STUDENTS TACKLING SOCIAL ISSUES IN THEIR ART AND DESIGN – PART I: ILLUSTRATION STUDENT ALEJANDRA FERNANDEZ This is the first story in a three-part series on ArtCenter students tackling social issues—from ethnic, racial, religious, class, sexual and gender identity to topics including im...
Su Mathews Hale, ArtCenter’s new Chair of the Board, wants students to feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to the table “Art and design in the United States has long been influenced by individuals who have emigrated to this country and brought with them their homela...
STUDENTS TACKLING SOCIAL ISSUES IN THEIR ART AND DESIGN – PART II: PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENT LORI NISHIKAWA This is the second story in a three-part series on ArtCenter students tackling social issues—from ethnic, racial, religious, class, sexual and gender identity to topics including imm...
ArtCenter and INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools, marked the tenth anniversary of their partnership, which blends design innovation with business strategy, with a celebration at Airbnb's headquarters in San Francisco.
The Los Angeles Unified School District joins forces with the College's social impact department, Designmatters, to implement "Where's Daryl?," a cutting-edge health curriculum designed to get tweens and teens to talk about gun violence.
Sole resistance: alumnus Aarish Netarwala broke the mold with his grit concept for adidas A strategic designer at BCG Digital Ventures in Los Angeles, alumnus Aarish Netarwala (MS 17 Industrial Design) spent the summer of his final year at ArtCenter in an Adidas Sponsored Project, where he and his ...
Student Creativists bring talent and caring to their DEI work and team Ever since Illustration student Ylandia Braggs became a Creativist for ArtCenter’s Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)—a role she’s held since her first term in Fall 2019—she’s consider...
BRINGING IDEAS TO LIFE What is an entrepreneur? Ask five different entrepreneurs and you’ll get five different answers. But what they all have in common is the desire to transform their vision into reality. As the leader of the College’s Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice depar...
Autonomous for the people: cars of the future will need to balance new features with safety Last week, Chevrolet announced that more than a dozen of its 2016 cars and trucks would be compatible with Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto, the tech giants’ competing in-dash inte...
ACX TEENS COURSE EXPLORING PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHES TEENS TO BOOST THEIR PHOTO SKILLS In the ACX Teens course Exploring Photography, taught by ArtCenter alumnus David Sotelo (BFA 97 Photography and Imaging), students enhance their photographic skills and personal vision through assignments that include ...
Alumni and students sell their art and design at Art Market at ‘Beyond Supersonic’ celebration As part of ArtCenter’s tremendous “Beyond Supersonic” celebration of the 20th anniversary of the College’s South Campus, and the unveiling of several new learning space...
With Beekle, Caldecott Medal-winner Dan Santat “makes the unimaginable, imaginable” It’s been quite a year for Illustration alumnus Dan Santat (BFA 01). Back in February, he was awoken at 4:30 a.m. by a call from the American Library Association (ALA) with the news that his child...
Alumna Loris Lora: Safe and Sound andnot slowing down An artist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, includingThe Boston Globe,Los Angeles Times,The New Yorker and the The Wall Street Journal, Illustration alumna Loris Lora (BFA 14) spent countless childhood hours drawing. But it wasn...
In his ArtCenter for Teens class "The Wonder of Photography: A Photo Workshop for Teens with Special Needs and Abilities," international photographer Stefan Studer will take students on a 10-week journey of self-expression and exploration within a relaxed and creative setting.
The Force Is Still Strong With Him Ralph McQuarrie (BFA 56) As the concept artist for the original Star Wars trilogy, Illustration alumnus Ralph McQuarrie (BFA 56) was instrumental in the creation of those films’ fantastical characters and settings. In fact, the late McQuarrie’s p...
ENTREPRENEURS AHORA LATINA/E/O/X BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ON THE RISE. MEET THREE SOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE DOING THINGS THEIR WAY. The recent ArtCenter exhibition IdentificarX explored the complex and distinct contributions that the College’s Latina/e/o/x alumni have made to the fields of...
Car Classic Tickets Online registration closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, October 18. Tickets can be bought on site at the regular rate of $40.00. Attendees of Car Classic 2019 will take part in a concours event unlike any other. Highlights include a curated field of innovative vehicles; emcees Dave Kun...
JOY AND OPTIMISM IN EAGLE ROCK: ILLUSTRATION ALUM PATRICK HRUBY SHARES A STUDIO SPACE FILLED WITH ARTCENTER HISTORY Walk into the high-ceilinged Los Angeles art studio of artist, designer, Illustration alum and instructor Patrick Hruby (BFA 2010), and one thing is clear: Hruby loves bold color. A ...
ARTCENTER AND ART DIVISION STUDENTS ON THEIR SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART COLLABORATION In the Spring 2018 Fine Art course Socially Engaged Art, taught by Assistant Professor Olga Koumoundouros, Fine Art students collaborated with students from Art Division, a nonprofit organization by Los Angeles&rs...
ACX COURSE BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS TEACHES STUDENTS TO CREATE SPACES WITH EMOTIONAL IMPACT A branded environment is one of the most powerful ways to engage people in a true brand experience. By understanding the brand and its message, its possible to create a space that combines powerful methods of in...
As a social impact environmental designer, Esmi Rennick designs with communities, not for them, by inviting people into the design process so the final outcomes reflect their culture and meet their needs.
A Conversation with Anthony Zepeda, Master Printmaker and Teacher A Living Treasure: Thirty Years of Anthony Zepeda and the ArtCenter Printmaking Studio is an exhibition that pays tribute to legendary teacher and printmaker Anthony Zepeda. In 1975, Zepeda began his career at Gemini G.E.L printing ...
In the ArtCenter Extension course Essential Typography, students boost their skills and build a portfolio.
Why did Illustration alumnus and co-director of the Academy Award-nominated "The Dam Keeper" Robert Kondo leave the familiarity and security of working Pixar to start up animation studio Tonko House?