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12pm

Exhibiting Artists: Jen Chen, Mishal Junaid, Sophia Konstantin, Sunah Nash, Ravit Yonah Pearlman, Morvens Regis, Thalia Renaker, Sofia Paloma Rodriguez, and Maya Sofer Sherman

Coming Soon: Opening Monday, April 13. . .

BFA Printmaking Thesis

Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery

Opening Reception Monday, April 13, 5-7pm

On view April 13-20, Monday - Saturday, from 10am-5pm

Exhibiting Artists: Abigail Amdur, River Barajas, Alicia Li, Audrey Whitehead, and Tingyu Xu


BFA Drawing Thesis Week 2

DeKalb Gallery

Opening Reception Monday, April 13, 5-7pm

On view April 13-17, Monday - Thursday from 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12pm

Exhibiting Artists: Hannah Jackowitz, Giovanna Lisa, and Janine Olshefski


BFA Painting Thesis Week 3

Steuben Gallery

Opening Reception Monday, April 13, 5-7pm

On view April 13-17, Monday - Thursday from 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12pm

Exhibiting Artists: Hannah Estrin, Alexandra Anna Kampyli, Nasir Khaled, Katherine Lambert, Mary Miller, Tony Moreno, Roach, Jaden Story, and Paris Vestal


For full information on all Fine Arts thesis exhibitions, check out Pratt Shows.

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1: Double Take Two currently on view at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1: Double Take Two Opening Reception, March 30, 2026, at Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard, photos by Dylan Bosch

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the opening reception for the first of our two MFA Thesis Exhibitions this spring! If you weren't able to make the opening, there's still time to check out the exhibition during Gallery Viewing hours this Monday - Friday from 12-6pm. Information on how to visit the exhibition is below. Register today!

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1: Double Take Two

Curated by Alessandra Gómez

On view March 30 - April 10

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard


Exhibiting Artists: Q Ayodele, Jack Catlett, Phoebe Kalm Choi, Shuyi Chen, Lisa Giordano, Joris van Helmond, Sammi Levine, Jiyoon Koo, Nawon Kim, Farrell Mason-Brown, Ben Miller, Tiffany Marie Miller, Lo Smith, Shonobi (Samson Shofoluwe), Wei Yuan Wang, Ryan Zogheb, and Leon Zhan


Registration is required to visit the exhibition during Gallery Viewing Hours.

REGISTER FOR GALLERY HOURS

Save the date for MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 2: Ghost Light

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 2: Ghost Light

Curated by Alessandra Gómez

Opening Reception Monday, April 27, 6-8pm

On view April 27 - May 8, Monday - Saturday, 12-6pm

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard


Exhibiting Artists: Julie Jewon Huh, Jay Guo, malu laet, Yongxi (Vivian) Lin, Minjee, Marie Moeller, Jessi Olarsch, Caroline O’Grady, Morgan O’Connell, Sefa Ozdogan, Hannah Law, Tanvi Shaha, Ry Watkins, Rainy Yuchen Wei, Nessa Yang, and Zheming (Jennings) Yang


Registration is required to attend the Opening Reception and visit the exhibition during Gallery Viewing Hours.

RSVP FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION
REGISTER FOR GALLERY HOURS

TOMORROW, April 7, 2026

Chloë Bass & James Hannaham in Conversation

Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 6-7:30pm

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard


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

CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Eventbrite closes at Noon EDT on April 7, 2026.

Coming up. . .

Louis Fratino & James Hannaham in Conversation

Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 6-7:30pm

Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard


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

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 7

Eventbrite closes at Noon EDT on May 5 2026.

"In Conversation" events are organized with support from the Pratt Writing Department.

Back for Spring 2026: BIG DAMN PRINTS

Interested in printmaking and like to think BIG? Fine Arts' Printmaking Area's annual Big Damn Prints event is back Tuesday, April 21 from 10am-4pm. See mega-woodcuts plein air printed with a steamroller on the Grand Walk between Pantas & Steuben!

Big Damn Prints, April 22, 2025, photo by Jennie Tang

Presence of Origin: An Exhibition Symposium

Conversations on print, pedagogy, legacy, Africa, and music 

Tuesday, April 28 at 10am

Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Study Center


Organized by EFA RBPMW in partnership with Pratt Fine Arts

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT

FACULTY, ALUMNI, & STUDENT EXHIBITIONS

MFA alum Sharmistha Ray solo exhibition Cosmopoiesis (or The World in Many Verses) at Nature Morte, New Delhi, India


MFA alum Xiangjie Rebecca Wu exhibition A Room Rehearses Its Own at Latitude Gallery


Assistant Chair of Fine Arts and MFA alum Mark Gens featured in exhibition Geometry: The Shape of Things at Site:Brooklyn Gallery


MFA alum Allen Ball solo exhibition Forest Lane at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Gallery


BFA alum Lisa Corinne Davis solo exhibition Tangible Tale at The Mayor Gallery


BFA/MFA alum Robert Sagerman featured in Cris Worley Fine Arts' booth at Dallas Art Fair

Assistant Chair of Fine Arts and MFA alum Mark Gens included in Emerging Artists 2026 online at dodomu gallery


BFA alum Jason Karolak at Sharpe-Walentas Open Studios April 18-19


Faculty and MFA alum Nat Meade on Sound and Vision Podcast, Episode 521


Book launch and signing event at The Corner Bookstore for About, Above, Around: 50 Prepositions written by Mark Mayer and illustrated by MFA alum Jason Stopa


MFA alum Chao Wang exhibiting at Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair with Arts Gowanus at Powerhouse Arts and The Other Art Fair in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

AWARDS, EVENTS, & REVIEWS

Faculty Curtis Mitchell solo exhibition Erased de Clowning at Alex Berns Gallery reviewed in The Brooklyn Rail and in Tussle Magazine


MFA alums Dana Marie Bullock and Monica Srivastava part of Fifth Cohort and BFA alum Caledonia "Swoon" Curry Distinguished Artist in Residence at Silver Art Projects

Studio/Gallery Manager and MFA alum Taylor Bielecki article "Nat Meade Franklin at Hesse Flatow: reflection, transience and hope" in Tussle Magazine, review of Faculty and MFA alum Nat Meade solo exhibition


MFA alum Shivani Mithbaokar awarded The UC Berkeley South Asia Artist Prize for 2026

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, & OPPORTUNITIES

2027 Artist Residency at Wassaic Project

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