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 ...
Entertainment Design alum Lizzie Nichols helped The Mitchells vs. The Machines become the first animated film with an openly gay lead character.
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...
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...
Down to a Science: Charles Mauro's expertise in neuroscience-based design research dates back to his ArtCenter education In the not too distant future, neuroscience and design patent law will completely transform the world of design, says alumnus Charles Mauro (BS 71 Product Design), president and ...
Postalco: Mike Abelson + Yuri Abelson Shimizu The alumni-founded Tokyo-based design brand creates products that include clothes that mirror the skin’s natural flexibility What if our clothes could move with us, and not against us? That question led alumni couple Mike Ab...
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...
Film alumnus and cinematographer Larry Fong (BFA 89) has shot groundbreaking music videos and more than $1.6 billion worth of Hollywood blockbusters directed by filmmakers he befriended at ArtCenter. On break between giant gorilla reboot Kong: Skull Island (opening March 10) and pre-production for S...
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...
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...
Recent ArtCenter alums speak about the entertainment design industry at Lightbox Expo 2022.
Dan Brodnitz on democratizing education at LinkedIn Learning
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...
Creative Tech Week 2023 will feature innovative technology leaders and keynote speakers Henrik Fisker and Iddris Sandu.
Mentorship Program pairs students with mentors: Francesca Liu and Greg Tada 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 alum...
Join us for Creative Tech Week 2023 and connect with leading innovators from the creative industry and technology. Featuring insightful presentations, a screening of the documentary "We Are As Gods," and keynote speakers Henrik Fisker and Iddris Sandu, this event is not to be missed!
Las Fotos Project is one of several L.A. community arts organizations that ArtCenter Admissions partners with on portfolio reviews and skill-building workshops.
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...
Supercharged: How two former classmates are shaping the future of Tesla As we go to press, more than 276,000 people have placed preorders for a Tesla Model 3, the highly anticipated, all-electric vehicle with a 215-mile range and an accessible $35,000 price tag—the car Tesla’s CEO ...
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.
BEAUTY OF THE FALL: 2017 TEDxACCD FACES THE TOPIC OF FAILURE We don't know everything.We aren't perfect.We make mistakes,But we embrace themAnd make it work.We are a metamorphosis of X.X = the unknown. In other words, we all fail, and then try again. For the ArtCenter students organizing the Coll...