Announcement: Stress Relief Day November 18

Stress Relief Day!!!
This Thursday, Nov. 19, 09 from 12-3pm.
Free Massages!
Free Pet Therapy Dogs to cuddle!
Beading for Relaxation
A Free Raffle!
No Name Cafe, Willoughby Residence Hall

Sponsored by Health & Counseling, and Athletics

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Announcement: President's Lecture with Renowned Artist Eric Fischl on Thursday, December 3

STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND FRIENDS PLEASE JOIN PRESIDENT THOMAS F.
SCHUTTE FOR A LECTURE BY RENOWNED ARTIST ERIC FISCHL ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER
3 AT 6 PM IN MEMORIAL HALL AUDITORIUM / RSVP REQUIRED

"How Painting Died"

In 1881, Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. This act of self-mutilation was
not considered art. He made a painting about it: a self-portrait with a
bandaged ear. That is considered art. In 1971, Chris Burden had himself
shot in the arm. His performance of self-mutilation was considered art. The
photo documentation about it is not considered art. How did this
transformation happen in nearly 100 years of avant-garde thinking?

Eric Fischl has had numerous solo and group exhibitions. His paintings,
sculptures,
drawings, and prints are represented in many public and private
collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of
American Art; The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; The Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles; Louisiana Museum
of Art, Denmark; and Muse Beaubourg, Paris. Fischl is a Fellow of both the
American
Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 / RSVP REQUIRED
LECTURE AND DISCUSSION, 6PM
Pratt Institute, Memorial Hall, Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Avenue
Reception to follow in the Pratt Gallery Caf

ADMISSION IS FREE, HOWEVER, CAPACITY IS LIMITED.
TO RSVP, PLEASE EMAIL EVENTS@PRATT.EDU BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

The lecture is made possible in part through the generous support of Robert
H. Thayer, Jr. and The Virginia Pratt Thayer President's Lecture Series
Fund.

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Announcement: Author Shelley Jackson to speak November 20 as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum

Author Shelley Jackson will read excerpts of her work and answer
questions as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum at 12:00 p.m., Friday, November
20, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus. The
lecture is free and open to the public.

Jackson is the author of the story collection The Melancholy of Anatomy,
the novel Half Life, and hypertexts including Patchwork Girl, My Body, and
The Doll Games.

The recipient of a Howard Foundation grant, a Pushcart Prize, and the 2006
James Tiptree Jr Award, she has also written and illustrated a number of
children's books, including The Old Woman and the Wave; Sophia, The
Alchemistgre's Dog; and the forthcoming Mimi's Dada Catifesto.

Jackson's stories and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies and
journals including Conjunctions, McSweeney's, The Paris Review and Cabinet
Magazine. In 2004, she launched her project SKIN, a story published in
tattoos on 2095 volunteers.

She is the co-founder, with artist Christine Hill, of the Interstitial
Library, and headmistress of the Shelley Jackson Vocational School for
Ghost Speakers and Hearing-Mouth Children.

Jackson teaches at the New School University and lives in Brooklyn.

Friday's forum with Shelley Jackson is curated by Nelly Reifler and Gina
Zucker, directors of Pratt's Writer's Forum, which is sponsored by The
Pratt Writing Program. For more information on Pratt's Writer's Forum and
to view upcoming speakers, visit http://mysite.pratt.edu/~fforum/.

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Announcement: November 12th Internet Outage - Update

As most of the community is aware, Pratt experienced an Internet
outage this past Thursday. It was started by a malfunction in equipment
operated by Pratt's Internet provider which in turn caused a series of
additional network problems both at Pratt and upstream in the provider's
network.

The service outage, which was scheduled between 6 and 9am, was finally
resolved shortly after 9pm through the efforts of Pratt IT staff, network
contractors and Pratt's ISP.

The initial, planned interruption was necessary so that Pratt's Internet
bandwidth could be increased from 100Mbps to 300Mbps. This operation was
successful and should relieve the effects of increased demand for bandwidth
at Pratt.

We regret any inconvenience caused by the extended outage and appreciate
your patience and cooperation.

Thank you,

Pratt IT

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Announcement: Artist Keren Cytter to Speak November 17 as Part of the 2009-2010 Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Visual artist Keren Cytter will speak at Pratt Institute about
her artwork, influences and career as part of the 2009-2010 Visiting
Artist Lecture Series, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, November
17, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Pratt Visiting Artist Lecture Series is an annual year-long series
organized by the Department of Fine Arts in the School of Art and Design
at Pratt Institute to welcome nationally and internationally recognized
fine artists to share their experiences with the Pratt community.

Berlin-based Cytter is an Israeli visual artist who will speak about the
methods, craft, and influences behind her films, writings, video
installations, and works on paper.

Cytter has exhibited extensively and internationally, throughout Europe
and the U.S., at The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New Museum
in New York; at the Tate Modern in London; the Noga Gallery of
Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv, Israel; and the CCA Center for
Contemporary Art in Kitakyushu, Japan. Recently, Cytter exhibited at X
Initiative in Chelsea and is currently participating in Performa 09.
Cytter's installations have been reviewed by ARTFORUM International and
Frieze, and were recognized in ARTFORUM International's "Best of 2007"
issue. Cytter was listed as number two in Flash Art's 2009 most
promising artists list.

Cytter received an Absolut Art Award in 2009, the Ars Viva Prize in
2008, and the Balise Art Prize in 2006 at Art Basel, Switzerland. She
was short-listed for the 2009 Nationalgalerie Prize for Young Art in
Berlin. Her acclaimed published works include the 2001 journal "Alexia,"
and Yesterday's Sunset (Shadurian, 2003). Cytter attended the Avni
Institute of Art and Design in Tel-Aviv and de Ateliers in Amsterdam. She
is currently represented by SCHAU ORT, formerly the Elisabeth Kaufmann
Gallery in Zurich, Switzerland and by Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art in
Tel Aviv.

Cytter is the final artist invited to speak as part of the fall program
of the 2009-2010 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The lecture series
continues with Olaf Breuning on January 26, David Salle on February 2,
and Elizabeth Neel on February 9. VALS is coordinated by graduate
students Yael Rechter and Elizabeth Stehling under the supervision of
Professor Dominique Nahas in the Department of Fine Arts.

For more information, please visit
http://prattartistsleague.com/wp/visiting-artists-lecture-series or
contact this year\'s Visiting Artist Lecture Series coordinators at
vals@pratt.edu.

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Announcement: H1N1 Vaccine Now Available at Health and Counseling

The H1N1 vaccine (in shot or nasal spray form) is now available at
Health and Counseling. The vaccine is free for all Pratt students.

You are highly encouraged to come to Health and Counseling for the
vaccine during our designated H1N1 vaccine clinics between 4:00 and
5:30, November 16 ? November 20 and November 23 - 25.
You may also use our regular medical walk-in hours for this purpose
(9:00 ? 11:00 and 1:00 ? 3:00 M ? Th and 10:00 ? 12:00 and 1:00 ?
3:00 F), but the wait is expected to be much longer during these
hours.

Due to the current shortage of the vaccine, only those faculty and
staff memebers fitting the following criteria are eligible to
receive the H1N1 vaccine at this time:
Pregnant women
All health care workers
Anyone 6 months through 24 years of age
Anyone 25 through 64 years of age who has an underlying health
condition that increases risk of severe illness or complications
from flu:
Asthma and other chronic respiratory conditions
Heart, kidney or liver disease
Hematologic diseases, such as sick cell anemia
Metabolic disorders, such as diabetes
Weakened immune system, from illness or medication
Neuromuscular disorders that interfere with breathing or the
discharge of mucus
Long-term aspirin therapy in people under 19
Anyone who lives with or cares for children less than 6 months old
We have not yet received our full stock of SEASONAL flu vaccine. We
will notify you when it becomes available, but in the mean time you
can obtain this vaccine from the NYC Department of Health?s
Immunization Clinics. Find a convenient location here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/imm/immclin.shtml

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Announcement: MFA Open Studios - Tonight and Sunday

Pratt Institute's Master of Fine Arts students cordially invite you to MFA Open Studios being held this evening Friday, November 13th from 5:00-9:00 pm and Sunday, November 15th from 1:00-5:00 pm at Pratt's Brooklyn campus.

Pratt's MFA Open Studios will consist of both an exhibition of recent works by the students as well as a chance to visit the artists' studios. The Pressure Print Collective at Pratt Institute will be holding a Graduate Print Sale, on view throughout the duration of Open Studios. Lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and more will be available for view and purchase.

The exhibition of over 100 works in painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, collage, printmaking, installation, video, and performance will be held in the Steuben Galleries (West and South) and Pratt Studio Galleries.

The graduate fine arts studios open to the public this weekend include Steuben, Pratt Studios, Cannoneer, ELG, East Hall, and the Student Union for printmaking.

Maps and catalogs will be available on site with information on the participating artists from Pratt's MFA program. For more information, please visit
http://prattartistsleague.com/.

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Announcement: Sustainable Fashion Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, opens November 19, 6 - 8 pm

PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY PRESENTS FIRST AMERICAN EXHIBITION TO
EXPLORE WAYS OF RETHINKING FASHION PRACTICES
Exhibition Deepens Understanding of Sustainability within the Fashion
System

"Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion"
November 20, 2009 - February 20, 2010
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Public Reception: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, November 19

Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present "Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable
Fashion," the first American exhibition to investigate the sustainable
practices of American fashion designers, many of whom are based in New
York City. The exhibition will run from November 20, 2009 through
February 20, 2010 and will be celebrated with an opening reception on
Thursday, November 19 from 6-8 PM. The exhibition and opening reception
are free and open to the public.

Ethics + Aesthetics" is guest curated by Francesca Granata and Sarah
Scaturro. Granata is a fashion theorist and independent curator who is
completing her Ph.D. in fashion history and theory at Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design, London. She also lectures at Parsons
The New School for Design. Scaturro is a textile conservator at the
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and adjunct instructor at the
Fashion Institute of Technology.

Granata and Scaturro conceived of "Ethics + Aesthetics" as a way of
building on established sustainable practices of using recycled,
renewable, and organic fibers and the employment of fair labor, while
deepening the public's understanding of what constitutes sustainability
within the fashion system. "While the concepts of recycling and using
organic materials are quite familiar in fashion, we are seeking to
broaden the definition of what constitutes sustainable fashion by
exploring ideas such as modularity, minimalism, and memory," said the
curators.

The curators have organized the exhibition around the themes of "Reduce,
Revalue, and Rethink" that reference the traditional ecological mantra of
"Recycle, Reuse, Reduce" while acknowledging the importance of aesthetics
within fashion design.

"Reduce" investigates how designers employ minimalist design as well as
innovative materials and pattern-making to promote garment versatility
and longevity through modular and reversible garments that employ
streamlined and multi-functional design. Among the designers who most
explicitly tackle these issues are SANS, a fashion company run by Lika
Volkova and Alessandro DeVito that is known for its sculptural and
modular silhouettes; Uluru, a sustainable clothing line by Caroline
Priebe that is inspired by innovative construction; Loomstate, a company
founded by Rogan Gregory and Scott Mackinlay Hahn that utilizes certified
organic cotton in its designs; and Bodkin, a sustainable women's
collection by Eviana Hartman that comprises modern, smart design.

"Revalue" underlines the importance of creating an emotional engagement
with the wearer by focusing on the materiality of clothes and their
ability to retain memory and history. Upcycling, wherein old clothing is
recycled in such as way as to add value, and handcrafting, in which the
hand of the maker is
visible, are two emerging areas of sustainable fashion that suggest ways
in which garments can become less disposable. Designers who explore this
area are 2009 Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund
finalist Alabama Chanin, a lifestyle company that focuses on creating
handmade products through a combination of new, organic, and recycled
materials; Susan Cianciolo, an independent fashion designer known for her
artistry, handcrafting, and use of cherished vintage textiles; and SUNO,
a workshop-driven line by Max Osterweis that produces colorful garments,
many from one-of-a-kind vintage African textiles.

"Rethink" questions the fashion cycle and its dependence on fast and
constant change by suggesting a paradigm shift in the way we think about
fashion. Artists such as Kelly Cobb, Tiprin Follett, Zo Sheehan Saldaa,
and Andrea Zittel, as well as the fashion line Slow and Steady Wins the
Race, promote a slower fashion tempo by suggesting alternative ways to
produce and consume fashion. Their practice fosters the creation of
meaningful networks and relations through clothing as well as challenging
the seasonality of the fashion trade.

The full color catalog is made possible by a generous grant from the
Coby Foundation, Ltd., a New York-based organization that funds projects
in the textile and needle arts fields. The majority of the Coby
Foundation's support goes to exhibitions and education programs that
combine excellent scholarship and effective interpretation. For more
information please visit http://www.cobyfoundation.org/.

The exhibition design was completed by current graduate interior design
students as part of the Exhibition Design Intensive course led by
Professor Jon Otis.

For more information, please call 212-647-7778 or email
exhibits@pratt.edu. More information on this and all gallery exhibitions
and events is available at www.pratt.edu/exhibitions. Follow Pratt
Manhattan Gallery on Facebook by searching "Pratt Manhattan Gallery" and
follow Pratt Exhibitions on Twitter at "PrattGallery."

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Announcement: Internet Services at Brooklyn Campus Temporarily Unavailable - November 12, 2009, 6-8am

On Thursday, November 12, 2009, from 6:00 am to 8:00
am, Pratt IT will be performing an essential upgrade to the Brooklyn
campus Internet service. To perform this work it is necessary to
temporarily interrupt Internet connectivity.

We appreciate your cooperation and please note that the service will be
restored as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Pratt IT

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Announcement: International Education Week

International Education Week will be from November 16 - 20,
2009, and Pratt Institute's Office of International Affairs invites you
to participate!
Pratt's International Education Week Schedule:

Monday 11/16: Lecture by Illustrators/International Travelers Betsy and
Ted Lewin.
12:30-2:00 pm, Library, Alumni Reading Room.

The Lewins are Pratt alumni who famous for their illustrated
children's books
which are often inspired by their international travels.

Tuesday 11/17: International Education Fair
12:00-2:00 pm, Pie Shop, Lower Level Main Building

Study Abroad Programs, Exchange Programs, International Groups and
Opportunities, Jazz Music, Free Food

Tuesday 11/17: International Open Mic Night
8:00 pm, Willoughby Hall, No Name Caf.

Thursday 11/19: Exchange Program Info Session
7:00-9:00 pm, Library, Alumni Reading Room.
Attending an info session is mandatory for anyone wishing to be an
Exchange
Student next year, FA 2010-SP 2011. There will be another info session in
January.

Friday 11/20: Free Belly Dancing Class
5:30-7:30 pm, Dance Studio in the Pratt Gym

Wednesday 11/24: Exchange Program Portfolio Review
12:00-2:00 pm, Career Services, East Hall, 1st Floor.

This is for students who plan on applying to the Exchange program and
will be juniors during the 2010-2011 school year.

For more information contact oia@pratt.edu

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Announcement: Artist Mary Kelly to Speak November 10 as Part of the 2009-2010 Visiting Artists Lecture Series

Artist Mary Kelly will speak at Pratt Institute about her
influences, artwork, and career as part of the 2009-2010 Visiting
Artists Lecture Series, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, November
10, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Pratt Visiting Artists Lecture Series is an annual year-long series
organized by the Department of Fine Arts in the School of Art and Design
at Pratt Institute to welcome nationally and internationally recognized
fine artists to share their experiences with the Pratt community.

Kelly has contributed extensively to the discourse of feminism and
postmodernism through her large-scale narrative installations and
theoretical writings.

Her recent exhibitions include "Documenta XII," Kassel; WACK! "Art and
the Feminist Revolution," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in
2007; the 2004 Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and
the 2008 Biennale of Sydney. She is the author of Post-Partum Document
(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983) and Imaging Desire (MIT Press, 1996).
Publications on her work include Mary Kelly, (Phaidon Press, 1997) and
Rereading Post-Partum Document, (Generali Foundation, 1999).

Kelly is professor of art at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Kelly is the fourth artist of eight invited to speak as part of the fall
program of the 2009-2010 Visiting Artists Lecture Series. The series is
coordinated by graduate students Yael Rechter and Elizabeth Stehling
under the supervision of Professor Dominique Nahas in the Department of
Fine Arts.

Visitors can enter Pratt Institute's campus on DeKalb Avenue or on
Willoughby Avenue between Hall Street and Classon Avenue. The closest
subway stop is the Clinton-Washington station on the G line. For
directions to campus or parking information, visit
www.pratt.edu/directions.

For more information, please visit
http://prattartistsleague.com/wp/visiting-artists-lecture-series or
contact this year's Visiting Artist Lecture Series coordinators at
vals@pratt.edu.

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Announcement: Poet Tomaz Salamun to speak November 6 as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum

Poet Tomaz Salamun will read excerpts of his work and answer
questions as part of Pratt's Writer's Forum at 12:00 p.m., Friday,
November 6, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt's Brooklyn
Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Considered Slovenia's greatest living poet, Tomaz Salamun attracted
critical notice with his first collection, Poker, which was published
when he was twenty-five. Salamun was born in Zagreb in 1941 and is
considered one of the foremost figures of the Eastern European poetical
avant-garde. His books have been translated in nineteen languages. Recent
translations are The Book for My Brother (Harcourt, 2006, translated by
Christopher Merrill and others); Poker (Ugly Duckling Press, 2003, 2008,
translated by Joshua Beckman); Row (ARCpublications, 2006, translated by
Joshua Beckman); and Woods and Chalices (Harcourt, 2008, translated by
Brian Henry). A new book of poetry, entitled Blue Tower, is due out by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2010.

In 1964, as editor of a literary magazine Perspektive, he was sentenced
to twelve years imprisonment, but spent only five days in jail.
Publishers Weekly writes, "Salamun has become an influence, and a mentor,
for plenty of young American poets. One reason lies in Salamun's
postmodern mix of giddy and global with the earthy retrospect he takes
from his homeland"

Salamun's many prizes include the Preseren Fund Prize, the Jenko Prize, a
Pushcart Prize, and the European Prize for Poetry by German town Mnster
in 2007. He also received the 2003 Altamarea prize in Trieste, Italy and
the Festival Prize at Costanza, Romania in 2004. He lives in Ljubljana,
Slovenia.

Friday's forum with Tomaz Salamun is curated by Nelly Reifler and Gina
Zucker, directors of Pratt's Writer's Forum, which is sponsored by The
Pratt Writing Program. For more information on Pratt's Writer's Forum
and to view upcoming speakers, visit http://mysite.pratt.edu/~fforum/.

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