Storyboard: Gordon Bruce How to Design a World What is design? Its a trade, its a profession, its a state of mind. More than anything, design is a key to unlocking continuity and cohesion within the bigger picture of life. Growing up with an industrial designer for a father, I was exposed to the ...
Storyboard: Sarah Ellis Out of the Foxhole and Into the Fire My mom was an ArtCenter illustration major who graduated in 1978. She took me to see the student galleries as early as when I was a year and a half old. By the time I was six, ArtCenter became a place I understood to be important in her ...
Thank You! The Accelerate Campaign was about building capacity space and resources to ensure society has the art and design talent it needs to open possibilities and solve complex problems with imagination, creativity and courage. Together, we surpassed the largest fundraising goal in the Colleg...
Storyboard: Tim Delaney Tomorrowland Comes True Picture this: the year is 1955. Im a tiny kid, sitting in my parents living room, watching on the television. Of all the segments, I am the most inspired by Which makes sense. is the part of the show about men in space, pioneering ways of technolo...
Storyboard: Victor Lee Brown A Father-Son Bond, Forged by Creativity One of the first gifts I ever gave my son Ryan was a book called Diggers. Its a fairly rudimentary book about construction which, given the young mans budding interest in toy trucks, I figured to be an appropriate enough token. ...
Program:ProductDesign alainamickes.com In the end, a leader is only as great as her team, and it has been an honor to be a part of the best team in the world. A self-described thinker, maker and former French baker, Summer 2016 Student Leadership Award-winner Alaina Mickes came to ArtCenter with pr...
Rob ClaytonIllustration, 1988 Christian ClaytonIllustration, 1991 claytonbrothers.com The Clayton brothers are Rob and Christian Clayton, who have been collaborating since 1996 on paintings and installations which entwine their styles and palettes. Rob, born in 1963, and Christian, born in 1967, b...
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: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...
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 ...
A pioneer in online education, alumnus Bruce Heavin (BFA 93) is an artist, strategist and entrepreneur.
Fernando Olmedo is a concept designer and ArtCenter alum from the Entertainment Design department.
The Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman Alumni Center serves as a crucial gathering space for alumni and a source of inspiration.
Live concert and entertainment executive Ron Bension is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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,
Pegge Hopper (BFA 56) Owner, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu
The satellite studio, ArtCenter Berlin, hosts trans-disciplinary projects as well as department led initiatives, giving students a deeply immersive experience in a city known for creative re-invention.
Blockbuster filmmaker Zack Snyder is an alumnus and member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
Ross LaManna is the chair of the graduate and undergraduate Film Departments at ArtCenter. He has sold screenplays and written for many studios, including Disney.
SKY is an exhibition that invites visitors to ponder both the provincial and universal elements of space above and around the Earth’s surface. This group exhibition will demonstrate how the unfolding realities exposed by new science are affecting change in the understanding of ourselves, our p...
Everyday or Not at All April 7 – August 28, 2022 Featuring work by three design studios located in Mexico—APRDELESP, Fabien Cappello, and Andrés Souto—the exhibition explores new approaches to design driven by the everyday, from concept to fabrication. Philosopher Henri L...
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.
Business leader, educator and author Linda Hill is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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