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2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, March 30 - May 8, 2026, Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photos by Dylan Bosch. |
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OCTOBER 26, 2026
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CAMPUS EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS |
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TOMORROW: Visiting Artist Lecture Series Artist Talk
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VALS Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Mev LunaTuesday, October 27, 6-7:30pm Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Free and open to the public. Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend. |
| REGISTER HERE TODAY
| Eventbrite closes at Noon ET on October 27, 2026. |
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RSVP Now! Open Studios / Open Fields
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Open Studios / Open Fields: An Artist Resource Fair
Saturday, November 7, Noon-6pm Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard Organized in collaboration and with support from MoMA's Public Engagement Department.
A one-day event to engage with MFA artists, experience a pop-up exhibition of their work, and connect with nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting artists.
Learn more about Open Studios / Open Fields and related programs here.
Free and open to the public. Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend. |
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Save the Date: Block Party exhibition in DeKalb Gallery
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Block PartyOn view November 9-20 Opening Reception Monday, November 9, from 5-7pm DeKalb Gallery
Organized and led by Swati Piparsania, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design, in partnership with Matthew Murphy and Meredith Stein of LAND, in collaboration with Sam Vernon, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute
Block Party is a collaborative block-printing exhibition bringing together artists from LAND Studio & Gallery and the Pratt community. Situated at the intersection of creative art therapy, printmaking, and industrial design, the exhibition features original prints created using 62 custom woodblocks, which serve as both craft objects and functional art-making tools.
Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend the opening event on November 9. |
| REGISTER TO ATTEND THE OPENING RECEPTION
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New York City Jewelry Week returns to Pratt!
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Pratt x NYCJWNovember 16-22, 2026 Opening reception Monday, November 16 in Steuben Gallery from 6:30-8:30pm Steuben Gallery & Brooklyn Campus Library
NYC Jewelry Week (NYCJW) is an annual week-long celebration that invites a global audience to experience the world of jewelry in NYC, with exhibitions and free programs—including artist talks, walkthroughs and tours, and panel discussions—across NYC. |
| CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE AND REGISTER FOR EVENTS
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NEW! Speech Acts Podcast Episode 4 Now Streaming
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Kamau Amu Patton at Fulton Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2023 (courtesy of the artist) |
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Kamau Amu Patton, Light Atmospheres: Saint Andrews Park at Night, 2023, digital photo (photo courtesy of the artist) Kamau Amu Patton |
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Speech Acts is the podcast of Pratt Fine Arts’ Project Third (P3). Each semester, a faculty member sits down with artists, curators, and cultural producers whose work engages deeply with social, political, and community-based issues. These conversations explore practices that defy traditional categories, experiment across disciplines, and respond to the urgent conditions of our time.
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Announcing Storm Ascher as 2027 MFA Thesis Curator
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Storm Ascher, photo by Andre Uncut | We are delighted to announce the curator of our 2027 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Storm Ascher!
Storm Ascher is an independent curator, writer, and founder of Superposition Gallery and the Hamptons Black Arts Council (HBAC). She holds a BFA in Visual & Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts (2018) and an MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute and Claremont Graduate University (2020), and was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Art & Style in 2022. Founded in 2018, Superposition Gallery is a nomadic curatorial platform that challenges gentrification through a socially conscious approach to contemporary art and the use of borrowed spaces. Featuring more than 100 artists across multidisciplinary practices and cultural backgrounds, the gallery has presented site-specific exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and internationally. In 2023, Ascher founded HBAC, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and advancing the legacy of Black art institutions on Long Island’s East End. Through advocacy, acquisition development, fundraising, public programming, and education, HBAC supports Black art organizations, expands contemporary art collections, and strengthens institutional infrastructure.
Prior to founding her organizations, Ascher worked with LAXART under Hamza Walker, David Lewis Gallery, Marciano Foundation, and Sprüth Magers. Her curatorial projects include collaborations with the Eastville Museum, Phillips New York and Los Angeles, Southampton African American Museum, UBS Global Art, and OOLITE Arts in Miami. She serves on the Contemporary Council of Art21, the Young Patrons Board of FREE ARTS NYC, the Advisory Board of Inversion Art, the board of Rose House Residency, and the Core Committee of The Circuit, a Black arts coalition. She also serves on the steering committee of the Art Basel Women’s Wealth Summit with Unlocked Foundation and UBS. As an independent writer and art critic, Ascher has contributed to Cultured Magazine, TiltWest, Widewalls, and Galerie Lelong. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, W Magazine, Hyperallergic, Artsy, and The Miami Times. She has also been recognized by Artsy’s The New Generation of Black Women Gallerists and the Dan’s Papers Power List of the East End.
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