Public Programs overview

In Saturday High
Students in grades 9 through 12 blossom into design-savvy problem solvers . Studying a variety of disciplines with leading design professionals. They continue to develop valuable skills: Collaboration. Innovation. Advanced techniques in graphic design, film, photography, and more. Whatever they choose to do in life, Saturday High gives students skills they will use every day. Scholarships are available.

Summer Institute for Teachers expands the benefits of design-based education. Teachers learn to think like designers. They integrate state standards of learning into real-world projects and problems. Classroom learning becomes comprehensive and engaging. Teachers become more effective. Students excel. Scholarships are available.

Public Programs at Art Center enjoy a tradition as old as the college itself. Art Center at Night (ACAN) dates back to the school's founding in the 1930s. Today the program enrolls approximately 3,200 students a year. ACAN provides a wide range of college-level courses in design and the visual arts for adult students seeking a creative environment for professional development, acquisition of technical skills, and personal growth. Based in Pasadena, ACAN courses are also Los Angeles. In recent years, up to 50 percent of all entering degree students at Art Center have attended ACAN to explore various art and design disciplines and to build portfolios suitable for application to the college. ACAN offers teachers 25-50% off tuition for select courses. Scholarships are available.