Photographer Evelena Ruether and painter William Kaminski co-founded Control Room, an independent artist-run space, after graduating from the Fine Art department.
Storyboard: Pearlyn Lii What do people do in difficult times? They invent their way out of it. My parents grew up in a very rural, underdeveloped part of South China. In fact, they even met in the same village. They were young and in love, though there was always the question of where the next mea...
Storyboard: Vanessa Stump Finding the Yummy Nowadays, artful food pics are almost as commonplace as selfies. Whether its a famous chef you follow on Instagram, or just a friend who happens to collect photographic evidence of various tasty dinners, theres no escaping the fact that food photography ...
Storyboard: Celeste Guarneri Sicilian Sensibility: Back-of-the-House at ArtCenter When I was a kid, my mom and dad owned and operated an Italian seafood restaurant. My old man was the head chef, and my mom was the head waitress and bookkeeper. In other words, I was a restaurant kid. My dad emigra...
Storyboard: Jack Telnack A Ford Man When I was a kid, Dad used to take me to the Ford Rotunda in our hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. Being an autoholic from an early age, I remember when I first saw the 1941 Lincoln Continental on display. I was five at the time. The car was designed by Bob Gregor...
Alcohol And Illegal Drugs Policy ArtCenter is committed to providing its students, faculty and staff with an environment that promotes safe andresponsible social interaction, and is required by law to provide you with our written policies on these issues. ArtCenters concern over the illicit use an...
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...
Art Center president (and theater director) offers expert advice to creatives upping their presentation skills Its a chilly Wednesday morning in late November, and its showtime for a dozen students in Petrula Vrontikis Creative Presentations and Critiques class. Gathered in semi-darkness in the nea...
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...
Printmaking Studio ArtCenter students practice the art of printmaking in a state-of-the-art studio run by one of the world’s great masters of the form. ArtCenter’s printmaking facilities enable students to explore intaglio, screen printing, stone and plate lithography, and various phot...
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...
Writing Center At the Writing Center, we believe in helping students become confident and effective communicators within art and design. Our Writing Coaches provide individualized support and guidance in writing development. We are here to assist students of all proficiency levels from each of Art...
Meet ArtCenter Trustee and Alum Steve Hitter (BS 69 Product Design)
Meet Mia Ferrera Wiesenthal, an Associate Professor and Industrial Design Consultant. Learn how she facilitates connections between students and industry professionals and her perspective on the importance of design in today's world.
The Jules Bates Artrouble Center is a research space to explore the history of ArtCenter, rare art and design books, the Los Angeles punk scene in the late 1970s, and other rich archival and primary source materials. At the Jules Bates Artrouble Center, students, faculty, staff, and scholars can vi...
ArtCenter DTLA presents (Parentheses), a street-view window exhibition by BRD (Bridget Rosalia Driessen) and Hannah Kim Varamini (founders of Love’s Remedies, an artist-run initiative and the inaugural ArtCenter DTLA Residency Project 2020). For the closing projects of their 2020-21 residency...
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.
Meet ArtCenter alum and Product Design faculty member Jini Zopf (BFA Illustration).
Currently on view: Package Nocturnes examines the relationship of creative production within a capitalist economy based on easy disposability. Curated by artist Beth Fiedorek,
Meet Nick Garfias (BS 95 Transportation Design)
Illustrator John Parra (BFA 97 Illustration) on growing an artist.
ArtCenter alum Bruce Geyman (BS 65 Product Design) is the National Museum Curator for U.S. Geological Survey.
Meet Mark Page (BFA 97 Illustration, former Walt Disney Imagineer and experiential designer.
Degree: BS 90 Transportation Design chipfoose.com Perhaps the world’s top hot-rod designer, Chip Foose and his contributions to the automotive industry have become legendary in a relatively short amount of time. He grew up in California working for his father’s company, Proje...
Degree: BFA 03 Graphic Design Pizza delivery, filmmaking and teaching are not typical bullet points on a designer’s resume. But Michael Etter (BFA 03 Graphic Design) took a roundabout route to his chosen field at Art Center, which he ultimately came to see as the most effective means to exerci...