Pratt Institute
Private university in New Yorkwww.pratt.edu
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Nov 1, 2026
Liv SteinhardtHOST
This week's episode features Dylan Teaford, a 24-year-old sculptor originally from Narberth, Pennsylvania, which is a suburb of Philadelphia.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
He graduated from Pratt in 2025, alongside several of our other guests, such as Celine Sell from Season 2 and Marco Pasolacqua, who is our Season Opener.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
Drew Baker also graduated from Pratt, who was featured on season two, except he graduated in 2026.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
So sorry, Drew.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
But anyway, Dylan has a lot to say about Pratt institutions and artist networks.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
So he sits down with us to discuss how New York City's interconnected community and role as an inspirational source of constant imagery have shaped both his practice and his feelings about the art world.
Liv SteinhardtHOST
Dylan is so articulate and has so much to say that I'm just going to forego a description and get on with the episode.
Dylan TeafordGUEST
And so I am really interested in working and making work.
MarianneNARRATOR
Sonia learned about the project through a mutual connection while visiting Israel for the wedding of the former Buffalo Jewish communal professional, Juliana Theibel, which Sonia's husband officiated.
MarianneNARRATOR
A professional artist and community art teacher who attended art school at Pratt Institute and later the University at Buffalo, Sonia embraced the opportunity to put her skills toward a deeply meaningful purpose.
MarianneNARRATOR
I carefully prepared its surface, preserving the marks and character that reflect its history, Sonia said.
MarianneNARRATOR
This is a helmet that was there during the battles of October the 7th.
CJHOST
His story is one of resilience and unconventional path, raised in Murfrees in an African-American family with roots in Mississippi and the US, Virgin Islands.
CJHOST
He studied architecture at Pratt Institute as a Presidential Scholarship recipient and later earned his Master of Architecture from the Architectural Association in London.
CJHOST
After graduating into the 2008 financial crisis, his career took a detour through filmmaking, digital media and design research before he successfully returned to architectural practice, became licensed and founded Motion Form and I am the Studio.
CJHOST
He is also the co-chair of professional development for Normal Najvi.
Linda HabakHOST
His father was an architect, his grandparents ran an art gallery, his mother a psychologist.
Linda HabakHOST
But By the time Dylan arrived at Pratt Institute as a student, the tools of deep observation, of spaces, of people, of what lives beneath the surface, were already part of how he moved through the world.
Linda HabakHOST
What followed was not straightforward.
Linda HabakHOST
He was failing at Pratt while his father was teaching down the hall.
Linda HabakHOST
He was performing with Avon Industrial Bands, restoring antiques, collaborating with urban artists.
Linda HabakHOST
but he turned things around and graduated with honours.
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Linda HabakHOST
do.
Linda HabakHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Alfonso AlbaisaGUEST
This was your
GeorgeHOST
design school? Yeah, Pratt Institute.
GeorgeHOST
Pratt, you were at Pratt at that point.
Alfonso AlbaisaGUEST
Yeah, and I later, 30 years later, I asked my mother, why did she do that? That must have been so embarrassing.
Timothy HullHOST
She was a professor at Hampshire.
Timothy HullHOST
Then she went to chair the MFA program at Pratt and photography.
Timothy HullHOST
Now she's like Graham Puba chair of like the Hunter, uh, college art department.
Timothy HullHOST
And I just also admire her like ability to be both artist and pedagogue and also artist and like administrator artist and teacher like like there i just really admire her like and i just want to give her a shout out because she does so much and seems to do it all so well and with grace
Linda ShermanHOST
Please allow me to introduce them.
Linda ShermanHOST
Ray Gordon is an architect, urban planner, futurist, and prior graduate school professor at both Pratt Institute and NYU.
Linda ShermanHOST
Ray brings a unique perspective to scientific aging related topics.
Linda ShermanHOST
Benjamin Cermy is a social gerontologist with a deep understanding of senior living.
Nore DavisGUEST
Okay.
Nore DavisGUEST
And I would listen to that going to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Nore DavisGUEST
I would listen to that heavy.
Nore DavisGUEST
And even, you know, Dane Cook's album too, his CD.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
This is the conversation with Uzma Rizvi.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
She's an archaeologist, professor of anthropology and urban studies at the Pratt Institute in New York, and principal investigator of the Lab for Integrated Archaeological Visualization and Heritage.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
She's also the author of the book, The Effect of Crafting, and co-author of the Handbook for Postcolonial Archaeology.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
In this conversation, we talk about Mohenjo-daro.
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Uzma Z. RizviGUEST
There's no unearthing that needs to happen.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
Let's talk about these non-invasive methods.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
You head the Lab for Integrated Archaeological Visualization Heritage at the Pratt Institute.
Shalaj LawaniaHOST
Let's talk about some of the methods.
Linda ShermanHOST
Through both Living Best and her company, Aging Matters International, she participates in the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP.
Linda ShermanHOST
Ray Gordon is an architect, urban planner, futurist, and prior graduate school professor at both Pratt Institute and NYU.
Linda ShermanHOST
Ray brings a unique perspective to scientific aging-related topics.
Linda ShermanHOST
Benjamin Surmi is a social gerontologist with a deep understanding of senior living.
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