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Robert Redford, actor and director
Michael Santoro, designer of 1995
Chrysler Cirrus and Dodge Stratus
David Sarnoff, CEO and president of
RCA Corporation
Tony Schwartz, creator of the award-
winning Alka-Seltzer commercial
Robert Siegel, partner, Gwathmey Siegel,
architects for the Guggenheim
addition; elected to College of Fellows
Harry Simmons, principal, Simmons
Architects, Brooklyn; formerly
associate architect on the AT&T
building in New York City with
Philip Johnson
Pat Steir, contemporary painter
and printmaker
Tucker Viemeister, designer of
aviator sunglasses
Max Weber, modernist painter
Robert Wilson , painter, sculptor,
author, designer, and director of
nearly 100 theater, opera, dance,
film, and video compositions
Partnerships with
Major New York City
Cultural Institutions
To encourage Pratt students to take
advantage of the cultural resources of
Brooklyn and Manhattan, the Institute
has created a number of partnerships
with cultural institutions in the area. By
presenting a valid Pratt ID, students can
visit some of these institutions free of
charge or at significantly reduced fees.
In immediate proximity to the campus
is the scenic Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
It contains the Japanese Hill-and-Pond
Garden, one of the most impressive Japa-
nese gardens outside Japan. It captures
nature in miniature: trees and shrubs,
carefully dwarfed and shaped by cloud
pruning, are surrounded by hills, a pond,
and forest-size trees. The Steinhart Con-
servatory, which is surrounded by the Lily
Pool Terrace, features some 5,000 bushes
of 1,200 varieties of Cranford Roses in
season. Each month, magnificent expres-
sions of nature may be found
on the grounds.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, another
nearby cultural institution, has an impres-
sive permanent collection of Egyptian,
classical, and ancient Middle Eastern art.
The Egyptian art collection is one of the
world’s finest. The painting and sculp-
ture collection includes European and
American works from the 14th century
to the present. The museum’s Asian art
collection, though modest in size, is one
of the more diverse and comprehensive
in the New York metropolitan area. The
museum is a pioneer in the installation of
period rooms, which range from a 17th-
century Brooklyn Dutch church house
to a 20th-century art deco library. There
are cutting-edge exhibitions and “First
Saturday” events every month.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music,
popularly known as BAM, is in the van-
guard of theater offerings. In the opera
house you can see productions ranging
from performance art, modern dance, and
21st-century operas and symphonies to
stylized productions of Shakespeare and
other classical plays. BAM’s movie theater
features foreign films, documentaries, and
boutique films. Pratt students can attend
special productions and discussions with
artists at discounted rates. They also have
the opportunity to work on collabora-
tive projects with some of the companies
appearing at BAM.
A short subway ride to Manhattan
delivers you to the Museum of Modern
Art, which houses a world-class collection
of modern art. You can see works by Pablo
Picasso, Thomas Hart Benton, Jack-
son Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and
Georgia O’Keeffe, and the photographs of
Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz.
In Manhattan, you’ll want to also visit
the Museum of Arts and Design, another
of Pratt’s partners. It contains an impres-
sive collection of contemporary, national,
and international craftsmanship.
Right: The Juliana Curran Terian Design Center, named
winner of the 2010 Brooklyn Building Award by the Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce, and home of Pratt’s programs
in interior, fashion, industrial, and communications design.