Fine Arts
Pratt’s major in Fine Arts offers a deep and sustained dialogue between imagining and making. Embedded in a curriculum of required and elective courses in art history and the liberal arts and sciences, fine arts studio courses impart the modes of creative problem-solving, technical skills, and risk taking that transform students into accomplished artists who have confidence in their ideas and can take their work to the next level.
Pratt’s excellent shop facilities and dedicated techÂnical staff generously support students’ ambitions as they develop their visions and give them form. Sources of inspirÂation and nourishment are close at hand; all students have free access to the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Frick Collection.
Graduates of the BFA program pursue diverse creative and professional lives as studio artists, community artists, art educators, gallerists, entrepreneurs, museum curators, arts administrators, art critics, and art historians. Pratt’s location in New York’s thriving art commÂunity offers students many opportunities for integrating their Pratt education with professional networking through internships, contacts with visiting artists and critics, gallery visits, and exhibitions of student work that are open to the public. Every Pratt student and graduate has access to the Institute’s career development and counseling resources, including databases of jobs and paid internships in New York City, the creative capital of the United States.
Chair
Jane South
Assistant Chair
Chip McCall
Senior Department Manager
Lisa Banke-Humann
Office
Tel: 718.636.3634
Fax: 718.399.4517
www.pratt.edu/fine-arts