Paula Goodman is Director of K-12 Programs at ArtCenter College of Design.
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...
Storyboard: David Cawley From the woodshop to the 3D lab: My journey as a maker My job as a creative is to keep up with technology as it changes. I always wanted to be ahead of the wave. The problems we face remain the same. Its our means of solving problems that have changed. Ive been a maker fo...
Storyboard: Yuri Shimizu Abelson Making Everyday Objects Not So Everyday I am lucky enough to share a personal and creative partnership with my fellow ArtCenter grad, Mike Abelson (BS 97 Product Design). Together we are the minds behind Postalco, a brand influenced by the elevated practice of Jap...
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...
Live concert and entertainment executive Ron Bension is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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...
We acknowledge that ArtCenter College of Design is included in the region of the ancestral and traditional lands of the Hahamog'na Tongva people who historically inhabited the San Gabriel Valley area around present-day Pasadena and Altadena. We honor their connection to this region and give thanks f...
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...
Storyboard: Carla Figueroa Pushing beyond limits I cant imagine my life without ArtCenter. I started in Saturday High; earned an undergraduate degree in Graphics/Packaging at ArtCenter, including one semester at ArtCenter Europe; was awarded ninth-term honors; worked in the Colleges design office ...
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...
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: 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,...
Storyboard: Darin Johnstone The Plum Assignment Somebody once asked me if being a creative has ever made me feel like an outsider. The answer is: Yes. Most days that end in y. As an undergrad architecture student at Cal Poly Pomona, I was lucky enough to take an architecture class taught by a wo...
Storyboard: Clement Mok Junkie for change I have a confession to make. Im a junkie for change. In the forty years of my professional career, Ive changed career paths like a model changes outfits in a fashion show. Some people call this A.D.D. I like to think of it as making the most of my creativ...
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: 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: George H. Ladyman, Jr. Handing over the box A lot of ArtCenter graduates recall being blown away by the gallery work when they first take a tour of the school. My experience was no different. I found the quality of the work on display to be intimidating. To put it plainly, I was terrif...
Storyboard: Matt Haligman The unpredictability of the creative life Heres a scenario for you: Imagine youre the smartest person in the room. Then, one day, imagine that this changes... dramatically. Youre no longer the smartest person in the room. Not even close. In fact, the proverbial is now f...
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 ...
Storyboard: Ramone Muñoz Branded by ArtCenter I never thought I would end up teaching. Truthfully, the thought never even crossed my mind. I was born into a lower middle-class family. My dad immigrated to Los Angeles by ship in 1914 with his mother and sister because his father, a doctor a...
Answers to commonly asked questions for ArtCenter alumni.
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...
Hrag Nassanian (BS 00 Product Design), Founder, WAYFINDER