Alumni

Alumni Awards

The Alumni Awards provide an opportunity for ArtCenter to publicly recognize the talent, service and influence of its alumni.

2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

James Miho (BFA 55)

2018 Outstanding Service Awards

Paul Bielenberg (BFA 98)
Jahee Lee (BFA 90; MFA 92)

2018 Young Innovator Award

Kevin Bethune (MS 12).

Read more about this years honorees.

James (represented by Gordon Bruce BS 72), Paul, Jahee and Kevin will be celebrated at the 2018 Alumni Awards Dinner on Saturday evening, October 27 at the Chevy Chase Country Club. Alumni may register for the Reunion and Awards Dinner at artcenter.edu/reunion.

Past Award Winners (2007-2017)

Lifetime Achievement

Recognizing a lifetime of professional and/or creative achievement

2007 - Syd Mead BS 1951
2008 - Frank Nuovo BS 1986
2009 - Kenji Ekuan BS 1957 (d)
2010 - Doyald Young BFA 1955 (d)
2011 - Lou Danziger BFA 1948
2012 - Bruce Burdick BS 1961
2013 - Gordon Bruce BS 1972
2014 - Shiro Nakamura 1981
2015 - Drew Struzan BFA 1970
2016 - Michael Reese BS 1974
2017 - Kit Hinrichs BFA 1963

Outstanding Service

Recognizing significant service to ArtCenter or realized humanitarian design impact

2007 - Ramone Muñoz MFA 1990, BFA 1977
2008 - Mikio Osaki BFA 1961
2009 - Michael Osborne BFA 1978
2010 - Stephanie Sigg MS 1998
2011 - Wendy MacNaughton BFA 1999
2012 - Gala Narezo BFA 2001
2013 - Stan Kong BS 1983
2014 - Patrick Kiruki BS 2005
2015 - Gary Meyer BFA 1959
2016 - Rob Ball BS 1983
2017 - Julian Ryder BFA 1972

Young Innovator

Recognizing a notable professional or creative innovation, bestowed on a recent alum of the past 10 years

2007 - Nikolai Cornell MFA 2004
2008 - Dustin Arnold BFA 2004
2009 - Eric Benjamin Nyquist BFA 2007
2010 - Geetika Agrawal MS 2005
2011 - Jonathan Jarvis MFA 2009
2012 - John Niero BS 2007
2013 - Spencer Nikosey BS 2008
2014 - Katie Dill BS 2007
2015 - Mari Nakano MFA 2010
2016 - Jessie Kawata BFA 2011
2017 - Jacques Perrault 2014