Tahnee L. Cracchiola (BFA 97) Lead Photographer at J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Imaging Studios
Dr. Richard L. Walker, Jr., is Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students at ArtCenter College of Design
Storyboard: Anthony Zepeda Inspiration and a bulletproof work ethic In 1973, I took a solo sojourn to Europe. I found myself in Amsterdam, where I visited the Stedelijk Museum. I saw Goya and Rembrandt prints and was struck by the intensity of the black ink on the paper. Seeing those beautiful pr...
ArtCenter collaborates with L.A.-based arts organizations to support underserved youth and build pathways to art and design education.
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: 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...
Storyboard: Nolen Niu A jones for furniture I like to tell people that I furniture when I first visited Europe. Of course, theres a considerable divergence between American and European design. American furniture places a great deal of emphasis on comfort and practicality, whereas Europeans are ...
Storyboard: Mario Ascencio No bad days! I can pinpoint the exact moment when I knew I wanted to be a librarian. Picture it! Thirty years ago this year, I was 17 years old, a high school student from Huntington Park working a job at a public library in Maywood. At the time, the position was just t...
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...
Degree:BFAIllustration thehettemagroup.com Phil Hettema, the president and creative director of The Hettema Group (THG), creates stories you can touch. Since 2002 THG has been interweaving compelling narratives with technology to create experiences with emotional resonance. Through close collaborati...
Degree:BFA 87Illustration markryden.com Mark Ryden was named the godfather of Pop Surrealism by Interview in 2010. He first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in this new genre of painting with a host of followers in his wake. He has created a singular style that blurs the traditional ...
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Attorney Jeffrey Glassman is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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...
ArtCenter Leadership Executive Cabinet Karen HofmannPresident Anne BurdickProvost Elsa LunaSenior Vice President / Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Melanie BurzynskiSenior Vice President, Advancement Jim PooreSenior Vice President, Marketing and Communications Tom SternSe...
"Advance of the Rear Guard" explores Ceeje Gallery's impact on 1960s LA. On view at ArtCenter's Williamson Gallery, Oct 5, 2023 - Mar 9, 2024.
Victor Estrada: Purple Mexican presents more than 40 intimately scaled drawings, a selection of large paintings, and a major recent sculpture. On view October 6, 2022 - February 25, 2023.
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...
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...
Photographer Evelena Ruether and painter William Kaminski co-founded Control Room, an independent artist-run space, after graduating from the Fine Art department.
ArtCenter College of Design presents an exhibition celebrating ArtCenter’s Latina/e/o/x alumni community. The exhibition explores the complex and distinct contributions our alumni have made to the field of art and design, and their significant cultural impact. On view June 15 through Aug...
Degree: BFA 12 Illustration Ariel Lee earned her BFA in Illustration at ArtCenter in 2012. That same year, she beat out a field of established professionals as a winner in Design Observer’s 50 Books/50 Covers for her children’s book, Mark & the Jellybean Monster, created as a st...
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.
ArtCenter’s South Campus complex has grown to encompass three sustainably renovated facilities designed to integrate the College into the surrounding community and greater Los Angeles. ArtCenter’s South Campus was established in 2004 to accommodate the College’s overall growth. Lo...
ArtCenter College of Design (ArtCenter) is a Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Campus.