COMMUNICATIONS WRITING

ArtCenter College of Design (select clips)

Navigating creative career paths with purpose and passion

Student Leadership Award winner Lucy Lue encouraged other students

Educators went big and bold at ArtCenter for AICAD Symposium

Alum Hiroshi Sugimoto inspires at ArtCenter with micro-exhibition and conversation

Alum Reiten Cheng created plastic bottle recycling machine Polyformer as a student

Alumni-founded Postalco creates products that include clothes that mirror the skin’s natural flexibility

All Work All Fun: Alum and fuseproject founder Yves Behar

Creative Tech explores the intersection of art, design, technology

Concept Art to Game Design: Meet ArtCenter alumni at LightBox Expo

Big Bold Data: Artists in ArtCenter’s PST ART exhibition Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art

Oilstainlab founders Iliya and Nikita Bridan bring retro boldness to car design

Student Leadership Award winner Ciara Hart championed community

IdentificarX Film Festival celebrates films by Latina/e/o/x alumni

Alum Medar de la Cruz discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning work

IdentificarX exhibition celebrating ArtCenter’s Latina/e/o/x community opens at South Campus

Curators highlight work in ArtCenter exhibition IdentificarX celebrating Latina/e/o/x alumni

Alumni and students sell their art and design at Art Market at ‘Beyond Supersonic’ celebration

Alumni reflect on the future of car design and AI at ‘Beyond Supersonic’ panels

Lundy/Smith Creative Scholarship grew out of friendship

Photography alum Stella Kalinina showcases the ‘softer parts’ of the Ukrainian refugee experience

Fine Art alum Green Yoon’s digital and physical sculptures form a creative pathway

Paving New Paths: New pathways to recruit students and build community partnerships

Student Leadership Award winner Nini Chen empowered other students

Mentorship Program pairs students with mentors: Giah Kim and Nicci Yin

Mentorship Program pairs students with mentors: Jeron Hess and Karen Kuo

Mentorship Program pairs students with mentors: Francesca Liu and Greg Tada

Alum Don Burgess wins American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award

A Greener, Cleaner Ride: From 4D-printed cars to “15-minute cities,” the future of sustainable personal transportation offers all kinds of possibilities

To Illustration alum Keiji Ishida, reinvention means evolving

Creative Tech Week 2023 celebrates designers shaping future technology

Zoë Glenn Hart-Wagstaff levels up with Brand Design and Strategy MDes

A. Puicón-Pérez boosts career with online MDes IxD master’s degree

Charlene Joy Dela Cruz brings her UX skills to NASA’s JPL

Student Ryan Miller in First Year Immersion program for undeclared majors pursues Creative Direction degree

Student Yasmine Gutierrez in undeclared First Year Immersion program pursues Product Design degree

Lillie Jackson-Jones finds their passion and major as a First Year Immersion student

Student leadership award winner Keerthana Menon inspires positivity for other graduate students

Graduate Art alum Edgar Ramirez: The artist’s gritty, colorful paintings focus on industrialized spaces like those found in his home of Wilmington

‘The Center of Everything’: Photography degree paves educational and career pathways

ArtCenter’s partnerships with Las Fotos Project and other L.A. community arts groups inspire new students and alumni

Student leadership award winner Alejandro Sandoval brings people together

In Mark Ryden x Barbie, the alum and pop surrealism artist reimagines the iconic doll

Everyone is Welcome Here: ArtCenter Library is a safe space of learning for all

Student leadership award winner Melissa Fernandez inspired students to build community

Resonance and Wonder: Julie Joyce and Christina Valentine lead Exhibitions with shows like Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood

How alumna Lizzie Nichols helped The Mitchells vs. The Machines show “it’s normal to be queer”

SPEAK UP: Alum Jonathan Chang’s work honors victims of anti-Asian hate and amplifies Asian pride (2022-2023 CASE District VII award in writing) 

Student Leadership Award winner Cheng Chi supported the success of other students

Artist and Illustration Associate Chair Aaron Smith's colorful portraits are nostalgic and modern  

Alum Rafael López illustrates hope in children’s book sequel The Year We Learned to Fly

Alumnus Hiroshi Sugimoto’s legacy of photography, art and exploring human perception

Alum Lacey Waterman builds her own Strand Studio rebrands dog food brand Ollie

Through heartfelt words and photos, alum Stella Kalinina reflects on her ancestral home in Ukraine

Student Leadership Award winner Yanqi Li empowered other students to take on new challenges

Artist, Professor and Graduate Art Chair Stan Douglas wants students to discover their own paths

Run the World (Girls): Alumna Natalie Candrian sprints to the top as head of product design for Saysh, Olympic track star Allyson Felix's woman-centric lifestyle brand

Actor Aldis Hodge reflects on the impact of ArtCenter’s teens program on him as a watch designer

Illustration alumna Joanne Kim creates drawings and paintings that interpret memory

Creative Resilience: Alumni who have showcased vulnerability and strength during the pandemic (2021-2022 CASE District VII award in writing)

Transportation Design alumnus Sang Won Lee envisions the next wave of design

From Baby Yoda to BB-8, alumnus Christian Alzmann’s designs fill the Star Wars universe

Lights, camera, online! Studio in a Box provides ArtCenter faculty with equipment to teach remotely

Alum and Designmatters faculty Josh Halstead teaches about reimagining access in design

Grad Art alumnus Michael Rey makes abstract shapes and art grounded in humanity

Environmental Design alumnus Chahn Chance finds his freedom and his creative voice

Photography alumna Myriam Negre fills her ceramics, photo and video art with spiritual empowerment

Student Creativists bring talent and caring to their DEI work and team

Students in remote course with Asus explore the future of creative workflow

ArtCenter’s global community hubs foster connection while students learn remotely

Illustration students Emilia Cruz pours herself into her paintings and her art on Netflix’s Gentefied

Product Design alumnus and Professor Roosevelt Brown empowers students to succeed (2021-2022 CASE District VII award in writing)

From fine art to advertising, alumna photographer and director Melodie McDaniel lets the light in

Shield Makers: Product Design students help create face shields for frontline medical workers

Color as Revolution: Alum Victor Estrada’s Art Explores Identity, Bigotry, Self, Perception, Memory

Raising Consciousness: Diversity in Graphic Design (2021-2022 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards feature writing gold award)

Illustration alumna Christie Macdonald creates abstract paintings driven by emotion and intuition

Advertising alum Bob Matsumoto’s journey from Manzanar to ArtCenter and a thriving career

ArtCenter’s Chief Diversity Officer Aaron Bruce paves the way for change

Graphic Design alumna and UX designer Petra Wennberg on balancing the digital with the natural

Making what he imagines: Product Design alum Satyendra Pakhalé fuses architectural texture and poetry

Graduate Graphic Design alum Alex Seth’s work is a meditation on place and time

Building a more inclusive house: ArtCenter series explores design futures beyond the Bauhaus

Altogether Now! Transdisciplinary Studio courses allow students to collaborate across different majors

Interaction Design and Media Design Practices faculty member Elise Co merges technology and design

Film and Advertising Alumna Sonja Johnson Creates Campaigns that Break Walls

Extended Family: From ArtCenter to Acura, Dave Marek Brings People Together

Strong Bond: CPD Mentorship Program pairs ArtCenter students with mentors

HQ:NY — Environmental Design Alum Hines Fischer

HQ:NY — Advertising Alumna Lacey Waterman

HQ:NY — Photography and Imaging Alumna Heather Sten

Photography alumna Barbara DuMetz is a one woman force

Environmental Design Professor Rob Ball traces his time at ArtCenter

Fine Art student Alexis Sevilla finds inspiration at ArtCenter and working at the Main Museum

Photography alum Camillo Longo’s images ooze mystery and beauty

Alum Rafael López celebrates diversity in children’s book The Day You Begin

Williamson Gallery director reflects on his many moons—and exhibits—at ArtCenter

Film faculty member Joy Kecken transmits wisdom from 'The Wire'

Environmental Design Alum André Kim Glides From Cycling to Starbucks

Illustrate This! Illustration Alumni Forge Many Career Paths

Internships give ArtCenter students a leg up on the job market

Alumna artist and designer Rebeca Méndez breaks boundaries

Revved up: Women in transportation design gain momentum

Graphic Design Alumna Michelle Dougherty’s Path from ArtCenter to ‘Stranger Things’

Typography and design’s power to fuel ‘protest, persuasion, empowerment’

NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis teaches students to think critically about movies