The Art Center Car Classic celebrates the very best in automotive design and affords the opportunity to showcase Art Center’s strong ties to industry and honor many of our noteworthy alumni. Past events have featured such sought-after speakers as alumni Chris Bangle, Peter Brock, Henrik Fisker, Chip Foose, Syd Mead, Shiro Nakumura, Harald Belker, Ken Okuyama, Chuck Pelly, and Frank Stephenson, plus other noted designers like Luigi Colani, Reeves Callaway, Dan Gurney, Steve Moal, Gordon Murray and Patrick le Quement.

Bringing together high-caliber speakers with some of the world’s most beautiful automobiles in a setting steeped with creative energy is what makes the Art Center Car Classic so special, and is why it shouldn’t be missed!

Annual highlights of the Art Center Car Classic include:

”Meet the Designers”
Morning and afternoon presentations in Art Center’s Ahmanson Auditorium and Sculpture Garden - a unique opportunity to hear influential and innovative automotive designers speak in depth about key aspects of their work, and to experience their exciting designs in motion as the vehicles are exhibited.

Awards Ceremony
Several award trophies, designed and individually handcrafted by an Art Center Transportation Design student are presented.

Campus and studio tours
Attendees have the opportunity to tour Art Center’s world-renown campus and studio classrooms and see the designers of the future demonstrating their craft.