PRATT INSTITUTE
Brooklyn, USA
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Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was founded in 1887 by American industrialist Charles Pratt. Pratt has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1950, and the film program has been registered since July 1972. Comprised of six schools, each of which is an umbrella for multiple fields of study (School of Architecture, School of Art, School of Design, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, School of Information, and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies), the Institute is known in particular for its programs in architecture, graphic design, interior design, fashion, industrial design, and film/video. The curriculum at Pratt strives to blend theory and practice, and weaves creative studio work with critical reflection on social impact. It is a dynamic approach that challenges students to reach their full potential to think and to make, to lead and to collaborate, and evolve continually above all.
Presenter
Kara Hearn
Kara Hearn is an interdisciplinary performance-based video artist and since 2019 the chair of the Film/Video Department at Pratt Institute. Her work has been screened, exhibited, and performed at MoMA, SFMOMA, The Bluecoat Gallery, Arquipélago Contemporary Art Center, DiverseWorks, New Orleans Museum of Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, White Columns, Berkeley Art Museum, and Walker Art Center. She is a member of the video cooperative Temp.Files and received an MFA from UC, Berkeley, an MA from San Francisco State and a BA from UC, Santa Cruz.
