Pratt in Venice is excited to announce the new Dimitri Hazzikostas Endowed Scholarship for Art History degree candidates. This scholarship has been generously made possible by Ion Hazzikostas, the son of the late Professor Dimitri Hazzikostas, a beloved History of Art and Design professor at Pratt, who taught Art History with Pratt in Venice for over 20 years.

This scholarship will cover the full Pratt in Venice costs for one History of Art and Design student, or that same amount can be shared, according to committee consensus, between multiple art history degree candidates. A generous preliminary donation is already benefiting two students this year!

Dimitri Hazzikostas teaching at Torcello, 2010

Professor Dimitri Hazzikostas joined the Pratt in Venice program in 1988 and taught the on-site Art History class annually through 2011, his knowledge of Byzantine art elevating the course. He instituted many important and lasting aspects of the program. Including the establishment of the first on-site class trip to Torcello, a class visit that still opens the program today. He discovered a trattoria in the hills above Bassano, where Pratt in Venice participants continue to enjoy a feast in a beautiful rustic setting each year. Hazzikostas also expanded on the Padua visit and helped establish that class trip as an iconic part of the Pratt in Venice program.

More than all this, Professor Hazzikostas brought a wealth of knowledge to every student he taught, as well as being a congenial colleague and an ever-generous instructor. We are so grateful that Ion has helped us honor his father’s life and many contributions to Pratt in Venice through this exciting new Art History scholarship!