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...
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: Frank Nuovo The Beat Goes On Some folks come to the creative path later in life. I knew that this path was the one for me as soon as I was old enough to draw a picture. I was born in Monterey, California: a place where all you needed to do to get inspired was take a walk to the neares...
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: Gale Morris Designing with hands that wont do what you want them to I grew up during of WWII. As kids, we built models of Jeeps, tanks and B-25s. Then I started making models of cars, which led to an organization known as the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. My first attempt at age 12 br...
Business leader, educator and author Linda Hill is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
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. ...
It seems as if Frank Nuovo has always been a rock star of the design world.
Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education.
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: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.
Designer Su Mathews Hale is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
Global designer Michael Warsaw is an alumnus and member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
Fernando Olmedo is a concept designer and ArtCenter alum from the Entertainment Design department.
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,
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...
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.
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Degree:BFA 98 Advertisingpamfujimoto.com Known for her irreverent and often-imitated creative campaigns for brands both iconic (Absolut Vodka) and insurgent (The Coffee Bean), alum and WONGDOODY’s Pam Fujimoto has redefined what it means to be a modern advertising leader. Executive Creat...
Degree:BA 80 Graphic Designclementmok.com Clement Mok is many things—digital pioneer, serial entrepreneur, software publisher and developer, author, design patent holder, even restaurateur—but beyond all else, Mok is a designer and his influence on the world is immeasurable. After gradu...