Storyboard: C.C. Ybarra A passion for youth Ill be the first to tell you that I dont have an arts background. However, Ive always considered myself a lifelong student. My early experiences in the middle-class public school district I was raised in were both good and bad. I truly was exposed to th...
Program:ProductDesign alainamickes.com In the end, a leader is only as great as her team, and it has been an honor to be a part of the best team in the world. A self-described thinker, maker and former French baker, Summer 2016 Student Leadership Award-winner Alaina Mickes came to ArtCenter with pr...
The Earth From Space: JT Reager CuratorJay Belloli interviewsJT Reager, Research Scientist, Surface Hydrology Group, Earth Sciences Section, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: How you become interested in studying hydrology and the earth's water cycle?JT Reager: I was trained as an engineer, and I d...
The satellite studio, ArtCenter Berlin, hosts trans-disciplinary projects as well as department led initiatives, giving students a deeply immersive experience in a city known for creative re-invention.
The Earth From Space: Derek Posselt CuratorJay Belloli interviewsDerek Posselt,Atmospheric Physics and Weather Group, Earth Sciences Section, NASA, JPL, Caltech. Jay Belloli: How did you become interested in atmospheric science?Derek Posselt: Ive always been interested in science from a very young...
Product Design graduate Mana Koike, graduating with honors, a minor in Designmatters and as the Spring 2020 Student Leadership Award recipient, grew up splitting her time between Tokyo and Boston.
Lily Lin: Recipe for Creating a Leader Lily Lin, ArtCenters Summer 2020 Student Leadership Award winner, who described her high school self as a shy, back-of-the-class person governed by fear and uncertainty, pushed herself to move from Canada to California to attend ArtCenter. I knew I no longer w...
Storyboard: Phil Hettema How to Graduate from Disneyland to Art School I'm a native Southern Californian, born in Pasadena, who was born right around the time that Walt Disney introduced his pet project, something called a "theme park", to the world (... yes, it was a long time ago!). I was a shy ...
Storyboard: Gale Morris Designing with hands that wont do what you want them to I grew up during of WWII. As kids, we built models of Jeeps, tanks and B-25s. Then I started making models of cars, which led to an organization known as the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. My first attempt at age 12 br...
Storyboard: Lisa Stotska Nourishing your creative self and not letting life get in the way My mom was born in Chicago, an only child. My grandmothers name was Marjorie, but everyone affectionately called her . My grandfather, a lifelong smoker, ended up stricken with tuberculosis, prompting them t...
Storyboard: Mark Fennimore Following in my dad's footsteps by not following in my dad's footsteps When I was a kid, my dad worked for NASA. He started in the Apollo program and after the first man landed on the moon, he transitioned to Skylab and then the Shuttle Program. He was a very pragmatic, ...
Storyboard: Victoria Berry, Patricia Bravo Luc Limbourg ArtCenter Europe Forever In this edition of Storyboard, we meet the co-chairs of ArtCenter AlumNetwork Europe Victoria Berry, Patricia Bravo and Luc Limbourg. This trifecta of connectors talks about bonds forged and an idea that sparked a c...
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Regina Dowling-Jones Vice President, Strategic Partnerships Biography Originally from Oklahoma, Regina Dowling-Jones graduated from Oklahoma City University with a degree in music. After graduation, she continued her work as an actress with leading roles in musicals and many television appearance...
Program:ArtCenter at Night IndustrialDesign I get to fly airplanes and blow things up, says Jesse Ellico, an aerospace engineer for Orbital ATK, when asked to describe his job. s a little boys dream. The first thing Ellico tells students enrolled in his seven-week Introduction to Industrial Design ...
Degree:BFAIllustration thehettemagroup.com Phil Hettema, the president and creative director of The Hettema Group (THG), creates stories you can touch. Since 2002 THG has been interweaving compelling narratives with technology to create experiences with emotional resonance. Through close collaborati...
Storyboard: Gloria Kondrup My Journey to Type Heaven I was supposed to be a lawyer. During my last semester of high school, I acted as special executive intern for the Mayor of New York. I was a student in the citys accelerated public education programs, and after high school I was supposed to go...
Degree: MFA 12 Media Design Practices Professionally speaking, alumnus Matthew Manos was precocious. At age 19 in 2008 he founded his own design studio, verynice, a service free to nonprofits seeking to use design as a tool for problem solving. By 2012, with a full-time staff of two, verynice was pr...
Former human resources executive Wes Coleman is a member of ArtCenter College of Design's Board of Trustees.
Thank You! The Accelerate Campaign was about building capacity space and resources to ensure society has the art and design talent it needs to open possibilities and solve complex problems with imagination, creativity and courage. Together, we surpassed the largest fundraising goal in the Colleg...
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Program:EnvironmentalDesign The College launched the Student/Space video series in fall 2013 to capture the essence of what it means to be an ArtCenter student by illuminating the art of making, from conception to completion. The idea was to capture the agony and ecstasy of creativity itself. So eac...
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Alcohol And Illegal Drugs Policy ArtCenter is committed to providing its students, faculty and staff with an environment that promotes safe andresponsible social interaction, and is required by law to provide you with our written policies on these issues. ArtCenters concern over the illicit use an...
Storyboard: Diana Thater Debunking the theory of the artist as a lone wolf Recently, I took a trip to Kenya to see three of the last Northern White Rhinos in existence. Suffice to say, this wasnt a vacation for me. I was driven to Kenya by one of the questions that has stayed with me throughout my...