The educational innovators behind lynda.com and The Skool, and the booming business of online learning Were in the infancy of this industry, and theres a lot of room for a lot of different angles on how to attack the problem of teaching online. Lynda Weinman The pioneers Forbes magazine ...
This edition of the 4x4 Gallery features recent work by alumni whose contributions as design innovators span half a century. Yves Bhar Since forming San Francisco-based Fuseproject in 1999, Swiss-born multidisciplinary designer Yves Bhar (BFA 91 Product Design) has produced triumphs in efficiency...
Press Play: Meet Designer, Record Store Owner Brian Thomas AC: What inspired your current creative project?Brian Thomas (BFA 07 Graphic Design) business owner: During our time at ArtCenter, a friend Micah Panama (BFA 07 Graphic Design) was running a mixtape club. After we graduated, I proposed we c...
Change Lab Episode 32 Jessica Helfand on Redefining Design Ethics for the Digital Age Its not an overstatement to say that Jessica Helfand is a renaissance woman of the design world. She co-founded Design Observer, an authoritative digital publication on the state of visual culture and an oracle o...
4x4 Gallery: Alumni who make art into ritual, ritual into art Lisa Park Her own brainwaves serve as creative muse and medium for Lisa Park (BFA 09 Fine Art). Splitting her time between Seoul and New York City, the artist works with biofeedback technology to create performance art pieces involving...
Change Lab Podcast Episode 30 Documentary Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol on the Active Pursuit of Empathy Ivy Meeropol is a documentary filmmaker whose emotionally and politically charged films explore social and cultural injustice from the inside out. Her work in TV and film ranges from an exploration of...
The IdentificarX Film Festival showcased films as part of IdentificarX exhibition programming celebrating our Latina/e/o/x ArtCenter alumni.
Change Lab Podcast Episode 1: Lynda Weinman on Taking Arts Education Online In the debut episode of ArtCenter’s Change Lab podcast, President Lorne Buchman interviews Lynda Weinman, who partnered with her husband, ArtCenter alum Bruce Heavin, to found Lynda.com in 1995. What began as a m...
Social innovation designers pioneering new career paths Social innovation designers are changing the way the world works, dedicated to improving everyday life through global health and sustainable development, public policy and social entrepreneurship. Without the career paths afforded by more...
Read the May 2023 DEI newsletter. Stories include Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, IdentificarX, Zack Snyder screening and more.
Shooting for the Sky: Williamson Gallery Exhibition Focuses on Humanity's Shifting Understanding of the Heavens NOTE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, SKY is not currently available for viewing. We hope, however, that you enjoy this essaywith accompanying imageryby the exhibitions curator. An i...
A Greener, Cleaner Ride From 4D-printed cars to “15-minute cities,” the future of sustainable personal transportation offers all kinds of possibilities Imagine a car with an exterior of 3D-printed copper, gleaming raw and reddish brown, streaked with a sanding pattern. Its interior is ...
Magdalena Paluch, a graduate of ArtCenter's Graduate Industrial Design program, has always been driven by curiosity and a spirit of exploration. As the co-founder and CEO of LabTwin, she's creating a digital assistant that improves workflows for scientists and researchers working in laboratories.
This 4x4 gallery features work by ArtCenter alumni in which vivid fashion is inspiration, an abandoned house oozes the blues, music and lights blend into a higher plane of existence and drawings set the stage for paintings both modernist and abstract.
2021 Alumni Awards Bruce Heavin, Outstanding Service Award "Giving to ArtCenter is the gift that keeps on giving," says Bruce Heavin (BFA 93 Illustration). "Generosity is not just about money. You could be generous with your time, your empathy." Heavin and his wife Lynda Weinm...
Wizard of Awe Dan Goods (BFA 02) What are you doing with your special moment in time today? This pointed challenge culminates an inspiring TEDx Talk by Graphic Design alumnus Dan Goods, who works as a visual strategist (aka resident artist) at NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasade...
Relive the inspiring Seaweed Stories event at ArtCenter! Explore how seaweed innovation can tackle global challenges like plastic pollution, featuring highlights from the screening and expert panel discussion on sustainability and design.
ARTCENTER’S CHANGE LAB PODCAST HOSTED BY PRESIDENT EMERITUS LORNE BUCHMAN EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CREATIVITY How do artists and designers look at the world starting in childhood? What did they do creatively? How did they feel? Where did those experiences take them in their career...
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...
Concept Designer Neville Page on Critiques, Directors and Gaboon Vipers “What we hoped to achieve was to meet our makers,” says a character in director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film Prometheus, describing the lofty goals of their mission. “To get answers. Why they even made us ...
CASHING IN: ARTCENTER STUDENTS EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF FINANCE Though it lacks the name brand recognition of San Diego Comic Con or the South by Southwest Festival, the Digital Document Security Conference (DDS) is an important gathering. The annual event brings together the global secure document co...
Photography alumna and visual anthropologist Penny Wolin's (BFA 76) latest book "Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry," sent the photographer on a cross-country journey to find out why so many practitioners in the field are Jewish.
Artists, designers, educators, lawyers and other experts share their thoughts on how generative AI is transforming the creative landscape.
Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning
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