For his second career, alum Wing Chan weaves an urban tapestry After graduating from ArtCenter, Hong Kong-born Wing Chan (BFA 85 Graphic Design) ran a design firm in New York’s West Village for more than 15 years, with clients including American Express Private Bank and Standard Chartered Pri...
Tyrone Drake is a design educator, graphic design professional and an associate professor at ArtCenter.
Change Lab Podcast Episode 21 Ari Montanez on Realizing his NBA Dreams through Design Fall 2018 Product Design graduate Ari Montanez has spent much of his relatively short life equipping himself with the skills and stamina necessary to succeed in a highly competitive arena – ideally Madison ...
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...
When in doubt, Illustration alumna Maggie Chiang goes to nature Thanksgiving is an annual reminder to express gratitude for everything we have in our lives. Here at ArtCenter, we have much to be thankful for: our innovative students, who continually find new ways to impress us; our hardworking fac...
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Student leader. Graphic Designer. Latino. Jesus Jacobo, graduating this term with honors and a degree in Graphic Design, is all of these things. Last year he co-founded Yo Soy ArtCenter, a network of Latino/a students across diverse disciplines who share a cultural heritage.
Sculpting Reality: Fine art student Filip Kostic deploys VR to ask big questions and create new meanings Artists tools have evolved throughout history, perpetually expanding the possibilities for expression. And whether its Michelangelos frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or James Turrel...
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...
ARTCENTER AND ART DIVISION STUDENTS ON THEIR SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART COLLABORATION In the Spring 2018 Fine Art course Socially Engaged Art, taught by Assistant Professor Olga Koumoundouros, Fine Art students collaborated with students from Art Division, a nonprofit organization by Los Angeles&rs...
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In the ArtCenter Extension course Head and Hands, students ground their observational powers through an understanding of the planes of the head and anatomy.
Why AxS Episode 1 Rosetta Mission: How an illustrator helped NASA-JPL land on a comet Welcome to the Why AxS, ArtCenter’s podcast featuring brilliant scientific and artistic minds ponder the big why's that come with being a tiny part of this universe. Our first episode, How to Land on a Com...
Never Tell Her the Odds: Cinematographer and alumna Mego Lin excels in a male-dominated field Nobody ever seems to have told Graduate Film alumna Mego Lin the statistical chances of a woman’s making it as a cinematographer. In the 92-year history of the Academy Awards only one woman—Rac...
Photography alumna Myriam Negre fills her ceramics, photos and video art with spiritual empowerment Raised in Barcelona and based in the lush forest-filled Montseny Biosphere Reserve outside of the city, Photography and Imaging alumna Myriam Negre creates ceramics, photography and video art with an...
Special Guests Perhaps even more impressive than the one-of-a-kind vehicles on display at Car Classic is our s who of special guests, which include some of the most well-known designers, influencers and collectors in the world of transportation. Guest Speakers Chip Foose, Co-founder Foose Desig...
Stage of Life: Meet Freelance Artist James (Fader) Cui ArtCenter: What are you working on right now?James Cui (VJ Fader) (BFA 02 Illustration): Im doing a stage design for an EDM festival in Myanmar. Im also working with an architect to create a video installation piece for the new LG headquarters ...
A New Coat: Meet Besame Cosmetics Founder Gabriela Hernandez ArtCenter: Whats the most unique thing youve created? Gabriela Hernandez (BFA 99 Photography) President, Besame Cosmetics: All of our products are historically based. We research makeup and formulas manufactured from different eras and br...
Discover the art of transforming 2D into 3D at ACX's Pop-up Books Workshop. Artist Teen Namiko Liu leads a 10-week exploration of paper engineering for pop-up books, cards, and fine art.
Whether Designing for the Road or a Screen, Alum Daniel Mai Sets Human-Centric Solutions as His Destination When recent Interaction Design alum Daniel Mai (BS 2016) was in middle school, he went against the grain and didn’t sketch zippy sports cars, like other teens he knew. He instead drew m...
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Illustration student Emilia Cruz pours herself into her paintings and her art on Netflix’s Gentefied In Illustration student Emilia Cruz’s oil painting Am I Too Dark?, a young girl sits on her bed. In one hand, she holds her long black hair, staring down at it. In the other hand, she g...
Cedric Johnson has dedicated his academic career to studying and writing about the relationship between class, race and social change.