Graduate Art alumnus Michael Rey creates large-scale abstract works: geometric shapes and color, a combination of painting and sculpture.
Forging New Cinematic Frontiers: Meet Filmmaker Michael Reisinger ArtCenter : What are you working on right now? Michael Reisinger(MA 09 Film),Filmmaker: A script for my short film. Ive been making these 3- to 5-minute shorts, and my next project is going to be more ambitious 40 to 60 minutes, wi...
Ich Bin Ein Berliner Michael Sans (BS 97) “Inspiring and helping each other goes both ways,” says Product Design alumnus Michael Sans of his engagement with students at ArtCenter Bikini Berlin, the College’s satellite studio where he is managing director. Sans’ own educatio...
ACX KIDS CLASS ILLUSTRATION TEACHES CHILDREN TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH DRAWINGS In the ACX Kids class Illustration, taught by artist and illustrator Michael Horowitz, students turn their drawings into fun and engaging images that communicate a mood, a feeling or an idea. ACX Kids is ArtCenters extensi...
Sponsors and Patrons Sponsorship Opportunities Custom packages will align partners with this unique and prestigious event providing exclusive access to trendsetters, thought leaders, cultural influencers, young families and car enthusiasts. Support of Car Classic ensures ArtCenter will continue...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 15 Matthew Rolston on Glamour, Death Anxiety and the Unity of Opposites Photography and Imaging alumnus Matthew Rolston creates iconic images that explore and reflect the ideas embedded within our cultural obsession with beauty, glamour and celebrity. One of the worlds m...
In Matthew Wards Outspoken, justice is meted out, one way or another What happens when you report an injustice and nothing is done about it? What if those institutions designed to protect you actually end up doing the exact opposite? These are the questions ArtCenter alumnus Matthew Ward (MS 15 Fil...
Campus Life. Elevated. Situated on 175 wooded acres in the hills above the Rose Bowl, ArtCenters Hillside Campus has never lacked any amount of outdoor green space. Life at the Colleges South Campus, located in an urban setting at the southern gateway to Pasadena, is a different story. In imaginin...
Climbing The Ladder: Meet Catalyst CCO Josh Wright AC: What inspired you to co-found Catalyst? Josh Wright (BS Product Design 03) Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Catalyst: The seed was planted when I was at ArtCenter. The College trains you to think about design, not just from the aesthetic ...
Way to Logo: Meet Brand Identity Expert Lindon Leader ArtCenter: What have been some of the most memorable twists and turns in your professional/creative journey after graduating ArtCenter?Lindon Leader (BFA Advertising 78): I have served a wide variety of clients large and small, local, national...
Lighting the Past Alumna Tahnee Cracchiola brings antiquity to life, one photograph at a time Its a crisp December morning at the Getty Villa, the Malibu branch of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Home to one of the worlds finest collections of antiquities, the Villa features architecture modeled after a...
Californians Abroad: Testlab Berlin Expands Students Creative Horizons The California Dream is alive and well in the global cultural capital of Berlin. Not only because 22 ArtCenter students were immersed in two Study Away studios this past summer, but because itself is a coveted idea, an enduring...
The Future Looks Bright: Meet Propelland Founder Hugo Giralt ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Hugo Giralt (GradID 12) founding partner/CEO of propelland: As a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers and strategists, were working on projects that merge digital and the physical e...
This 4x4 gallery features work by ArtCenter alumni in which vivid fashion is inspiration, an abandoned house oozes the blues, music and lights blend into a higher plane of existence and drawings set the stage for paintings both modernist and abstract.
For artist Neil Shigley, documenting San Diego's homeless population in large-scale block-printed portraits is a labor of love.
Media Design Practices alumnus David Schwarz, creative partner at Hush, the New York-based design agency, shares with us the thinking behind The Under Armour Experience, a 270-degree immersive architectural and film experience bringing the sights, sounds and adrenaline rush of competitive sports t...
As global innovation design director at Jordan Brand, Product Design alumnus Rob Bruce is the designated visionary at the Nike-owned sneaker label.
Face Book for Dummies If you’ve seen photographs of Oprah Winfrey or covers of Rolling Stone, it’s safe to say you’ve seen Photography and Imaging alumnus Matthew Rolston’s work. His 2007 shoot with Michael Jackson is known as the singer’s “last sitting.&rdq...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 42 D’Wayne Edwards on building a pipeline for diversity in sneaker design Like most artists and designers, D’Wayne Edwards identifies as a dreamer. But dreams, like clouds, often change shape the longer we look at them. But not so for D’Wayne who...
Student leader. Graphic Designer. Latino. Jesus Jacobo, graduating this term with honors and a degree in Graphic Design, is all of these things. Last year he co-founded Yo Soy ArtCenter, a network of Latino/a students across diverse disciplines who share a cultural heritage.
Layered Urbanism: A New Approach to Campus Connections To help achieve ArtCenter’s goal of creating an exceptional connected campus experience for its students, the College’s master plan outlines a number of innovative and much-needed features for its South Campus location. These includ...
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Creative, driven and extremely adamant about his work, Cero Smith has spent 10-plus years working in the film industry.
Redesigning the Movies: How ArtCenter is Uniquely Educating the Next Generation of Filmmakers Jack Foley (photo by Alex Aristei) At ArtCenter I would become an artist. At any other school, I would become a guy who makes movies. During a break on the set of Man of Steel, the up...
Alum Rafael López celebrates diversity in children’s book The Day You Begin In The Day You Begin, written by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by award-winning artist and Illustration alumnus Rafael López (BFA 85), a girl named Angelina with caramel s...