Casting Director James Scully, Conceptual Artist Fred Wilson To Be Honored by Pratt Institute

Casting director and advocate James Scully and conceptual artist Fred Wilson will be honored at The Black Alumni of Pratt Institute’s “Celebration of the Creative Spirit” gala on May 9 at the Park Hyatt New York. The 27th anniversary benefit will help BAP offer stipends and scholarships (including summer pre-college ones for high schoolers) to students of African and Latino descent. Attendees at the black tie event will also salute Thomas F. Schutte, a 25-year veteran who will step aside as Pratt’s president later this year. Fashion executives and designers know Scully for his more than 30 years of experience in the fashion industry, not to mention the scores of models he has helped begin their careers. Liya Kebede and Natalia Vodianova are two of the better-known ones he helped rocket to fame. Sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Lucky Blue Smith also got big breaks from Scully. Through his work with the CFDA’s health initiative and Bethann Hardison’s Balance Diversity initiative, Scully has taken a public role in speaking out about underage models, the need for greater diversity, unhealthy body image issues, bullying and racism in the business. Scully also is a board member of the Model Alliance. In late February, Scully

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