We visited Pratt Institute where our cousin, Mia de Jesus, just graduated from. It was already night time so we were just able to pass through Pratt’s Sculpture park.
Pratt’s sculpture park was recognized as one of the 10 best college and university campus art collections in the country by Public Art Review.
Seven Hearts by Noel Copeland at Pratt Institute Campus. A social statement about universal love consists of a series of 7 hearts coming from a central shaft. “Pratt Institute – Founded in 1887, Pratt Institute is a global leader in higher education dedicated to preparing its 4,600 undergraduate and graduate students for successful careers in art, design, architecture, information and library science, and liberal arts and sciences. Located in a cultural hub with historic campuses in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Pratt is a living lab of craft and creativity with an esteemed faculty of accomplished professionals and scholars who challenge their talented students to transform their passion into meaningful expression”
An interesting thing at Pratt Institute. They are called the Cats of Pratt. Ownerless cats going around the campus and students and faculty take care of them.
We went to the engine room in the main bldg of the school and we saw one!
The ribbons are awards won by the cats and they are displayed on the engine room window. The engine room provides heat and hot water to the campus since 1958. “The cats have become legendary at this school of art and design in Clinton Hill century old steam plant housed in the basement of East Hall that many call their home” (New York Times)
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