Paula Goodman is Director of K-12 Programs at ArtCenter College of Design.
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: 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...
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Offered in partnership with ArtCenter alumni, Create Change forums and workshops are designed to inspire and inform, and help define ArtCenter's brand in China.
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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Entrepreneur, author and communications expert Michele Ruiz is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trusttess
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: 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: 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: 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...
Entertainment Design alum Edmund Liang is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in transmedia narratives and multi-sensory spatial experiences whose eclectic client list includes the Famous Group, Jim Henson Company, Dreamworks, Psyop, Imaginary Forces and Logan.tv.
Storyboard: Errol Gerson From South Africa with Love of Learning Picture this: Im sitting in a grad school classroom in 1971. My professor poses a question, Who would like to NOT complete the thesis for this class? My hand shot into the air like a rocket. My professor then requested that I pay hi...
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A graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Paul Taylor has directed and supervised a wide variety of projects, from game cinematics, commercials, ride films to short and feature films.
Devin Hawker Looking behind the curtain When I was growing up, going to the movies was a big deal. It seems hard to believe there was a time before Netflix and Apple TV, but I remember traveling nearly an hour to the nearest movie theater as a kid and submitting to this kind of grand vision that w...
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 ...
Storyboard: Ron Galella When the world was my studio When was the last time you saw your favorite celebrity having a raw, honest human moment in front of a camera? Im not talking about somebody picking their nose or taking their dog for a walk. When was the last time you saw a famous person and th...
Storyboard: Bob Dirig It's the greatest job in the world Think of all the stuff you throw away each day. Almost all of it has no inherent value, right? Try telling that to an archivist. For instance, several years ago, the Library at ArtCenter College of Design received a substantial donation fr...