Monthly Archives: January 2010

Visioning Process Webcast Tonight

Tonight we are kicking off Art Center’s visioning process spearheaded by President Lorne Buchman. We encourage all members of the Art Center community to join the dialogue.

The discussion begins tonight, Jan. 13, in the Ahmanson Auditorium from 7:30 to 9:30 pm (PST). We have invited a panel of distinguished guests to help us gain a new perspective on art and design education:

  • Andrew Blauvelt – Design director and curator, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
  • Katherine Hayles – Director of graduate studies in literature at Duke University
  • Steven Oliver – Member of the board of directors for United States Artists and former chairman of the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • David Rice – President of DesignCom, Inc. and chairman and founder of The Organization of Black Designers

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A Liberal Arts Approach to B-School

Business schools are finally realizing that the development of students’ critical and creative thinking skills is just as important as learning about finance. In the past decade, business executives have realized the value of managers who can think more nimbly across multiple frameworks, cultures and disciplines in a fast-changing, global market.

A very interesting article in the New York Times examines this idea as well as the prominent business schools who have re-evaluated and, in some cases, redesigned their M.B.A. programs around this notion.

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Teen Designers Showcase Their Designs

Art Center’s Saturday High fashion design class was recently featured in two local newspapers.

Pasadena Weekly writes: “Deep in the belly of the Art Center College of Design’s South Campus Building in downtown Pasadena, flashbulbs popped, lights blazed and music thumped. There was even a deejay, complete with fashionably aloof demeanor and single-ear headphones. Models worked their way down the walkway, stomping in insanely high heels and yards of glittering fabric, pausing at the end of the ramp to vamp and peer out fiercely from under large tousled hairdos.

It was hip, it was professional, it was a showcase for … high school kids?”

Read more about this innovative and fun Saturday High class:

High-fashion high school

Teen’s designs showcased

For more information on the Art Center’s Saturday High Program, visit artcenter.edu/sat.

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Clean Water

Fast Company has a great article about the Safe Agua Chile project, a collaboration between Designmatters and NGO Un Techo Para Mi Pais. The project, which we’ve highlighted in this blog, challenged 12 Art Center students and three faculty members to work directly with impoverished communities in Santiago, Chile, developing new tools and methods of storing, utilizing, transporting and conserving water.

Check out the great article at Fast Company, as well as the project’s official blog. Desigmnatters Director Mariana Amatullo also writes about the project in the latest post on the Designmatters blog. Great and inspiring work, everyone!

Kicking Off the New Year with Art

January brings a new year and new resolutions. Why not resolve to put more art into your year?

You’re in luck—January is full of arts events in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Art Month is an open invitation for Angelenos and guests to our city to discover our arts and cultural offerings. The endeavor is a collaboration between local arts organizations, arts and civic leaders, artists, philanthropists, and committed public and private partners.

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