Alumni

Alumni Awards

The ArtCenter Alumni Awards are an annual recognition bestowed by the College and the Alumni Office, with input from the internal ArtCenter community and global alumni community.

The Alumni Awards provide an opportunity for ArtCenter to publicly recognize the talent, service and influence of its alumni. We recently celebrated 10 years of Alumni Awards and will recognize 2018 Alumni Award recipients at the Reunion this October.

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