Pratt in Venice

Artists June Allen and Sam Altekruse, Pratt in Venice alumni from the first year of the program (1984), recently sat down with Safiye Şentürk (PiV ‘17) to discuss their work as artists, recent activities, and their experience of Venice, then and now.

In the latest episode of Pratt in Venice's new video series, Professor of Printmaking and Drawing Fay Ku discusses Venice – especially the basilica of San Marco – as a culture of encounters, and reflects on the ways her encounter with Venice has helped her conceive new working practices as an artist.

In this installment of Pratt in Venice's new video series, faculty member and art historian Joseph Kopta explores a small composite object in the Treasury of San Marco, along with issues of spoliation, reuse, and construction of identity.

In Pratt in Venice's second installment of its new video series, Director and Professor of Art History Diana Gisolfi introduces the work of artist Paolo Veronese and his decade-long project at San Sebastiano, as well as recent conservation efforts there.

In the series debut, Professor of Painting Michael Brennan muses on missing Venice this summer, how the history of Venetian painting has informed his teaching and practice, and reflects on how he has kept Venice alive at home in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

Pratt in Venice inaugurated its celebrations in honor of the 35th year of the program with the exhibition Infinite Jest. Featuring the work of alumnae Monique Rollins (PiV ‘06), Hyewon Hahn (PiV ‘06), and Michael Brennan, the exhibition was curated by Martina Cavallarin and corresponded with the 2019 Venice Biennale.

CBS reporter Seth Doane interviewed Pratt in Venice participants, including Jessica Kloville, Aurelia Moser, and Alex Watkins, for a news segment on American students studying in Venice during the 2011 Biennale. Doane followed Pratt students while visiting the Illuminations exhibition at the Arsenale. ©CBS, all rights reserved.