Twenty-five years after Keith Haring painted a mural in the Hillside Campus stairwell, Super8 footage of the artist creating the work has surfaced.
‘HEALING OUR INNER CHILD’: STUDENTS UNVEIL A BRIGHT, BOLD MURAL AT ARTCENTER’S SOUTH CAMPUS Featuring the words “our” and “home” painted in large vertical type, the new mural in the lobby of ArtCenter’s 1111 building (South Campus) is a bold declarati...
DAZZLE ME: GRAPHIC DESIGN CHAIR NIK HAFERMAAS SPEARHEADS 1,600-FOOT LONG DAZZLE DIGITAL MURAL AT SAN DIEGO AIRPORT Stretched across the 1,600-foot long white facade of San Diego International Airport’s new rental car center are 2,100 paper-thin electronic tiles that flicker and flash dramatic...
A Public Thing: Celebrating Keith Haring’s ArtCenter Mural and its Place in a Legacy of Art, Activism and Social Change Joyful, Political, Unapologetically Gay Last week, ArtCenter College of Design presented a panel conversation and debuted a short film about artist Keith Haring and the mur...
Read the December 2022 DEI newsletter. Stories include What's Your Story, the Keith Haring mural, Identificar(x) exhibition and more.
Rafael Esquer of Alfalfa Studio jumped at the chance to create a mural to improve the cafeteria of the LIFE Family Shelter in Lower Manhattan, inviting the shelter's clients to workshop their ideas and shape the design of the piece.
Change Lab Podcast Episode 23 Rebeca Mndez on dissolving boundaries between art and design and connecting with our animal nature Rebeca Mndez is an artist, designer, educator and ArtCenter alumna whose creative practice defies the bounds of traditional disciplines or descriptions. Her pioneering ...
Revisiting Radical Chic: Meet Art Director Mike Diehl ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Mike Diehl (BA Advertising 73) graphic designer/art director: A host of wonderful projects: a brand identity for a solar-power company in Hawaii, a logo for a nonprofit music organization, plus some ...
Read the June 2023 DEI newsletter. Stories include Keith Haring's A Public Thing, IdentificarX, Pride celebrations and more.
Outsider Art Esther Pearl Watson (BFA 95) “This is going to be the best summer ever…I know my hot guy is sitting on a couch or mat and wondering if some fine lady is dreaming about him,” muses Tammy Pierce, the unlucky underdog of Unlovable, a graphic novel series by Illustratio...
Man of a Thousand (Johnny) Faces: John Van Hamersveld on his 50-year Career Inside his hillside home in Rancho Palos Verdes, with huge glass windows overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where he surfed as a teenager, Advertising alumnus John Van Hamersveld smiles when waxing poetic on his more than 50-ye...
Hollywood trailblazer Dorothea Holt Redmond “Her watercolor sketches were extraordinary place-making.” — Marty Sklar WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING Restless, fierce and gifted, 1936 Illustration alum Dorothea Holt Redmond produced scenic designs for Alfred Hitchcock that visualize...
Alum Rafael López celebrates diversity in children’s book The Day You Begin In The Day You Begin, written by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by award-winning artist and Illustration alumnus Rafael López (BFA 85), a girl named Angelina with caramel s...
Join us for ArtCenter’s new mini-series investigating the powers of art and science–and the extraordinary, unexpected outcomes when the two fields intersect. Art and science, like chocolate and peanut butter, are an unlikely pair whose collective whole equals more than the sum of its pa...
Profile of artist and ArtCenter Illustration alumnus Doug Aitken.
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 ...
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...
Read the May 2023 DEI newsletter. Stories include Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, IdentificarX, Zack Snyder screening and more.
DREAM DEFERRED: FINE ART ALUM MIKE SAIJO'S WORK FEATURED IN EXHIBITION ON INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WWII What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—And then run? On a recent day, Fine Art alum Mike Saijo stands and reads out-lo...
André Kim: Environmental Design Alum Glides From Cycling to Starbucks At an upscale Starbucks Reserve coffee bar just south of Los Angeles music venue the Greek Theatre, with zig-zagging wooden countertops and the caffeinated clickety-clack of customers on laptops, Environmental Design alumn...
AFTER IMAGE Photographer and Alumnus Matthew Rolston’s Latest Fine Art Series Vanitas: The Palermo Portraits, Which Debuted at ArtCenter, Drew Inspiration From One of His First Experiences at the College Interview magazine cover, special “Music” issue featuring Cyndi Lauper. Pho...