ONE FOR THE ARTIST BOOKS: TOMES EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE MEDIUM On view at ArtCenters Williamson Gallery through December 15, Tomesfeatures 25 artist books from the 1970s and 80s which challenge the conventional definition of a book. Curated by John David OBrien and Piero Varron...
The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography: Two Years, Two Paths, One Destiny I was supposed to be a lawyer. A product of perhaps the best quality of public education, I excelled in school and finished my last semester of high school working as the executive intern for the mayor of New York City. I...
Industrial Design alum Neeti Kailas was named by Rolex as a Young Laureate for her work developing a hearing screening device for newborns in India.
Currently on View Through May 25, 2018, “Reimagining The Arroyo Seco” Redefines and Provokes Our Relationship to Nature ArtCenter College of Design will exhibit student concepts for reimagining The Arroyo Seco at Pasadena’s Central Library from April 25 through May 25, 2018. The...
Auto Industry Leaders Show Innovative Concepts and Explore Future Mobility Challenges More than 2,000 connoisseurs of past, present and future mobility gathered for ArtCenter College of Design’s annual Car Classic on October 20 under the theme “One of a Kind Vehicles That Stand Al...
Photography alumna Barbara DuMetz is a one woman force In the summer of 1967, Photography and Imaging alumna and pioneering commercial photographer Barbara DuMetz, then 20, took her new Kodak Instamatic—a gift from her dentist father—and walked through her Detroit neighborhood, photogra...
Artificial Knowing: Media Design alumnaefight discrimination, onealgorithm at a time In an airy, white loft space, in a fantastical art deco factory building in downtown Los Angeles, Media Design Practices (MDP) alumnae Christine Meinders (MFA 2017) and Selwa Sweidan (MFA 2016) are working to gathe...
Community Partnerships From recruitment activities initiated by our Admissions office to outreach efforts led by our Public Programs team, ArtCenter partners with a number of community arts organizations located throughout Greater Los Angeles to build a pipeline for students to pursue an art and de...
New Qualified Self Course will Team Students at ArtCenter and UCLA to Invent Wearables for Wellness From Pasadena to Westwood, teams of students with expertise in design, medicine, engineering and business will collaborate to create wearables for wellness. This summer, ArtCenter College of De...
Lighting the Past Alumna Tahnee Cracchiola brings antiquity to life, one photograph at a time Its a crisp December morning at the Getty Villa, the Malibu branch of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Home to one of the worlds finest collections of antiquities, the Villa features architecture modeled after a...
Sky High Design Phil Hettema (BFA 81) Illustration Phil Hettema is bringing simple and elegant design to Glitter Gulch with the creation of the world’s tallest observation wheel, the High Roller at Caesars, stretching 550 feet into the Las Vegas skyline. “I think this wheel is really,...
MacArthur Fellow and Fine Art alumnus Jorge Pardo has been bucking tradition since he rose to prominence in 1998.
As part of the IdentificarX exhibition, four creatives came to campus for the Alumni Panel Discussion, Saturday, June 29, to share their journeys into their respective fields, the impact of an ArtCenter education, and the challenges of working in the arts.
ArtCenter College of Design outlines its commitment to support Black members of our community and the Black Lives Matter movement by addressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion on campus and in our community.
Featured Course What's Your Story A blend of selfie culture with community archiving, this course is a multi-year effort by the Photography and Imaging Department to create a portrait of the people of Los Angeles across a breadth of communities. Designed as a city-wide project with volunteer parti...
Finding Your Repurpose: Meet Ecocentric Artist S.P. Harper ArtCenter: What inspires your art? S. P. Harper (BA 79 Illustration, Advertising) ecocentric artist: Painting gemstones on reclaimed materials is my inspiration. My grandfather was a diamantaire, a diamond cutter, before becoming a conduct...
ArtCenter comprises a diverse community of singularly creative individuals drawn together by the desire to leverage the power of imagination to create change in ways big and small.
Employees at ArtCenter College of Design benefit from being part of a dynamic, creative community. No matter your position, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the governance of the institution, engage with creative learners and educators, and participate in the rich cultural opportunitie...
ArtCenter and INSEAD, one of the world's leading business schools, marked the tenth anniversary of their partnership, which blends design innovation with business strategy, with a celebration at Airbnb's headquarters in San Francisco.
Transportation Design alum Michelle Christensen became the first woman to design a supercar, overseing the exterior design of Acura's smash-hit 2016 NSX.
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From ArtCenter to Nike: Meet Environmental Design Alum Therese Swanepoel Curating experiences and a love of immersive design brought South African native Therese Swanepoel to ArtCenter's Environmental Design program. Now at Nike, she's responsible for researching and developing the innovative workp...