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Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. With a current enrollment of approximately 2,310 students (61% female and 39% male, representing more than 50 countries), the College has a student/faculty ratio of 9 to1....
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Twenty one actions you can take to help the environment. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, The Earth from Space, which brings together well-known historic photographs of our planet as well as videos.
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. ...
Degree: BS 15 Interaction Design Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Inae Song was drawn to the multidisciplinary Interaction Design program at ArtCenter as a field of possibility, a place to envision the future of design even beyond existing technologies and, she says, to apply without constrain...
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...
Program:Environmental Design behance.net/alvinoei Environmental Design student Alvin Oei is both a busy student, and a student leader. Early on in his ArtCenter career, he founded ArtReach, a student led mentorship program that brings free art and design education to local non profit organizations....
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...
Storyboard: Tracy Wong Scared out of my wits The catalog scared me. The student gallery scared me. The lingering nightmare of not getting in and spending my entire career working a high-speed copier at Kinkos scared me. Being surrounded by the most gifted art and design students in the world that...
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Ramone Munoz Emeritus Faculty Ramone Muoz earned his BFA in Advertising in 1977 and his MFA in Fine Art in 1990 at ArtCenter College of Design. He taught at ArtCenter in the Graphic Design and Humanities departments since 1984, now retired from teaching. He was the Associate Chair of the Graphic D...
Advertising alum Sean Ohlenkamp discusses life as Creative Director at Leo Burnett Toronto and working across digital, film, photography, print, illustration, design and product design platforms.
Storyboard: Joseph Watson Seeking Inspiration in Strange Places "The ArtCenter Way" One of my priorities as an artist is being open to outside influences. Sometimes Ill be influenced by random things like the color blue. Other times, I find myself influenced by objects: vehicles, airplanes, or mus...
Storyboard: Ini Archibong A language without language As a kid growing up in Pasadena, I would frequently ride my bike to ArtCenter. I thought of it as the place where people designed cool cars. Many years later, I decided to leave the USC Marshall School of Business and start my first term at Art...
Degree: MS 14 Environmental Design One of the first students to enroll in the Furniture and Fixtures track of ArtCenter’s Graduate Environmental Design program when it launched, Hines Fischer specializes in “people-centric” furniture design for office spaces. He is among a select g...
Regina Dowling-Jones Vice President, Strategic Partnerships Biography Originally from Oklahoma, Regina Dowling-Jones graduated from Oklahoma City University with a degree in music. After graduation, she continued her work as an actress with leading roles in musicals and many television appearance...
Storyboard: Jessica Muljadi The benefits of culture shock and keeping your finger on the pulse For me, growing up was like a never-ending series of culture shocks. My upbringing was not unique in the slightest, but I did do a lot of bouncing around between different habitats as a kid it often fe...