Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Olympics. In this Designmatters course, students examine how resources and spaces are impacted when a city invites the Olympic Games into its community.
Students spent seventeen days photographing and experiencing Berlin, one the world’s most vibrant and thriving art centers. This limited-enrollment class was led by Just Loomis (BFA 80 Photography), former assistant to Helmut Newton. Loomis, who has taught numerous workshops and exhibited...
Curator-led tours at world-class museums. Intimate visits to artists and illustrators studios. Hands-on drawing workshops across from the River Thames. Illustration Department Chair Ann Field, along with faculty members Clive Piercy and Paul Rogers, guide students on an unforgettable trip to London....
How would you describe this class to prospective students? This class is an immersive study abroad class in Berlin using contemporary photography as the basis for investigation, production and research. It is a project-based class that requires diligent photographic inquiry into a specific aspect ...
Featured Course What's Your Story A blend of selfie culture with community archiving, this course is a multi-year effort by the Photography and Imaging Department to create a portrait of the people of Los Angeles across a breadth of communities. Designed as a city-wide project with volunteer parti...
Spatialdesign considers itself a global platform for design. We create for people of the world and look at our process as holistic. For us to do that, we must understand the value that each and every person brings to the table. That starts in the classroom with our broad origin of students, a divers...
ArtCenter's MFA in Art faculty of artists, critics and theorists provides graduates with a comprehensive understanding of art history, art making and contemporary art.
In this Graphic Design / Designmatters course, students team up to design a visually compelling, technology-infused awareness campaign to help boost Long Beach Police Department officer recruitment, innovative policing and community engagement to build trust and bridge divides between the LBPD and t...
Media Design Practices alumni are highly sought-after members of the innovation economy, working as designers, strategists, futurists and social innovation leaders.
In this two-semester Graduate Transportation Systems and Design class, students conceptualize and design transportation systems of the future.
Students analyze existing products, environments and processes for sustainability and implement intelligent design strategies to reduce our ecological footprint.
Refine your artistic potential with a Master of Fine Arts in Art from ArtCenter. Among a community of both developing and internationally recognized interdisciplinary artists, you’ll grow your technical abilities, creative capacity and connections across the globe. Here, your potential is our ...
In this seven-week Designmatters studio course, students work with the Consulate, Indonesian community groups, artists and designers to create a mural to celebrate and reflect the diversity of Indonesia and Indonesians in L.A.
This course prepares students for a paradigm shift in the field as versatile artists/authors who can articulate a particular point of view through visuals and text, creating the voice of the entire project.
Illustration hosted the Designmatters On the Fence studio, where students were challenged to design and install a large scale mural on the topic of youth unemployment.
Media Design Practices (MDP) is an interdisciplinary design Master of Fine Arts (MFA) preparing designers to question, innovate and lead through design, critical thinking and creative technology. Designers must bring a daring, critical, and engaged mindset to a world in constant flux. Today’s...
ArtCenter College of Design's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design major fosters the highest standards of creativity and critical thinking. Learn more.
Designing for Green Justice: Centering Indigenous Land Access, Stewardship, White Sage Campaign In this Designmatters studio, students have the opportunity to connect with this land and its First Peoples, the Tongva community. Together, we work with Indigenous land rights advocates and Tr...