Animation to Gaming: See ArtCenter alumni artists at first annual LightBox Expo With the flick of a wrist (plus developed skills and a lot of effort), artists create colorful characters and worlds that suck in audiences all over the world. Lucky for us, more than 250 of these top artists—inc...
Read the September 2023 DEI newsletter. Stories include Rashaad Newsome: Hands Performance, DreamWorks Animation, Student Spotlight and more.
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?
Micah Williams is a video production professional who executes visual storytelling from conception to post-production, including editing, sound mixing and graphics animation.
Meet EntertainmentDesign Student David Sanchez Originally from the Moreno Valley, David pursued his early passion for cartoons into ArtCenter's top-ranked Entertainment Design program's Character Animation track. I was very into art, and I was drawing every day, but I took it more as a hobby...
From ArtCenter to NASA/JPL: Meet Visual Strategist Lois Kim The Studio at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a collection of designers, artists, makers, strategists and thinkers who collaborate with scientists to illuminate the darkest corners of the universe. Alum Lois Kim was hired directly upon...
A Visual Conversation: Meet Art Director Samantha Kallis ArtCenter: What are you working on right now? Samantha Kallis (BA Illustration 10) Art Director of Development at Disney Television Animation: I cant give specifics, but broadly I work on Disney projects before they go into production. My job...
Down To A Fine Art: Meet Artist, Educator Quinton McCurine ArtCenter: What are you working on right now?Quinton McCurine (MFA 11 Studio Art) artist and educator: I am currently working on a series of science-fiction books set to be released in China in Mandarin next year. AC: Whats the one tool yo...
Color Coordinated: Meet Besame Founder Fergus Hernandez ArtCenter: You co-founded Bsame with your wife Gabriela Hernandez (BFA 89 Photography) how did that come about? Fergus Hernandez (BFA 90 Photography) CFO/Co-founder, Bsame Cosmetics: Weve worked together since meeting at ArtCenter in the late...
An Entertainment Design Student's Guided Tour of the Emotions and Experiences Animating his Sketchbook I was always drawing as a kid. I mean, what child wasn't? It was mostly stick figures, cards for my family and doodles that got far more praise than they deserved. I was afraid to really express m...
Forging New Cinematic Frontiers: Meet Filmmaker Michael Reisinger ArtCenter : What are you working on right now? Michael Reisinger(MA 09 Film),Filmmaker: A script for my short film. Ive been making these 3- to 5-minute shorts, and my next project is going to be more ambitious 40 to 60 minutes, wi...
Setting A Scene: Meet Set Designer Assaf Horowitz ArtCenter: What are you working on right now?Assaf Horowitz (BS 14 Entertainment Design) lead set designer, Blue Sky Studios: An animation feature that will be out in 2020, but I cant say more than that. AC: Describe a moment in your childhood wher...
Do What Scares You: Meet Illustrator Nol Ill ArtCenter: Tell us about what inspired your current creative project?Nol ILL (BFA 05 Illustration): When I was asked if Id like to illustrate a childrens book about Halloween, my initial thought was, Yes! Some of my fondest childhood memories were attend...
Sharon Lockhart and Frances Stark Solidarity forever: Renowned MFA alums revisit an iconic portrait In 1997, when Sharon Lockhart, Frances Stark and Laura Owens posed in sack-dresses that collectively spelled out the California Republic state flag, the artists main intention was to present a unite...
Student Voices: Kellin Sproul, Entertainment Design
NO TELLING HOW FAR SHE’LL GO: ALUMNA GRISELDA SASTRAWINATA-LEMAY LENDS A FRESH EYE TO DISNEY’S OSCAR-NOMINATED MOANA When alumna Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay (BFA 2005 Illustration) was a little girl, growing up in Jakarta, she would read Indonesian versions of Walt Disney comics. Kids a...
ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN ALUMNA FINDS CAREER PATH THROUGH ARTCENTER FOR TEENS When recent alumna and VR animation concept artist Christina K. Yang (BS 2017 Entertainment Design) was 10 years old, she started taking ArtCenter for Kids Figure Drawing classes. Raised in the San Gabriel Valley, Yang follow...
Concept Art to Game Design: Meet ArtCenter alumni artists and designers at LightBox Expo Animation director. Art director. 2D/3D character animator. Character designer. Concept artist. Creature designer. Game designer. Storyboard artist. Toy Designer. Visual development artist. These are just some ...
Mentorship Program pairs students with mentors: Jerron Hess and Karen Kuo This story is part of a series on mentors and mentees in ArtCenter’s Career and Professional Development (CPD) Mentorship Program. In the program, students have the opportunity to be mentored by ArtCenter’s alumni...
Fall 2022 Student Leadership Award winner Alejandro Sandoval empowered others at ArtCenter through listening, learning and bringing people together.
Entertainment Design alum Lizzie Nichols helped The Mitchells vs. The Machines become the first animated film with an openly gay lead character.
Recent ArtCenter alums speak about the entertainment design industry at Lightbox Expo 2022.
THE JOYS OF WORLD BUILDING: ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN SHINES Work long, and work hard. That’s the mantra recent Entertainment Design alumna and Los Angeles native Michelle Rhee (BS 2016) grew up with. New Entertainment Design Chair Guillaume Aretos—an award-winning animation and film art di...
Illustrate This! Illustration Alumni Forge Many Career Paths Decades ago, illustration meant creating artwork to illustrate stories in magazines, newspapers and books. Today, ArtCenter Illustration alumni encompass a broad swath of professions. Twenty-first century illustrators are conceptualizers...
Read the August 2022 DEI newsletter. Stories include Food for Thought, Lessons in Equity, Road Less Traveled and more.