Modern light-filled studios are available to Fine Art and Illustration students seeking a space of their own to create and collaborate.
The Surface Design Research Lab houses an archive of surface design projects, a library of leading American Modernist monographs, publications and examples of the work of Charles and Ray Eames, modern surface design publications and a database of surface design influencers, designers and organizatio...
A multi-space installation work by Los Angeles artist Eli Smith, Today Is Your Birthday is an inquiry into the labor of both forgetting and remembering across generations. This series of scripted spaces, closed to the public and presented virtually, is a post-immigration story for a post-Trump real...
Storyboard: Joann Jung Do dreamers ever get to where they need to be? I came to America from Korea when I was sixteen years old. The world was a much different place to me then. My mother was a painter. She was a fearless woman and the risk taker in the family. She believed that to be creative me...
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...
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: Chris Hacker Design Across Generations It took me a long time to realize that it was my destiny to become a teacher. As an adult designer, I realized one day there had been some basic things missing in my own education. I felt compelled to go back to the drawing board and help others ...
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...
Storyboard: Dennis Juett Power to the pencil I was always around graphic design, even as a child. My dad was in the business. One of my favorite things to do as a kid was take apart watches and put them back together. At fifteen, I was doing the same thing with cars. By the time I reached high sc...
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...
Katie Sprague Finding true north Throughout the course of my life, Ive found myself continually returning to one simple question: Why have I devoted my life to this crazy thing called Brand Strategy? Why did I decide to go back for a second round of college in my 30s? Why, indeed. Even as a k...
Storyboard: Ophelia Chong Chance encounters of the fluid kind I believe that everyone is capable of having at least six careers in their lifetime. How does one do that? Remain fluid and open to what the universe throws at you. I was born in Canada and became an American citizen 20 years ago. As a...
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 ...
Kohl Commons is the primary dining destination for ArtCenter's South Campus, providing a lively and communal space where students, faculty, and staff can satisfy their hunger and enhance their creativity.
Tom Knechtel teaches in the undergraduate Fine Art Department at ArtCenter.
Originally a supersonic wind tunnel, The Mullin Transportation Design Center has been transformed by Darin Johnstone Architects into a suite of educational spaces to facilitate research, experimentation and cutting-edge design, providing full-scale vehicular access that replicates a professional des...
Conejo Negro: Tortilleria and Print Shop explores our connections through the culture of food, expressed in installations, text, and images, curated by Torolab
Jane McFadden is the dean of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Sean Adams is the dean of the Division of Visual Art and Communication and former chair of the undergraduate and graduate Graphic Design programs at ArtCenter,
Dave Muller: Proto Typical presents over two decades of work by the Los Angeles artist, including watercolors, murals, and the immersive Record Pavilion 2.0 record store installation.
Hello LA surveys the work of renowned designer, author and educator Clive Piercy (1955-2017). On View March 9 - June 24, 2023.
Employee Experience and Engagement (HR) You are at the center of what we do. If the Employee Experience and Engagement (HR) department had a motto, that would be it—we are here for you, whether you are an applicant seeking additional information about a job opening, a new hire, full- or...
Ann Field is the chair of the undergraduate Illustration Department at ArtCenter. Her work is featured in the Smithsonian National Design Museum.
Provost Dr. Anne Burdick oversees academic, faculty, and student affairs as well as industry and academic partnerships at ArtCenter College of Design.
Meet alum Youmna Chamcham (BA 13 Graphic Design).