Office of DEI

🚨 Just 2 days away! Join us for the campus-wide launch of Perspectives: Dialogue As A Design Tool ✨We Are Pratt: Meeting This Moment Dialogue expands creative freedom—together we design the conversations that shape our future. 🗓️ Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 2:30-4:30 PM 📍 Center for Equity & Inclusion Perspectives is designed to help our community sharpen essential skills: ✨ Creative problem-solving ✨ Building deeper connections ✨ Leading with responsibility in a complex world #WeArePratt #CampusDialogue #PrattPerspectives #DialogueAsDesign #PrattInstitute

🗣️✨ Join Pratt's Critical Conversations Series! Have an idea for a thought-provoking event or discussion? Pratt Critical Conversations is accepting program submissions! This ongoing series explores diverse cultural contexts, activism, civil discourse, and academic engagement, creating space for meaningful dialogue and collective learning. 🔗 Learn more and submit your proposal at www.pratt.edu/criticalconversations. Let's come together to learn, share, and build a more inclusive and informed campus community. #PrattCriticalConversations #PrattDEI

APPLY TO THE 2026 SCHOOL OF ART STUDENT EXHIBITION! 🔗 Link in bio to apply! Pratt’s School of Art Dean Jorge Oliver is pleased to invite all School of Art students to submit their work for consideration to be included in a group exhibition curated by Pratt alum Rachel Vera Steinberg (BFA Fine Arts, Drawing ‘08) and artist and writer Avram Finkelstein. The exhibition will take place in August and September 2026 in Steuben Gallery, in partnership with Pratt’s Department of Exhibitions and in collaboration with the Department of Fine Arts, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Alumni Relations, the Learning Access Center, and Pratt Presents. The 2026 School of Art annual student show invites reflection on disability, access, and the diverse ways people relate to their minds and bodies. Submissions are open to all Pratt School of Art students, including undergraduates, graduate students, and the Class of 2026. The exhibition will feature work engaging with themes of access, disability, and neurodiversity, including visible and invisible disabilities, mental health, chronic illness, sensory, cognitive, emotional, and mobility experiences, and conditions shaped by environment and context. You are not required to label or disclose any diagnosis or identity to submit to this exhibition. We hope you will consider applying and look forward to creating a platform for expansive dialogue between various experiences and perspectives within the Pratt community. The exhibition is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your work and build a relationship with professional curators and artists in the context of a group exhibition. We look forward to seeing your work! Thank you for applying! @prattcei @jorgeaoliver @prattinstitute @prattfineart @prattdigitalarts @prattfilm_video @prattphotography @pratt_associate_degrees @pratt_cel @prattarted @prattalumni @prattexhibits @pratt.dei

Pratt Tennis wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year!🧧 Follow for more @pratttennis #happynewyears #lunarnewyear2026 #newyearwishes

Blackness in/as Excess explores Black identity as being multidimensional and intersectional, encompassing a multitude of complex experiences — visually and theoretically pushing the boundaries of form. The exhibition is open now until February 27th in the Student Union. Full details at the link in bio. Video by Hayoung Jung, MArch ‘26

Black History Month is a time to recognize the important works, accomplishments, and innovations of Black Americans. Here, those achievements reach far and wide. Learn more about our alumni's successes at the link in bio.

Blackness in/as Excess centers Black identity in all its depth, contradiction, and brilliance. Join us for the opening reception and spend the evening in community, reflection, and celebration. 📅 Feb 4 | 6–8 PM 📍 Student Union, Pratt Brooklyn 🖼 Exhibit runs Feb 4–27 🍴 Light bites by The Soul Spot Co-sponsored by the School of Art, the Center for Equity & Inclusion, and the Office of Student Involvement.

🎉 Big congrats to our second-round raffle winners! THANK YOU for completing your Perspectives journey! 🎉 Ready for your shot at the next $50 Visa Gift Card? Wrap up all six lessons by Dec. 12, 2025. Let’s keep the learning rolling. #WeArePratt #CampusDialogue #PrattPerspectives #DialogueAsDesign

We’re excited to share that 𝙀𝙭𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 has been featured on Pratt News! 📰✨ Read the full story through the link in bio! Presented at the Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, this exhibition brought together 16 students and recent alumni whose work explores the queer aesthetic and the LGBTQIA+ experience. The exhibit was curated by @prattinstitute alums Olli Toppeta (History of Art and Design ‘22) and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill (History of Art and Design ‘23), with guidance from faculty supervisor @cassilsartist , Associate Professor of Sculpture and Integrated Practices in Fine Arts. Through painting, sculpture, film, photography, and performance, the artists engaged in dialogue around visibility, intimacy, transformation, and the power of community. We’re proud to see this exhibition and its artists recognized for their thought-provoking and heartfelt work. 💛 #PrattSchoolOfArt #PrattInstitute #ExquisiteRelations @jorgeaoliver @prattfineart @prattphotography @prattfilm_video @prattdigitalarts @prattarted @prattexhibits @prattcei @prattalumni

Ceremony. Story. Earth. Join us for Ceremony as Witness, an evening of cacao, film, and reflection led by Mapuche storyteller Daniela Miranda (Antüpewma). Together we’ll explore how ritual, art, and storytelling guide us toward justice and connection. 📅 Nov. 5th | 🕕 6–8 PM | 📍 Student Union Hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Land Circle, in partnership with the School of Art, Academic Senate, Office of DEI, Office of Student Involvement, and the Indigenous Student Union. #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateJustice #PrattCommunity #CeremonyAsWitness

⭐️Dialogue Tip: Ask to understand—not to respond. When we listen with curiosity instead of preparing a comeback, conversations shift from debate to genuine inquiry— and that’s where insight begins! Perspectives Launches October 22, 2025 #PrattPerspectives #DialogueAsDesign #CampusDialogue

💡 Dialogue As A Design Tool: Complex challenges call for curiosity, ingenuity, and collaboration. The Perspectives Program equips Pratt problem-solvers to design conversations that move us forward — together. Perspectives Launches October 22, 2025 #WeArePratt #CampusDialogue #PrattPerspectives #DialogueValues #DialogueAsDesign