ArtCenter Graduate Art student Delbar Shahbaz and Transportation Design student Ehsan Momeninejad, both from Iran, discuss how President Donald Trump's January 27, 2017 travel ban executive order has impacted them.
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 ...
Lynda Weinman on Building Lynda.com and the Future of Online Learning 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 means t...
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...
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...
In the Driver’s Seat Meet four successful Transportation Design alumni impacting their fields ArtCenter’s Transportation Design alumni are known for designing everything from Ducati Monster motorcycles and Meyers Manx dune buggies to mega yachts and electric scooters—...
Rapid RISE to Success Gevorg Karensky (BFA 11) A lifelong fan of cars and games, Gevorg Karensky has fashioned a filmmaking career that brilliantly blends both passions. Born in Russia, he emigrated to the United States in 2002 at the age of 14. For his undergrad Transportation Design thesis ...
Love and Love Jon Jon Augustavo and Mego Lin When Graduate Film alumnus Jon Jon Augustavo signed on to direct the music video for “Same Love,” the summer’s breakout hit by rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, he had no idea what a powerful impact the project would have on the nat...
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...
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...
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...
How do we grasp David Bowie or Prince without their visual representations? Writer Scott Timberg explores the historical relationship between art, design and the music industry.
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...
Freelance art director Sonja Johnson (BFA 11 Film, BFA 14 Advertising) is known for her barrier-breaking campaigns for clients like SheaMoisture and Vaseline.
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...
The Future of Mobility Takes Center Stage at the LA Auto Show 2022
Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning
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...
In ArtCenter's "Life Without Plastic" Sponsored Project, Newell Brands challenged students to reimagine some of their most iconic products for a new era of sustainability
2021+ 2022 Alumni Awards ArtCenter's Alummi Awards Ceremony "It's been about five years since we've had this ceremony, so this is an important evening to bring our community together, to unite us," said ArtCenter president Karen Hofmann in her opening remarks at ArtCenter’s Alumni Awards cer...
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 ...
Meet three Graphic Design alumnae and a student representing the future of graphic design in the 21st century reflecting a broad and diverse audience.
Graphic Design Alumna Michelle Dougherty’s Path from ArtCenter to ‘Stranger Things’ Blocks away from West Los Angeles’s Sawtelle Boulevard, dubbed “ramen row” for its yummy throng of Japanese noodle cafes, Graphic Design alumna Michelle Dougherty (BFA 1995) stand...
Read the May 2023 DEI newsletter. Stories include Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, IdentificarX, Zack Snyder screening and more.