Alum James Paick (BFA 04) created Scribble Studios, an entertainment design firm specializing in character, creature and concept design for video games, TV and film.
Paula Goodman is Director of K-12 Programs at ArtCenter College of Design.
ArtCenter Exhibitions announces the launch of Recent Pasts, a two-part project to be presented online and at ArtCenter DTLA. Recent Pasts considers the changes and perpetual re-calibration in arts education and institutions in the 21st century; and in the social, political, economic, and cultural c...
Degree:BS 12 Environmental Design designbyini.com Ini Archibong was studying at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California when his life pivoted. His passion for business was being overtaken by his passion for art, which he had studied at Polytechnic School, a preparat...
Storyboard: Domenique Sillett Buxton The Trailblazer I was at a crossroads. And it was only 4th term. Halfway through my time at ArtCenter, I began to feel the idea of becoming a traditional illustrator begin to unravel. I met with my Associate Chair of Illustration Jon Conrad for an informal por...
Christina Yang I owe it all to my dad, the old-school ArtCenter grad When I was a kid, my dad worked in animation. He would bring home samples of art from his workplace and I couldnt get enough of what he was showing me. Among the things he shared with me were character animation tests, samples of...
Storyboard: Pablo Meyer Learning How to Be a Three-Dimensional Thinker I grew up in Mexico in the 1960s. As a child, life was busy. Family activities took up a great deal of my time, and I attended a Montessori Schoolin which children were encouraged to develop their own creative skills at their o...
Meet user experience designer Madison Bucher (BFA 20 Interaction Design)
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...
Model Office and Prop Room Whether you’re an artist, illustrator, designer, photographer or filmmaker, ArtCenter’s Model Office and Prop Room help bring the images and ideas of our visual artists to life. The Model Office schedules art models to pose for classes throughout the year. In...
Illustration alum Dan Santat's book "The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend," was awarded the Caldecott Medal and will be coming to life in a film by Dreamworks.
Explore examples of positions held by our recent graduates and examples of who they are working for.
Abigail Dergarzarian: Creating a culture of collaboration Acknowledging the social isolation that comes from the intense ArtCenter student experience, Fall 2020 Student Leadership Award Winner Abigail Dergarzarian was searching for community when she started an AIGA (American Institute of Graphic D...
At age 50 I made a life-changing decision: as soon as my youngest child was old enough to drive, I would go back to school.
Storyboard: Elizabeth Gray Bayne Chocolate Milk and Other Wonders of Being Human Though I loved movies growing up, I never thought that I would become a director. Instead, I spent most of my childhood reading about science, taking art classes and writing and illustrating my own stories. Like many...
Storyboard: Tom Knechtel Life as a Theater Though Ive been a painter for most of my life, Ive long considered my body of work to be something akin to a theater company. Let me explain. When I was nine years old, my favorite thing in the world was to make stuffed animals. I made them for my friend...
Storyboard: Sean Adams Design as Public Service Unlike many of my contemporaries, being creative was never part of my plan. Both sets of my grandparents came from a long line of politicians. They used to say, A life without service is not a life. It was expected by both of my parents that I would...
Storyboard: Eunice San Miguel Trusting myself the key to everything My mother likes to say that Ive been drawing since I was two years old. The way she tells it, she would put paper in front of me, give me markers and crayons, and then watch as I sketched an entire world. There was nothing analyt...
Kevin Bethune Founder and Chief Creative Officer of dreams design + life Kevin Bethune is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of dreams design + life, a think tank that delivers design and innovation services using a human-centered approach. Kevin's background spans engineering, business and ...
Storyboard: Zach Leazer How a life in the Air Force prepared me for a life making movies The first time I ever directed anything, I was still serving in the United States Air Force. I know thats a weird concept, but just hear me out for a second. I was an airplane mechanic doing my first tour of ...
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: Mark Fennimore Following in my dad's footsteps by not following in my dad's footsteps When I was a kid, my dad worked for NASA. He started in the Apollo program and after the first man landed on the moon, he transitioned to Skylab and then the Shuttle Program. He was a very pragmatic, ...
Storyboard: Elyssa Quesada How life in the Marines prepared me for ArtCenterand motherhood It sounds ridiculous now, but for the longest time, I just didnt understand photography. Mind you, my family has deep artistic roots. To this day, my mom paints every day in her home. Growing up in Houston,...
ArtCenter alum Zack Snyder on Deconstructing the Mythological
Answers to commonly asked questions for ArtCenter alumni.