Remembering the life of Gerald Luss, PiV '10

Today, Pratt in Venice remembers the life of Gerald Luss, accomplished Pratt in Venice alum and generous supportor of the program.

"Gerald passed away peacefully on April 1st, surrounded by the love, attention, and compassion that defined his life. He is the love of my life, and I know his brilliance and grace touched and shaped so many of yours. 

Though Gerald didn’t want formal services to mark this moment, I hope all who knew him will take a moment to celebrate and honor the tremendous gift that his life was to the world. He will always be with us in the spaces he shaped, the art he created, and the lives he touched."

-Susan Luss

“Pratt in Venice misses Gerald Luss. Gerald and his wife Susan participated in Pratt in Venice in 2010. They returned to the Serenissima more than once in subsequent summers and have remained special friends and generous supporters of the program's scholarship fund. Our hearts are with Susan.”

-Diana Gisolfi, Diroector, Pratt in Venice

Gerald Luss’ piece for the Pratt in Venice 35th Anniversary show, 2019

Susan and Gerald Luss at the 35th Anniversary show

(Images courtesy of Jacob Grumulaitis for Pratt Institute and Angela Conant)

PiV Alumni: Adele Rossetti receives another Fulbright scholarship

Adele Rossetti Morosini, MFA Fine Arts (Painting); MS Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design, and Architecture ’97, is the recipient of a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant, her second for research on the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. In Oct.- Nov., 2024, the first phase of the grant, she and Sergio Rossetti Morosini, MFA Fine Arts (Painting); MS Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design, and Architecture ’97 began documenting the species composition of a rare primary-growth fragment of the Araucaria forest ecosystem by collecting herbarium specimens, and recording it visually through photography, video, and botanical illustration. The study continues from April - May, 2025. Results of Adele's study go to the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, an agency of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment. The data will add to the information on which future conservation and reforestation policies for that ecosystem will be based.

PiV Alumni Mathew Deleget and Painting Professor Michael Brennan Featured in Portal 5 Exhibition

Presented at the new project space Portal 5 in Tribeca, NYC, Stargazer is a two-person exhibition by NYC area artists Michael Brennan and Matthew Deleget of recent works informed by their mutual love of astronomy and abstraction.

Brennan will present a set of new, small- to mid-sized monochromatic oil paintings on canvas and Deleget will premiere a suite of framed Sunspot Drawings annotated with astronomical information. The exhibition will be supplemented by a selection of publications about astronomy and abstraction from the artists’ respective libraries.

The exhibition is located at Portal 5 in Tribeca, New York:

Portal 5

373 Broadway, 5th Floor, #E11 (Tribeca)

New York, NY 10013

Hours: Saturday-Sunday, 12 - 5pm & by appointment

January 11 - February 9, 2024