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CONTENTS

4 WELCOME, NEW STUDENTS!

5 IMPORTANT NUMBERS

12 REQUIREMENTS 6 WEB RESOURCES

14 MUSEUM STUDIES 7 CAMPUS RESOURCES

FOREIGN LANGUAGE Published by the History of Art and Design 16 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences 8 PRATT GALLERIES Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Avenue, East 205 THESIS GUIDLINES Brooklyn, NY 11205 17 9 FREE MUSEUMS Tel. 718-636-3598 Fax. 718-687-5925 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM [email protected] 21 10 LOCAL INFO www.pratt.edu/had (undergraduate program) www.pratt.edu/had-grad (graduate program) FACULTY AND STAFF hadpratt.pratt.edu (department website) 23 hadthesis.pratt.edu (student thesis website) 11 MEMBERSHIPS

John Decker, Ph.D., Chairperson ACADEMIC CALENDER Evan Neely, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Chair 48 Jill Song, Assistant to the Chair

©2018 HA&D, Pratt Institute Designed by Alina Deng 4 | WELCOME! IMPORTANT NUMBERS | 5

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Bursar 718-636-3539 MA/MS G8370 Copy Center 718-636-3691 Siler Miranda Financial Aid 718-636-3599 Toppeta Lauren Health Services 718-399-4542 Patterson John Library (Brooklyn) 718-636-3420

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Registrar 718-636-3663 WELCOME ! Residential Life 718-399-4551 Student Involvement 718-636-3422 NEW STUDENTS ! 6 | WEB RESOURCES CAMPUS RESOURCES | 7

HAD PRATT COMPUTER/PRINTING LABS

History of Art & Design DOC LAB (LARGE FORMAT PRINTING) pratt.edu/had Engineering Building, 2nd Floor HADpratt (Department Events, News, and Updates) EDS LAB (COMPUTERS, SCANNERS & PRINTING) hadpratt.pratt.edu Engineering Building, 2nd Floor HAD Facebook MCC LAB (COMPUTERS AND PRINTING) www.facebook.com/hadpratt Machinery Building, 1st Floor HAD Instagram www.instagram.com/hadpratt HAD Linkedin www.linkedin.com/hadpratt HAD Twitter www.twitter.com/pratthad DISCOUNTS HADSA (Student Organization) THEATER TICKETS, MOVIE TICKETS & CAR SERVICE facebook.com/PrattHADSA For discounted tickets and neighborhood car service, visit the Student Activities Office. Main Building, Lower level 718.636.3422 #hadpratt #hadsopratt #hadprattnyc #hadstories or email [email protected] pratt.campuslabs.com/engage/ #hadpostofthemonth

ART HISTORY

Art & Education ATHLETICS artandeducation.net Getty Research Institute FREE YOGA, DANCE & EXERCISE CLASSES getty.edu/research In addition to a spacious indoor-track and a weight and exercise room, Pratt’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History athletic center in the ARC building offers a number of free classes every day of metmuseum.org/toah the week. For more information, pick up a class schedule from the athletics Google Arts and Culture center or check out https://www.pratt.edu/student-life/athletics-and-recreation/. artsandculture.google.com You can also visit the Pratt Athletics website at goprattgo.com.

The Pratt Library website also offers full access to a number of useful resources including JSTOR, ARTstor and Oxford Art Online. Visit library.pratt.edu/ find_resources to find out more. 8 | PRATT GRALLRIES FREE MUESUMS | 9

Your Pratt ID can get BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN you into a number of 900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn museums and bbg.org THE RUBELLE and attractions for free:* NORMAN SCHAFLER GALLERY * Some museums offer weekly BROOKLYN MUSEUM free nights. On Thursday 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn Pratt Brooklyn Campus Chemistry Building, 1st Floor evenings, the New Museum offers free admission for brooklynmuseum.org Monday-Friday 9am-5pm students and on Friday nights, 718-636-3517 the Guggenheim offers pay- what-you-wish admission, and COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM the Brooklyn Museum offers 2 East 91st Street, Manhattan free Art and entertainment frist Saturday of the month. cooperhewitt.org

FRICK COLLECTION 1 East 70th Street, Manhattan frick.org

THE GUGGENHEIM 107 5th Ave, Manhattan guggenheim.org

MUSEUM of ART and DESIGN 2 Columbus Circle, Manhattan madmuseum.org

PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY MOMA 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan Pratt Manhattan Building moma.org 144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor Monday-Saturday 11am-6pm Tuesdays 11am-8pm NEW MUSEUM 212-647-7778 435 Bowery, Manhattan newmuseum.org

WHITNEY MUSEUM of AMERICAN ART 99 Gansevoort St, Manhattan Whitney.or MEMBERSHIPS | 11

SOCIETY of ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS www.sah.org CLINTON HILL/FORT GREENE The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) promotes the study, BROOKLYN FLEA interpretation and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes and brooklynflea.com urbanism worldwide.

FORT GREENE PARK GREENMARKET There are several organization memberships that are beneficial to art grownyc.org history students. Here are a few:

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD For information on organizations for specialized fields, speak with your brooklynnavyyard.org CITYWIDE faculty advisor. AMERICAN ALLIANCE of MUSEUMS FLAVORPILL flavorpill.com aam-us.org Most accredited museums throughout the country offer free admission GOTHAMIST ART/GALLERIES to AAM members. Students can join for a mere $50! gothamist.com ART F CITY COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION artfcity.com MTA (Subway Directions) collegeart.org mta.info ARTCARDS The CAA is an organization consisting of students and professionals with artcards.cc the goal of promoting visual arts both nationally and internationally. With a membership, students have access to a number of perks including ARTINFO GALLERY GUIDE discounted admission to CAA conferences and a subscription to either artinfo.com/galleryguide The Art Bulletin or Art Journal.

CREATIVE TIME CONSORTIUM of ART and creativetime.org ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/about-us/resources/caah

Keep up-to-date and in the know with this listserv-based community of art and architectural historians. REQUIREMENTS | 13

REQUIRED COURSES (all programs) HA 602 Art Historical Theory & Methodology HA 650 Chemistry of Materials, Techniques, & Conservation HA 605 Thesis

MA DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 36 credits in History of Art & Design

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS MA/MFA or MA/MS requirements + 30 credits in History of Art & Design.

DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS One course, or its equivalent, in each of the following categories: Photo/Film/Design Architecture Non-Western Pre-Renaissance Renaissance/Baroque/18th Century 19th/20th/21st Century

For more information about distribution requirements, please see the worksheet available in the History of Art & Design Office, and bring your questions to your next advising appointment.

Course offerings are subject to change. 14 | MUSEUM STUDIES MUSEUM STUDIES | 15

Three Required Core Courses(9 credits): ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN MUSEUM STUDIES –HISTORY OF ART AND DESIGN, LIBRARY AND HAD674 Museology INFORMATION SCIENCE HAD672 Curating Culture: A History of Museums, Collecting, and Display

The museum studies program is designed to be taken within the MA degree And one course in the School of Information(chosen from the list given below) in the Department of History of Art and Design (HAD), or the MS in In addition to the three requirements, two courses must be taken from the Museums and Digital Culture in the School of Information. The Certificate is following lists. They may come from any department. also available to graduate students enrolled in the History of Art and Design’s dual-degree programs with the Department of Fine Arts and the (Department of the History of Art and Design) School of Information’s MSLIS, which are awarded upon completion of HAD635 Creating Exhibitions those Master’s degrees. The Advanced Certificate is approved by NYSED. HAD675 Museum Seen: Curating Culture in NYC The elective courses were recently updated to reflect the latest advances in HAD6XX Problems of Provenance(in progress) museum conservation and technology. The 15-credit Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies provides learning HAD650 Materials, Techniques and Conservation opportunities for students who wish to acquire the essential knowledge and HAD 681 Painting Conservation skills needed to engage with the museum world as professionals. The curriculum features experiential learning and field research through the (Department of Art and Design Education) 2-semester museum practicum/ internship giving students hands-on ADE618 Contemporary Museum Education experience in current museum practice while working in NYC’s leading ADE628 Innovation and Museum Education cultural institutions. Taught by an expert faculty, coursework brings focus to exhibitions, curation and conservation. (School of Information) INFO629 Art Collections: Research and Documentation INFO632 Conservation and Preservation INFO675 Museum and Library Education and Outreach INFO679 Museum and Digital Culture

In addition, the Department strongly recommends(but does not require) that students complete a service learning component through a one-semester or summer internship(non-credit). 16 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE MASTER THESIS REQUIRNMENTS | 17

MASTER THESIS REQUIRNMENTS

1. A Master’s Thesis is a requirement for the M.A. degree. The thesis will be a substantial essay of about 40 pages (8,000-9,000 words), excluding illustrations and bibliography. A written 2-3 page Proposal with a brief but well-considered annotated bibliography is a required part of the thesis; the proposal is due by the end of the third term and must have been approved by the advisor before the actual writing of the thesis may begin. The thesis is to be completed in the fourth semester (typically the Spring term).

2. Students choose an advisor by the end of the second semester of the first year and will schedule a first meeting with the advisor at this time to discuss topic ideas and possible critical approaches to the material. Students are strongly encouraged to begin thinking about and researching their thesis topic over the summer or the semester break prior to beginning their proposal. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT 3. In choosing a topic, students in consultation with their advisor, should consider questions that are appropriate to the recommended length. It is strongly suggested It is essential to the conduct of research in art history to acquire reading that a student develop a topic from a prior seminar paper; other topics are also knowledge of several languages. The department requires that students possible and must be approved by the advisor. demonstrate proficient reading comprehension in French or German prior to commencing work on the thesis. In rare cases, and only if required for a 4. The student should set up a degree audit with the Assistant Chair by the end of major part of thesis research, a different language may be substituted with the third term before embarking on the writing of the thesis. permission of the Chair. You can fulfill the foreign language requirement in either of the following 5. Students, if not already using Zotero, should visit the library for instruction. ways: The proposal must: - state the subject of the thesis and a one to three sentence hypothesis of the main * Pass the department’s exam, which consists of translating a short argument. passage into English; dictionary allowed (45 minutes). - explain the method and means of research * Pass one of CUNY’S Reading Comprehension Language courses with a - include a preliminary outline of chapters or sections. grade of B+ or better. - include a substantial bibliography (primary and secondary sources) with at least eight annotated sources. Annotations entail a brief summary of each that addresses its usefulness and perspective. 18 | MASTER THESIS REQUIRNMENTS MASTER THESIS REQUIRNMENTS | 19

Proposal Timeline: Thesis Writing: 1. Two weeks into the semester the student will present a preliminary brief bibliography to the advisor. While researching the material, the student may begin work on a draft but more importantly, continues to work on mastering the relevant literature on the chosen 2. Six weeks into the semester a first draft of the proposal is due to the advisor. The topic and to annotate the bibliography so that when the actual writing begins, the advisor will return the proposal draft within 10 days and will work with the student on student will have a thorough grasp of the material and the question the thesis is to any requested revisions. address.

3. Eight or nine weeks into the semester the finished proposal is submitted to the 1. Format: The thesis should be prepared using the Chicago Manual of Style and advisor with the fully annotated bibliography following the formatting guidelines established by the Pratt Institute Library (see http:// libguides.pratt.edu/thesisguide). Students should use the software Zotero 4. Five weeks before the semester ends the advisor has approved the proposal. The from the start of their research in order to facilitate easy organization and proposal is given to a 2nd reader together with the department’s form for further consistency in bibliography and citations. feedback and suggestions. The second reader is a faculty member; the selection made in consultation with the advisor or the chair. The student should have approached the 2. The thesis will go through two revisions with the advisor. This is a requirement 2nd reader earlier in the semester to see whether he or she is available to comment on for both the student and the advisor. the proposal. If the faculty member has agreed, then he or she is obligated to work • By the end of the semester in which the proposal is approved the student will within the required timeline and return the proposal by the due date. submit 1/4 to 1/3 of his thesis draft to the advisor. •It is the student’s responsibility to hand the proposal to the 2nd reader and remind the • By 3 weeks into the second semester of thesis work (or the semester following 2nd reader at least one week before the date of the forthcoming submission. proposal is approved) one-half of the thesis is due to the advisor. • By halfway through the second semester (and one month before it is due in the Chair’s office) 5. At least three weeks before the last day of classes the 2nd reader returns the a full draft is due to the advisor. proposal and form to the student and the advisor with his or her suggestions. The 2nd reader will copy the Advisor on his comments. 3. The final advisor-approved thesis is due in the Chair’s office four weeks before •Once the 2nd reader submits recommended changes and comments, the 2nd reader’s the deposit deadline for the library (May 15 for spring submissions, September 15 responsibility ends. The advisor supervises further editing of the proposal and the or January15 for fall submission). The student must submit one hard copy printed writing of the thesis. on regular paper. In addition, a digital copy must be deposited in the designated •Students should continue research and begin drafting text while the proposal is being shared Dropbox folder. Separate guidelines will be sent out to lead the student reviewed. through the final submission steps.

6. One to two weeks before the last day of classes the approved proposal signed by the advisor with annotated bibliography is due in the Chair’s office where it will become a record in the student’s file. Student fully embarks on writing the thesis. 20 | MASTER THESIS REQUIRNMENTS INTERNSHIP | 21

4. The final draft copy should include an official title page (Pratt Library template for HAD) in 3 copies printed on archival paper, signed by the advisor. The Advisor’s signature indicates that the advisor has approved the final draft. The signature pages should be printed on archival paper to facilitate final submission of thesis.

5. The thesis, while approved by the advisor, is still considered a draft INTERNSHIP until the Chair has approved the copy. After the Chair (or the faculty member designated by the Chair) has approved the final draft, the Graduate students in the History of Art and Design have internships at a student will make any required final corrections and then print variety of institutions—including major museums, non-profit cultural three copies on archival paper, one for Library deposit, one for the HAD institutions, auction houses and galleries. These internships offer a wide archives, and one a personal copy. The title page must bear the range of experiences that often become career-defining. signatures of both the advisor and Chair. An internship includes course requirements: To conduct an extensive 6. Final submission dates: May 15 for Spring,(September 15, or January interview with someone who is a potential role model for the students 15 for Fall). Before depositing the thesis in the library, the student must: and their own aspirations. This project has proven to be informative and, •have a final degree audit at the Registrar’s Office; in some cases, fascinating. The internship includes three required •settle all outstanding fees at the Bursar’s Office; meetings with the department’s coordinator which students discuss their •have the HAD office do a scan of the title page; internship experience. Students must also contribute to a blog about •sign an authorization form to make the thesis available on the HAD their weekly activities and learning opportunities. website; Graduate students in the Certificate of Museum Studies are required to •send the final corrected and approved thesis as a digital copy to the do two internships at different museums. designated departmental Dropbox. The department maintains a list of the institutions that have sponsored our students in the past. The department seeks to assure that all internships done for credit are valuable learning experiences. 22 | INTERNSHIP FACULTY&STUFF | 23

Recent HAD Internships

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