Visit from the pratt institute

A delegation from the Pratt Institute (NY) visited ESAD and ESAD—IDEA with the aim of establishing an academic exchange partnership between the two countries' institutions.

ESAD was also invited to take part in a tripartite project to be developed in Penacova, involving the Municipality of Penacova, the University of Coimbra and ESAD. To this end, Professors Emanuel Barbosa and Rui Canela attended a Think Tank on 14 March at the Casa das Artes in Penacova:

Pratt Delegation:

Anita Cooney- Dean, School of Design
Jorge Oliver - Dean, School of Art
Alexandra Barker - Chair, Department of Graduate Architecture
Kelly Oh - Faculty, Art & Design Education
Sarah Lichtman - Chair, History of Art & Design
Analia Segal - Faculty, Fine Arts
Stephen Slaughter - Chair, Department of Undergraduate Architecture
Erica Morawski - Faculty, Department of History of Art & Design
Pirco Wolfframm - Interim Chair, Undergraduate Communications Design
Maria José Soares - Director of Education Abroad & International Partnerships

Portuguese participants:

Jorge Brito - Executive Secretary to CIM (Comunidade Intermunicipal - Coimbra Region)
Álvaro Coimbra - Mayor of the Municipality of Penacova
Magda Rodrigues - Vice Mayor
António Magalhães Cardoso - Engineer of the Municipality
Carlos Sousa - Economist & City Council - Education, Finance
Faculty of Sciences and Technologies - Informatics Department – Coimbra University
Department of Architecture – Coimbra University
Ricardo Pereira - FLAD
Emanuel Barbosa e Rui Canela - ESAD