Undergraduate Fine Arts

The Fine Arts major at Pratt offers a deep and sustained dialogue between imagining and making; conceptual development and mastery of means; the world of the studio and the studio of the world. Combining deep study in the student’s chosen field of practice—Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Integrated Practices, Printmaking, or Jewelry 500 Internal Server Error

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The Program’s Structure, B.F.A. in Fine Art

First-year students take the Foundation Studio Core curriculum, along with core Art History (AH) and Liberal Arts (LAS) courses, and begin the major curriculum in the fall of the second year. While continuing with their required AH and LAS coursework, second-year students pursue more focused courses in Drawing and Life Study, as well as in their chosen areas of emphasis, whether Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, or Jewelry. Third-year majors take more specialized and technical courses in their areas of emphasis as well as LAS and AH upper-level electives. Throughout the three years of the major, students take required Fine Art Seminars that address social, historical and critical issues in contemporary art.

In addition to their required courses, majors have 16–22 open credits to pursue additional courses (even minors) in liberal arts/art history, in other Fine Art areas, or in other departments at Pratt such as Photography, Film-video, Art Education, Digital Arts, and Communications Design. The senior year is particularly focused on developing a body of work for exhibition in the spring semester and various departmental electives in professional practice help students prepare their portfolios and make a realistic plan for managing their careers and approaching funders, galleries, residency opportunities, and employers.

Elective courses might include traditional media such as charcoal drawing, bronze casting, etching and ceramics, as well as topics in new media, design disciplines, and contemporary conceptual genres. Students are encouraged to plan unique course combinations by pairing requirements with electives that amplify their emerging studio practice. The last two years of study at Pratt lead to focused aesthetic directions, developing those skills required to realize them professionally. All Fine Arts majors produce a thesis project in their final year, culminating in a public exhibition of their work on the Pratt campus.

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Remembering @prattinstitute alumna @beverly.pepper 🌟 Repost from @brooklynrail • Beverly Pepper (1922–2020) was a sculptor who worked at a scale and for a timeline that was larger than life. Art historian Barbara Rose wrote a touching tribute to Beverly’s legacy as a monumental artist, personality and friend.⁠ ⁠ “Since the ancient Greeks, there have been Amazons, women warriors who fought with strength and valor with men or against...

We are relocating the Fine Arts Office! #onthemove #wehavepermission #really #notaheist 😏 “Bloody Hell” pennant by MFA’18 @maurayabish (🇬🇧 #bloodyhell is not rude - just FYI!) 🙂 Big shout out to the Public Saftey crew who are still on campus making sure all is safe and secure and to the facilities crew who are cleaning the entire campus #thankyou 🙂 Campus is now closed to all, grounds included. But, we will be BACK! 🙂 @soa...

MFA Alumn @salman.toor 🌟 Salman’s solo show @whitneymuseum was to open yesterday, very sad that at least for now we will not be able to experience his wonderful work in person - but we can read about it thanks to @atrasities 🙂 Repost from @christopherylew • If you’re looking for some stay-at-home reading check out @atrasities’s illuminating essay on @salman.toor’s painting practice that is now posted on @whitneymuseum’s website....

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MFA Alumn @salmantoor 🌟 Salman’s solo show @whitneymuseum was to open yesterday, very sad that at least for now we will not be able to experience his wonderful work in person - but we can read about it thanks to… //www.instagram.com/p/B9_rMYilqnV/?igshid=ptg1f385kveg

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