Starts Oct 05
Exhibitions

My Eyes are My Lens

Monday, October 05, 2026
through
Friday, October 16, 2026

The MDP Gallery
South Campus
950 S Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, California 91105

In 1973, ArtCenter College of Design, with an already established reputation for a rigorous, world-class design education, created its Film Department, with its film student’s going onto be influential in the modern blockbuster, commercials and music video genres. This exhibition My Eyes are My Lens is dedicated to and a celebration of our film faculty and their work.

The exhibition will showcase the works of our film faculty as directors, writers, photographers, and producers.

Featured faculty and alumni

Matthew Rolston
Photograph from Matthew’s Hollywood Royale series, that has an exhibition of this series of photographs at the Fahey Klein gallery this October.

Ken Aquado
Miracle on 42nd Street documentary. Producer. The film won the 2020 New York Emmy Award for Best Documentary.

Matia Karrell
Cadillac Dreams nominated as Best Short Film at the Oscars. The West Wing Director.

Joy Kecken
The Wire. Writer on the team, first season.

Joe Petricca
Short Film. Director.

Shannon Bennett
Latasha Harlins: A Rose That Grew from Concrete. Directed and produced.

Emmett Sutherland

ASC Award-winning Director of Photography. MTV. DP for Tom Kuntz winner of the DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercial.

Stephen Berkman
Photographs from the following movies/titles:

  • Killers of the Flower Moon. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
  • The Fall. Directed by Tarsem Singh (BFA 90 Film).
  • The Lone Ranger. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
  • Wonder Woman. Directed by Patti Jenkins / Zack Snyder (BFA 89 Film).
  • Cold Mountain. Directed by Anthony Minghella.
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Directed by Andrew Dominik.

Zack Synder
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

David Bouza
The Defiant Ones documentary on music legends Jimmy Lovine and Dr. Dre.

My Eyes are My Lens

Tuesday, October 6
5–6 p.m.

Opening Reception

Opening Remarks
ArtCenter President – Karen Hofmann
Alumnus and faculty – Matthew Rolston
Chair, Faculty Council – Shanna Dobson
Film Faculty and Exhibitions Committee, Faculty Council – Andy Harlow

6–9 p.m.

Main Program