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From Urban Waste to Natural Wonder: Socially-Engaged Art in the Environment
with sTo Len
Thursday, October 1 7pm
Foundations Lab (Main 401) and on Zoom

sTo Len will speak about his interdisciplinary artwork that focuses on place-based collaborations with environmentally abused landscapes and co-creations with communities and government agencies. The cross-disciplinary nature of Len’s practice spans printmaking, video, sound, performance, installation, drawing, and social practice work, threaded together by a site-responsive process of making. Recent projects have included an interactive video installation at the Grand Canyon, a Trash Museum in Kyrgyzstan, and a community pirate radio show in New Mexico.
Len has done extensive work as an Artist in Residence embedded in diverse locations including the NY Department of Sanitation, Grand Canyon National Park, Mass MoCA, Queens Botanical Garden, Wave Hill Public Garden, AlexRenew Wastewater Treatment Facility, and Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island. sTo Len is currently an inaugural NYSCA State of the Arts Fellow embedded in the NY State Office of Victim Services.
Len is currently based in Queens, NY, with 26 years of residence in NYC and familial roots in Vietnam and Virginia, often incorporating these bonds by connecting issues of their history, environment, and traditions. Invitation for talk with sTo Len

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Make your own bio strings and learn about the fascinating possibilities of working with bioplastics. All materials included. All first year Foundation, Creative Writing and Crit Vis students are welcome to participate in this workshop.

Space is limited - please register on Guidebook. Capacity: 20 per session

Main 402 (BioMatLab)

Tuesday, August 18th 2–3pm
Tuesday, August 18th 3–4pm
Friday, August 21st 10–11am
Friday, August 21st 11am–12pm Poster with information for the Orientation “Bioplastics” event. All text in caption.

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Take photos using mini microscopes & make buttons! All supplies provided. All first year Foundation, Creative Writing and Crit Vis students are welcome to participate in this workshop.

Space is limited - please register on Guidebook. Capacity: 25

Main 401 (Foundations Lab)

Tuesday, August 18th 2–3pm
Tuesday, August 18th 3–4pm
Friday, August 21st 10–11am
Friday, August 21st 11am–12pm Poster with information for the Orientation “Button Making + Microscopes” event. All text in caption.

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Now entering its SEVENTH year, the Material Lab Prize is a $1000 award granted by the Production Labs of the School of Design at Pratt Institute to a student designer whose work incorporates material research. We are seeking work that displays an understanding of, and sensitivity to, material life cycles, through elevating reclaimed materials, developing new material languages, or re-contextualizinf existing approaches to craft and fabrication. Students from all departments and schools @prattinstitute are invited to submit work, including but not limited to: apparel, architectural models, furnishings, household goods, or other interdisciplinary projects.

Submissions are due on Saturday May 30, 2026.

To learn more, including eligibility and submission requirements, check out the link in our bio for the full call for submissions!

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We took a close look at our Chrysochroa Saundersii (Jewel Beetle) specimen and curated a selection of pigments from our collection to match its color palette. Have you used items from the Foundations Lab collection in your projects? We’d love to see! Tag us.

Pigment accession numbers and names, as they appear in the first slide, from the top left corner to the bottom right:

* FL.2020.00464: Phthalo Green, Yellowish, PG 36
* FL.2020.00488: Dioxazine Violet
* FL.2020.00357: Cinnabar, Dark
* FL.2020.00682: Cobalt Violet Brilliant, Dark
* FL.2020.00329: Azurite MP, Extra Deep
* FL.2020.00652: Cobalt Green Bluish A
* FL.2020.00568: French Ochre SOFODOR
* FL.2020.00650: Cobalt Oxide Green Blue
* FL.2020.00649: Cobalt Green PG 50
* FL.2020.00523: Logwood, Cut Pieces
* FL.2020.00651: Cobalt Bottle Green
* FL.2020.00518: Indigo made of Woad Wide shot of a wooden case alongside a potted plant and some dried flowers displaying 12 pigment jars and a framed beetle specimen

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Part art studio, part science lab, the Foundations Lab invites students to explore art and nature. Read the full story at the link in our bio.

Photography:
1 - Armon Burton
3, 4, 5, 6, 10 - Dahlia Dandashi
8, 9 - Marley Kinsman
2, 7 - courtesy of Pratt Institute Foundations Lab

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1. In the Foundations Lab, Pratt Students Find Inspiration in the Natural World. Part art studio, part science lab, the innovative space invites students to explore art and nature.
2. “This is a space where art and science intertwine, revealing the beauty and complexity of nature.” The Foundations Lab provides art and design students with the opportunity to observe a collection of more than 1,300 objects to inform their practices. Students can study archives of pigments and minerals, examine model skeletons, or peer through microscopes.
3. A system of mirrors, designed by David Dávila, MID ’25, allows viewers to look at both the structurally complex undersides of the historic birds’ nests and the fragile eggs they were built to protect.
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5. “We want to guide students to look more deeply at the world they are inhabiting and reflect this in their practices. The Foundations Lab is a space where students can do deep, meaningful research. Learning as much as they can will prepare them to be out in the world and find what compels them to create a fulfilling life for themselves.” - Beca Acosta, Foundation technician and STEP instructor.
6. For Gaby Calle, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’28, those aspects of the job include managing the two fish tanks—one mimicking a marshland swamp and the other swimming with bright yellow cichlids—and helping students with projects. Recently, they assisted a student in creating microscopic slides of a bean for an assignment.
7. “We’re one of those spaces where students can come in, ask for something crazy, and we will do our best to provide it.” - Gaby Calle, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ‘28
[continued in comment] Image of Pratt Foundations Lab, different species’ skeletons on display. All text in caption.

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Last Wednesday, artist and researcher Sasha Fishman taught Foundation students how to tan fish skin! Students will use their tanned fish skins for a project in their Space, Form, Process class taught by Natalie Moore (@nataliegmoore ), who is leading this year’s BioMaterial Lab pilot project.

If you want to learn more about this process, please join us this Wednesday, October 29th, for our Foundations Lab Art + Science Series talk “Preserving Aquatic Bodies: Conservation, Alchemy, and Entropy” by Sasha Fishman (@dangerouswhenwet ) in the Foundations Lab (Main 401) or online via Zoom.

Please RSVP — you can find the link in our story highlights.  We look forward to seeing you at the Lab!

Photo credit: Dahlia Dandashi, pratt.edu/pcomm Two students are crouching in front of an orange bin: holding up a fish skin over it, together.

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We are excited to announce another Foundation Lab Art + Science Series talk—Preserving Aquatic Bodies: Conservation, Alchemy, and Entropy by Sasha Fishman.  Please join us on October 29th at 7pm in the Foundation Lab (Main 401) or online via Zoom Come explore with us!  Please RSVP — you can find the link in our “Events/Exhibits” story highlights.  We look forward to seeing you at the lab!

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What does it mean to care for aquatic life in an era of ecological instability?

Join us in the Foundations Lab as artist and researcher Sasha Fishman weaves together material experimentation, environmental research, and personal narrative, revealing shifting relationships between humans, fish, and aquatic ecosystems. An invitation to the Foundation Lab Art Science Series, highlighting Sasha Fishman’s work. All text and information in caption.

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Join us for the 2025 Material Lab Prize Exhibition!

The exhibition showcases innovative student projects exploring materiality, design, and sustainability. At the opening reception, a jury of designers will evaluate the projects and name the recipient of the 2025 prize.

📅 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 18, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
📍 Location: Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Gallery (Pratt Studios 200)
🖼️ Exhibition on view: September 19 – October 10, open Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Preview the digital exhibition at the link in bio!

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The 2025 Material Lab Prize Online Exhibition is now live!
Check out the exciting work of student designers experimenting with unexpected materials and building innovative solutions for the future. Submissions are now on view online! (Link in bio)

And, stay tuned for the in-person exhibition this fall, where the winner of the 2025 Material Lab Prize will be selected from a (to be announced!) panel of jurors 🏆

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Drop + Swap
May 12, 2025 - May 16, 2025
8:30 AM - 8 PM
Foundations Lab (Main 401)
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Do you have materials or tools left over from this semester? Do you have a stack of Coloraid that you don’t know what to do with?
Stop by the Foundations Lab (Main 401) to drop off your unused or gently used materials. You can swap them for a small plant or other prizes.

Your materials will live on to support next year’s Foundation class in their making! Image with text information on Drop + Swap event. All text in caption.

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THE EXPANDING PLANE
Last Chance TODAY, April 26,
132 Bowery | 3rd Floor, NY NY 10013
@helmcontemporary

Saturday 11am -5pm

I want to thank @alex.stolyarov.studio for coming to my @prattfoundation Light, Color & Design class to talk about all things painting, color and how to make pigments. He shared his story of becoming an artist and his life as an artist which deeply resonated with the students.

“Painting begins with matter. Pigments, binders, viscosity, grain—substances with histories, with weight. The studio is a site of testing, repetition, and discovery. Yet the pursuit is immaterial. I paint inner states—elusive, emotional, invisible. To give form to feeling is a necessity.” - Alex Stolyarov

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Stolyarov emigrated to the U.S. in 1988. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and lives and works in Queens, New York.

First Image: Professor Melissa Staiger's Light, Color and Design class. (year long course)

Second Image: Painting for Unknown Painter, 2025
acrylic on wood, 8 x 6”, @alex.stolyarov.studio

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