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PRATT INSTITUTE OFFERS NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FINE AND DECORATIVE ART APPRAISAL

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NEW YORK CITY — Pratt Institute now offers a new certificate program in fine and decorative art appraisal. The program starts this September at Pratt’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies (CCPS).

Pratt’s program is the only New York City-based appraisal studies program to offer classes in partnership with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the leading accrediting society for professional appraisers.

“Pratt Institute has built a reputation for excellence in art and design education. Our partnership with the ASA will ensure that our students receive the best quality training in the appraisal of art and decorative objects,” said Charles Munster, director of CCPS. The goal of the program, Muster adds, is to help prepare students to become skilled appraisers and/or connoisseurs through a course of study that encompasses a broad spectrum of collectible items, including fine art objects, jewelry, china, antiques, rugs, musical instruments and silver. Courses for special endorsement in connoisseurship will begin in 2007.

“Students will acquire the necessary skills to assess items aesthetically, and will gain practical, hands-on experience in producing appraisals for a variety of specialized situations, including insurance coverage, estate tax reporting, damage claims, charitable contributions, sale, dissolution of marriage, equitable distribution and liquidation,” said Munster.

Pratt Institute is at 144 West 14th Street.

For information contact Karen D’Angelo at 212-647-7199 or kdangelo@pratt.edu or

www.pratt.edu/prostudies.