At least ten members have birthdays in October

Many birthdays are to be celebrated in October. They include birth anniversaries for Harold Bernstein and Laura Held on October 6, Patrick Malloy on October 9, Parker Hatfield on October 10, Michael Trent on October 14, Mike Tuminello on October 17, Ike Cheung and Mike Dudonis on October 18, Jason Grefski on October 22, and Ramsey Dabby on October 28. We look forward to celebrating these days and communicating our appreciation for all of these individuals who bring meaning to the phrase, It's Great to Be!  If you know of others whose birthdays fall in October, please provide a comment to that effect and it will be noted.

July 30 Alumni Exhibition/Quarterly Meeting/ BBQ and Induction

You, or an expression of you, or both, are invited to be present at the House, 272 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, for all or part of the day, Saturday, July 30. Starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing through the early evening. The day's program will include the first Annual DGT Alumni Association's Arts and Design Exhibit, a brief (60 minutes) quarterly membership meeting, starting at noon, followed by a backyard BBQ, and an induction of new members who completed the Spring, 2016 Gallery House Fellowship Program. Refreshments, including DGT's own home brew will be served all day. Come and enjoy the company of fellow DGT members, meet newly inducted members, enjoy the BBQ, and catch up with the work of members as reflected in the exhibit.  So that there is an approximate count of members planning to come, please RSVP to info@dgtaa.org. It will be a fun day!  The meeting and induction portions of the day's program will also be open to members via web-conference. For members who wish to make a submission to the exhibit, the following are the instructions. 

Who May Participate: Any Member or Associate (undergraduate) Member of DGT Alumni Association who wishes to display their art or design may do so. (Please note that exhibitors are responsible for all shipping costs going both ways. Please include return shipping labels).

Eligible Media: All media are welcome, including but not limited to oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, prints, drawings, mixed media, sculpture (indoor and outdoor), or photography. Architectural drawing, renderings or models are welcome!

Presentation: Work must be suitably framed (or sides cleanly finished or painted), wired ready for hanging. D-rings should be used for heavy works. Drawings, prints, watercolors and pastels must be under plexiglass. (Glass is permissible for hand delivery.) Sculptor must provide floor stand with a maximum footprint of 30” x 30”; cannot be hung from ceiling.

Receiving: Hand-delivered and shipped work must arrive at 272 Clinton Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11205 by July 15th, 2016

Liability: DGT Alumni Association will not be responsible for any damage, breakage, replacement or any costs associated with any damage or breakage that may occur during transport, storage, unpacking, exhibiting, packing and return transport. Every precaution will be taken in handling the entries. However, DGT Alumni Association will not assume any liability for any loss or damage to any artist’s work while in its care, custody or control, before, during or after the exhibition. Each artist, designer or architect, if they wish, needs to provide their own insurance.

For further information regarding the exhibit, please inquire by email to info@galleryhouse.org. RSVPs regarding the day's events should be emailed to info@dgtaa.org.

Congratulations to Pratt Institute's Class of 2016!

Left to Righ: Alexa Telano, Jonathan Levy (Gallery House Tasks Master) and Eric St. James-Lopez at their induction this past April 30 as Associate Members of the DGT Alumni Association, Inc.

DGT Alumni Association, Inc. congratulates the Pratt Institute graduating class of 2016. We especially extend our congratulations and best wishes to Alexa Telano and Eric St. James-Lopez, both of whom are graduating. In the Fall of 2015 Telano and St. James-Lopez were Gallery House Fellowship grants recipients.  Gallery House is a program of DGT Foundation, the educational and charitable arm of DGT Alumni Association, Inc. Following their completion of the Fellowship both were inducted this Spring as Associate Members of DGT Alumni Association and as part of that received the honorary letters Delta Gamma Theta. Upon graduation from Pratt, they now become full members of the Association. Telano is receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography. Her plans are to stay in New York, where she has been hired as a Creative Director at Luxe Melange.  Alexa Telano indicates that she is also excited about undertaking her own creative practice. Eric St. James-Lopez is also receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography. His minor was Creative Writing. DGT Alumni welcome Alexa and Eric into connection and networking with fellow members to help sustain and advance mutual and continued professional development in the creative fields.

Gil Gerald

DGT Alumni Association Bestows the Honorary Letters Delta Gamma Theta to Two Undergraduate Pratt Students

The two Fall Semester 2015 Fellowship recipients, Alexa Telano and Eric St. James-Lopez were inducted as Associate Members of DGT Alumni Association, on April 30, 2016. The ceremony included bestowing the two Pratt Institute seniors with the honorary letters Delta Gamma Theta for having successfully organized and produced a fine arts exhibit at the private gallery of the DGT Alumni Association. The exhibit was very well received by Gallery House patrons and benefited a charity selected by Alexa and Eric. As Associate Members, and full members once they graduate from Pratt Institute, Alexa and Eric will have an opportunity to help continue the program by participating in the mentoring of new successive waves of Gallery House Fellowship recipients. Pictured are Alexa Telano, Jon Levy, and Eric St. James-Lopez.

DGT is Grateful for the Generosity of its Members

Fall Semester Gallery House Exhibit, a 2015 Highlight

DGT Alumni Association takes pride in thanking DGT Alumni for their generosity in calendar 2015. We are thankful for dues payments, contributions to the Engraved Brick Campaign and the DGT Alumni Association's General Fund, and for additional gifts including donations to the tax exempt, educational and charitable arm of the Association, the DGT Foundation. Thanks go to members for the countless volunteer hours and in kind gifts.

DGT hereby publicly recognizes and thanks Rod Finkle, Gil Gerald, Alan Hansen, Nelson Hernandez, Chase Hill, Elycia Lerman, Father Michael Perry, Joseph Pierz, Alexander Scott, and Tom Wong for gifts made in 2015 in the $100 to $300 category. Additional thanks go to members for gifts under $100 in 2015, including annual dues of $10. In this category we recognize and thank Ramsey Dabby, Tom Fiorella, Vern Ford, Ken Haber, Ira Holst, Ramon Lacomba, Howard Lee, Jonathan Levy, Michael Madia, Peter Schirling, and Frank Verni. 

Volunteers to be thanked include DGT's 2015 Board Members who put in a minimum of 30 hours in meetings per year and countless more behind the scenes. Thanks for donations of time also go to Josh Yavelberg who donated time in updating the donor management data-base and editing DGT's website content. We are grateful for the additional hours contributed by Jonathan Levy, above and beyond any compensation he received for being the Resident Manager and the Task Master of the Gallery House Program. Similarly we thank Chas Martin for the additional hours he put in above and beyond those covered by the heavily discounted fee he received to develop the DGT brand and our website. Nelson Hernandez also donated considerable time and in-kind resources associated with refurbishing and repair work on the House. Finally, we thank Ira Holst for in-kind mail hosting services.  Last year was truly a group project involving many who live within and beyond the New York City region.  

All of these contributions in funds, time, and in-kind gifts made it possible for DGT to initiate the Gallery House Program. By the end of this summer DGT will have brought in five students into its family through a modernized program that is appealing to today's Pratt students. Through the generosity of members we were able to supplement the income from rent and make repairs to the property, including badly needed skylight repairs. We were also able to handle legal and other expenses associated with bringing to a close the modification of an existing mortgage loan. DGT was also able to refurbish the main floor to make it suitable as a private gallery hosting the Gallery House Program exhibits. Thanks to all of these gifts we were able to once again host Alumni Day and Thanksgiving Dinner events. 

DGT Alumnus Michael Bongiorno's work featured in a Wall Street Journal Article: The Best of Architecture 2015.

Congratulations are in order, once again, for Michael Bongiorno (Pratt Institute, Architecture '92, and DGT Alumnus).  The Columbus Museum of Arts Margaret M. Walter Wing, by Bongiorno, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article, "The Best Architecture of 2015."

Dawna Luna (Architecture '94) passed away unexpectedly

Expressions of condolence are in order for the family of Dawna Luna (Architecture '94), including DGT brothers and sisters who knew Dawna, a little sister.  Lisa Alberti Williams, her Big Sister, is among those who have fond memories of Dawna. Sister Luna passed away unexpectedly during the weekend following Thanksgiving. Condolences may be sent to the Luna family at 11802 Walraven, Huffman, TX 77336.

Michael Bongiorno (Architecture '92), featured in Article in Archetizer

Pratt Institute and DGT Alumnus Michael Bongiorno (Archtecture '92), Principal Designer at DesignGroup, was featured in an article in Archetizer

Vernon Ford will do a reading of his poetry as part of the program for Pratt Alumni Day and Reunion

Vernon Ford (Fine Arts, '63), DGT Alumni Association's Secretary, has been selected to perform for Pratt Institute’s Alumni Exhibition/Staged Readings as part of the program for Pratt Alumni Day & Reunion. The readings will be On the Lawn between 2 pm - 4 pm. Saturday, September 19 at the Brooklyn Campus. Vern's readings will be three recent poems from his Word Windows collection.

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