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2017 Telling Untold Histories Unconference

Action 3:13 PM
Thursday, May 11 from 9:00 Am- to 4:30 Pm Rutgers University-Newark, 350 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, NJ Telling Untold Histories is New Jersey’s annual unconference that looks for human stories yet to be told. We explore these histories and ask why some stories remain untold. How can the community members who lived these histories shape how museums, historic sites, libraries, and schools tell...
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Martha Wilson: Activist History Teach-In

Discussion 3:09 PM
Wednesday, April 26 From 6:00 - 9:00 The 8th floor, 17 West 17th Street, NY Performance artist Martha Wilson, founder of Franklin Furnace, will lead a “teach-in” with a selection of activist artists from the 1960s to the present, looking at the history of performance art as protest to consider which methods and strategies remain effective in today’s political climate. Click here to RSVP...
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A Conversation Between Claudia Rankine & Dionne Brand

Announcement 3:06 PM
Tuesday, April 25 6:00 - 7:00 PM Brand Hall Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, NY This event is central to the political climate in the United States as of now. The two women speaking are advocates for the Caribbean feminist front. These earlier conversations featured authors thinking through their engagements with the Caribbean and its diaspora and their experiences as women writing in and about the region. Click...
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Submit your Poetry!

Announcement 3:16 PM
Academy of American Poets: Student Poetry Prize Deadline: April 20 DEADLINE EXTENDED - submit up to 3 original unpublished poems to the Acamemy of American Poets' annual campus poetry contest at Pratt. Place your cover info (name, permanent address, age, major, year and poem title/s) and 3 copies of your poem/s in the mailbox of Prof. Liza Williams in the North Hall 1st floor...
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"No Bans On Stolen Lands" Teach-In

2:50 PM
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Thesis Presentations

Announcement 2:40 PM
Critical And Visual Studies Thesis Reading Wednesday April 19 5:30 - 8:00 Pm Main Hall Room 210 The seniors will be presenting their year long thesis projects. Come to be enlightened on the topics of Cuban identity and  politics, historical preservation, and concepts of nature within city environments.  Critical & Visual Studies All Events Are Free And Open To Public   Pratt Institute   200 Willloughby Avenue...
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Discussion: The 217 Whitney Biennial and Controversy

Activism 7:39 PM
What’s Wrong with this Picture? Lets discuss. Wednesday, April 19th 5:30-7:30pm  Higgins Auditorium 018 The 2017 Whitney Biennial has sparked recent debate and controversy by exhibiting Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket” painting of Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 - August 28, 1955), an African American teenager lynched at age 14 after being falsely accused of flirting with a white woman. Who has the right...
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Preservation Conversations: Breathing Lights

Announcement 1:00 PM
Breathing Lights is an art instillation that will illuminate the windows of hundreds of vacant buildings in  Albany, Schenectady, and Troy. Come Join in a conversation about the instillation! This event will take place on  Monday, April 3, from 11:00am to 1:00pm At the Alumni Reading Room, Pratt Library, Brooklyn Campus Read more about the instillation here.  Critical & Visual Studies .All Events...
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The Trump Agenda vs. Pluralism: Analysis and Resistance

Action 3:00 PM
This is a series taking place at Pratt's Manhattan campus. It will address the anxiety associated with the new administration, as well as analyze the first 100 days of its implementation.  Come join to further your personal understanding of the cards at hand, and what we can assume is the future of our country.  Mar 31 / Apr 07 Room 213, Pratt Manhattan Campus 144 West...
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Sam Feder: A Face For Queer and Trans Media

Action 12:13 PM
Image from DCTV Language and Film: Currents in Queer and Trans Media presents Sam Feder. Sam is the director of Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger, 2014. A talk will take place and we will be able to see the research for Feder's upcoming feature Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen.  Come join, refreshments will be provided!  Current in Queer & Trans...
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Unbanned: A day of Philosophy, Poetry, Politics & the Arts

Action 12:02 PM
New York based artists, philosophers, and writers from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Syria are being invited to give presentations to showcase their stance and what occupies their minds. Monday, March 27 from 10:00am to 9:00pm The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, NY This event will be live streamed at www.thesegalcenter.org  click here for more information. Critical & Visual Studies All Events...
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Wallabout Film Festival: Support Student Work!

Critical & Visual Studies 11:53 AM
The 9th Annual Wallabout Film Festival: For Students, By Students Save the Date: Thursday, April 20 Kickstarter Campaign Deadline: Friday, March 31 Since 2009, students from Brooklyn, NY’s Pratt Institute have organized the annual Wallabout Film Festival, an event that showcases student short films from the Pratt community, other New York City area schools, and institutions from around the world. This year’s event, the 9th Annual...
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