Knowing Me, Knowing You: The Opening Reception

A freshman, a junior and a senior at Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, NY, successfully pulled off a well attended opening reception of 'Knowing Me, Knowing You,' on April 26, 2018.  Samuel DiBiasi, Yejin Ha, and Christine Hwang, curated the exhibit as part of their Spring 2018 Internship with the Gallery House Program, an experiential learning opportunity provided by the DGT Foundation, the educational and charitable arm of the DGT Alumni Association.   They are part of a growing corps of Pratt students who are taking responsibility for running the Gallery House program, based at was once a traditional Fraternity House, and that has now been re-purposed as a private gallery and the residential home of Gallery House, an experiential learning opportunity in curation and producing and promoting an exhibit that benefits a non-profit organization.  A beneficiary is selected by the 3-4 students serving as interns each semester. Knowing Me, Knowing You is the fifth exhibit put on by Interns of Gallery House since 2015.

Knowing Me, Knowing You, Spring 2018

DGT Task Force Recommends Projects and Activities

In a detailed report, a task force made up of eleven DGT alumni recommended a set of discreet yet synergistic short-term projects to continue to build a more meaningful program of activities interconnecting and engaging DGT alumni living in the New York City Metropolitan Area, elsewhere in the US, and internationally.

The report, developed over the course of many months in 2017, outlines activities to be carried out under five goals: 

1. DGT Member List and Member Information Easily Accessible to Members
2. Distance Engagement Through Live Video Streaming
3. Make the Website a More Valuable Tool
4. Regional and Out-of-state Member Get-togethers and Reunions
5. Recover Missing Names and Contact Information for Members.

Contained in 20, pages, the report provides background information related to the development of the Task Force and the report, a review of the process of developing the report, a listing of the projects and activities that will support goal attainment, and a work plan for carrying out proposed projects and activities. Alumni Program Task Force members included Harold Bernstein (Arch '90) of Texas, Lance Bottari (ME '73) of FL, Ike Cheung (Arch '91) of NY, Chris Duggan (Illustration) of NY, Tom Fiorella (IE '74) of NY, Rod Finkle (ID '55) or AK, Gil Gerald (Arch '74) of NY, Elycia Lerman (IE '82) of NJ, Anne Marie MIchael (Arch '81) of NJ, Alexa Telano (BFA '16) of NY, and Tom Wong (ME '84) of NJ.

In reviewing the draft of the report, members of the task force stressed the importance and opportunity to meaningfully engage alumni and newly emerging members from the Gallery House Program in implementing the recommendations of the report.  There is plenty of opportunity to involve alumni throughout the country with various skills, including those involving the use of digital technology, to those related to organizing small gatherings in various regions of the country, or doing what it takes to providing historical information, documents, and photos that may be buried in an attic somewhere.  Additional involvement will bring the goals of the report to fruition and complement the work of an already overburdened Board of Directors and corps of volunteers associated with the Gallery House Program. The recommendations of the report are found on pages 12-13, and a detailed 12-month work plan follows on pages 14-19. The report is scheduled for approval at the April 28 membership meeting of the DGT Alumni Association. For questions, commentary and indications of interest, please use the comment box, below, or email ggerald@dgtaa.org. 

Quarterly Meeting Notice and Invitation to Induction and Celebratory Lunch for New Undergraduate Members

Asa Maria Camnert and Aigerim Mukhambetova, Gallery House Program's Lead Coaches, will formally recommend three Pratt undergraduate students for induction as Associate (undergraduate) members of DGT Alumni Association, Inc. The three will receive the honorary letters, Delta Gamma Theta for their accomplishments in Gallery House Program, Spring 2018.

DGT Alumni Association, Inc. serves notice that the next Quarterly Membership Meeting of the DGT Alumni Association will be held Saturday, April 28, starting at noon, eastern.  The agenda normally includes reviewing reports from the officers, including the Treasurer, as well as reports from the Property Manager and Gallery House Internship Program’s Lead Coach. Anticipated old business and new business items include:

Old Business

• Rear Patio Design Competition
• Alumni Program Task Force Report, including adoption of its recommendations
• Landscaping the Front Yard
• Updating the Strategic Plan

New Bussines

• No items under new business have been requested as of the date of this notice.

The meeting will be held at 272 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205.  Members, including Associate (undergraduate) Members, can also participate via web-conference..

The meeting will start at 12:00 p.m. Eastern. It is scheduled to last no more than 90 minutes, adjourning to Good and Welfare at 1:30 P.M.  The meeting will be followed at 2:00 p.m. by an induction ceremony for three new undergraduate members, the participants in spring 2018 Gallery House Program. Starting at 3:00 p.m. the new members will be further welcomed during a celebratory late lunch at Putnam’s Pub & Corker, located at the corner of Myrtle and Clinton Ave. in Brooklyn.  All DGT members are invited. Please indicate by email to ggerald@dgtaa.org if you intend to participate since an accurate count is needed as the reservations for late lunch are updated so that everyone can be accommodated. Excluding wine, beer or mixed drinks from the bar, expect a cost of $20 to $25 for meal selections on the menu.

Gil Gerald, Secretary
DGT Alumni Association, Inc.

P.S. if you intend to participate in the late lunch at Putnam’s, please RSVP to ggerald@dgtaa.org