Storyboard: Gale Morris Designing with hands that wont do what you want them to I grew up during of WWII. As kids, we built models of Jeeps, tanks and B-25s. Then I started making models of cars, which led to an organization known as the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. My first attempt at age 12 br...
Storyboard: Victoria Berry, Patricia Bravo Luc Limbourg ArtCenter Europe Forever In this edition of Storyboard, we meet the co-chairs of ArtCenter AlumNetwork Europe Victoria Berry, Patricia Bravo and Luc Limbourg. This trifecta of connectors talks about bonds forged and an idea that sparked a c...
Storyboard: Julian Ryder Coming full circle Ive heard that in life people can have one of three things: they can have a job, they can have a career or they can have a calling. Im very fortunate to have had all three. The journey has been long. The calling came late. It all started in high school ...
Program:Environmental Design behance.net/alvinoei Environmental Design student Alvin Oei is both a busy student, and a student leader. Early on in his ArtCenter career, he founded ArtReach, a student led mentorship program that brings free art and design education to local non profit organizations....
Storyboard: Phil Hettema How to Graduate from Disneyland to Art School I'm a native Southern Californian, born in Pasadena, who was born right around the time that Walt Disney introduced his pet project, something called a "theme park", to the world (... yes, it was a long time ago!). I was a shy ...
Storyboard: Mike Hailey Warsaw Drive and focus across generations For this special Storyboard, we speak to designer, alum and trustee Mike Warsaw (BS 1990) and his daughter Hailey, a current student in her third term at ArtCenter. Mike: Going through high school, I loved to draw and make things....
The Earth From Space: JT Reager CuratorJay Belloli interviewsJT Reager, Research Scientist, Surface Hydrology Group, Earth Sciences Section, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: How you become interested in studying hydrology and the earth's water cycle?JT Reager: I was trained as an engineer, and I d...
Storyboard: Tom Suiter Playing in perfect harmony Ive said the following at countless academic presentations and in just as many conversations with friends and colleagues: Nothing Ive accomplished in my decades-spanning career would have been possible without the time I spent at ArtCenter. As a ...
The Earth From Space: Josh Willis CuratorJay Belloli interviews Josh Willis, Oceanographer, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: Josh, how did you become interested in studying oceanography?Josh Willis: Well I failed out of physics. I was planning to get a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Califor...
The Earth From Space: Derek Posselt CuratorJay Belloli interviewsDerek Posselt,Atmospheric Physics and Weather Group, Earth Sciences Section, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: How did you become interested in atmospheric science?Derek Posselt: Ive always been interested in science from a very young...
Twenty one actions you can take to help the environment. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, The Earth from Space, which brings together well-known historic photographs of our planet as well as videos.
Storyboard: Sarah Ellis Out of the Foxhole and Into the Fire My mom was an ArtCenter illustration major who graduated in 1978. She took me to see the student galleries as early as when I was a year and a half old. By the time I was six, ArtCenter became a place I understood to be important in her ...
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2020 MFA Virtual Exhibition curated by Adam Stamp. Featuring ArtCenter Graduate Art alumni.
Meet ArtCenter Trustee and Alum Steve Hitter (BS 69 Product Design)
Graphic Design alum Daniel C. Young is a visual interaction designer with Google Creative Lab where he designs interfaces for what Google might need five years from now.
Get to know Interaction Design and Media Design Practices faculty member Elise Co.
Storyboard: Mike Shinoda Carving our own lane A few years ago, I discovered a book which has since become a favorite. Its called Category of One by Joe Calloway. To paraphrase, the theme is: dont be the best one in your lane. Be the only one in your lane. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with vid...
Meet alum and ArtCenter Student Leadership Award Recipient Yanqi Li (BS 21 Product Design).
Storyboard: Al Van Noy How empathy and curiosity forged my path to design Ive always maintained that design isnt just a practice. Its a way of looking at the world. The designers mindset is one that will lead you down a singular path. Part of the journey is rooted in a kind of insatiable curiosit...
Storyboard: Mari Nakano Two streams I was raised in a fairly traditional Asian-American family. As far as a career, I believed I had two options: become a doctor or a lawyer. A creative career was out of the question. I mean, where was the stability in that? Part of being a true creative means br...
Storyboard: Maria Rendn Why am I me? I used to ask my mother, Why am I me? Even as a child, this strange, existential question ate at me. Throughout my creative path, Ive continually asked myself, am I a craftswoman? An illustrator? An artist? I was born and raised in Mexico City. As a kid, my sc...
Storyboard: Gail Howland It takes a lot of work thats not creative to be a creative When I told my colleagues that I was considering getting my second degree at ArtCenter College of Design, some of them couldnt quite wrap their head around the concept. They were familiar with ArtCenter and were aw...
Storyboard: Frank Lanza Making sense of the gifts Ive been given There werent many distractions when I was a kid. There was no television, no internet. At the most, my friends and I would listen to serials on the radio. Of course, we had plenty of time on our hands. Invariably, I would end up ask...
Meet alum and US Army veteran Tae Yoo (MFA 21 FIlm).