Black Panthers Co-Founder Bobby Seale at BAM (and COMD student's work)

From Kelly Shea, Assistant Chair
Undergraduate Communications Design
Steuben 4, 718.636.3594


As the kick-off event for BAM's Afro-Punk Festival (a celebration of revolutionary movies, music & art, June 28-July 7), legendary Black Panther Co-Founder Bobby Seale comes to BAM on Thursday, June 28 at 7pm to discuss the history of the movement: where it's been and where it's going.

Accompanying this discussion are two historic short films from 1969 by the Newsreel collective: May Day Panther, a document of the historic Free Huey rally in San Francisco, and Bobby Seale, an interview conducted during his imprisonment.

The discussion will be followed by a book signing and art reception in the lobby featuring historic photographs by Stephen Shames and Afro-Punk/Black Panther-inspired work from the Pratt students.


I hope you will be able to join us.

Thursday, June 28

7:00pm: Film / Discussion / Q&A ($15)

8:30pm: Book Signing / Art Reception (FREE!)

Press Release
excerpt:

ART

June 29–July 5

BAM Lobby and Natman Lounge
Afro-Punk Festival Art Lounge featuring:

Pratt Art Exhibition: Panthers, Punk, and Revolutionary Art

Created by students in the Undergraduate Communications Design Program at Pratt Institute, this exhibition, featuring paintings, illustrations, and designs, examines revolutionary art and the iconography of the Black Panthers and Afro Punk music.

Institutional Dialogs & Scheduling Survey

Dear Colleagues,

The Academic Senate is programming activities for the upcoming year and would like your input regarding initiatives, topics and scheduling. Initiatives could include Institutional Dialogs, workshops and also an exhibition and a charette.

Please take a moment to review the draft program and complete the following survey, available online through mid-September

Your responses will help us determine what will best meet your needs when we finalize our discussion topics & schedule. We value your input and appreciate your participation.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to others.

With best wishes for a great summer,

Jenny Lee

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DRAFT INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGS
Continuing its commitment to fostering community and providing opportunities for ideas to be considered by the entire academic community, the Senate is pleased to offer the following outlines of proposed Institutional Dialogs.

WHAT IS PRATT, WHO IS PRATT, WHAT DO WE DO?
+ Pratt at a glance [Schools of Architecture, Art & Design, Information & Library Science, Liberal Arts & Sciences]

+ History of Design & Art education & its relation to that of Colleges and Universities. The practical versus discursive. How is discourse important and not important to making things.

THE STUDIO PRACTICE
Studio Teaching, Communication Through Making

1. What is education through practice? The Reflective Practitioner - Donald Schon

2. Presentations of the Studio Disciplines

3. The Science of Perception
-- Mathematics and Shape History (Leyton)
-- How we see

OTHER SUGGESTED TOPICS
[These will be added as they are submitted]
+ What is Painting?
+ What is Design?
+ What is Poetics?
+ What is Aesthetic?
+ What is Contemporary?
+ What is Sustainability?
+ What is Community?
+ The Portfolio as an Evaluation Tool

If you have proposals for academic initiatives, please contact Patrick Webb, Senate Treasurer or submit them online.