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Kasia Wisniewski shows her designs at the year-end juried review.
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THREE FASHION DESIGN STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS; SENIOR RECEIVES $25,000 AWARD
— Thomas F. Schutte, President, Pratt Institute, and Tess L. Schutte
Fashion design senior Kasia Wisniewski received a $25,000 scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). One of four students nationally to win the annual FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award, Wisniewski went through a rigorous application process that included creating a retail store concept. Two Pratt sophomores, Ruby Gertz and Tracey Li, each won $5,000 YMA FSF scholarships. The three were honored at the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards dinner in January in Manhattan.
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Industrial Design Students Exhibit Work at Renowned International Design Fair in Germany
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Pratt’s Department of Industrial Design partnered with the Folkwang Academy, a college of art and design in Germany, to exhibit chair designs as part of the international furniture and interior design fair imm cologne in Cologne, Germany, from January 19–24. It was the first time Pratt exhibited at imm cologne, one of the largest and most respected fairs of its kind.
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Eighteen students from both institutions contributed to the exhibition “Take A Seat.” Adjunct Professor Mark Goetz, B.I.D. ’86, served as faculty advisor. The Pratt students whose work was represented were Michael Chuapoco, Binh Dang, Evan Dewhirst, Sara Ebert, Christina Fesmire, Ingrid Fetell, Tawny Hixson, Michael Roopenian, and Thomas Stern.
Amino Kid’s Chair by Ingrid Fetell, M.I.D. ’09.
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The Buoy Chair by Evan Dewhirst, M.I.D. ’10.
MTV STAR COMES TO PRATT
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At the end of the first season of the hit MTV series My Life as Liz, Liz Lee makes a tough choice. She leaves her hometown of Burleson, Texas, to strike out on her own in New York City—at Pratt Institute. Lee just finished her first semester. “The workload was unlike anything I’ve ever encountered,” she says. “But when I finished, the sense of accomplishment was 100 times better than anything I have ever experienced.”
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Now at Pratt, Lee feels right at home. “In Burleson I felt like an outcast because I was so different, and here I feel like I’m so normal. It’s just a beautiful community of artists. I’ve never experienced anything like it in my life. You walk around and know everyone is as dedicated—and sleep deprived—as you are.”
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Lee is studying art history, but plans to take film courses too. She also may have a camera crew accompanying her around campus in fall 2010, as MTV decides on a second season documenting Liz Lee’s life story.
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Lee is a self-described “geek,” and the first season of My Life as Liz was all about finding— and being—herself in her traditional Texas town.
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