Photo: Juan Posada
Approximately 500 alumni and guests descended on campus last weekend for the first ever Alumni Weekend. Starting Friday, alums toured the old Third Street Campus, enjoyed department receptions in the new Alumni Center, celebrated the openings of the Mullin Gallery and Heavin Studio, attended panel discussions and much more. The weekend culminated on Sunday with a celebration of the 70th year of our Transportation Design Department at the College’s annual Car Classic.
We thought it was a great success, but what did the alumni attendees think? We looked to social media to find out:
- “Shoutout to ArtCenter Alumni Network for putting out an incredible opening night to this year’s alumni reunion. So honored to meet my idol couple, Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman from Lynda.com. Their story truly inspired the beginning of my entrepreneurship about 3 years ago. An Illustrator and a Teacher joined forces to start Lynda.com from renting a space in local elementary school with a few students to building over a billion-dollar business. Just wow! Their passion truly transformed the digital education for creative students, and their generous contribution to our community continues. Thank you, Lynda and Bruce! Such a great turn out with wonderful companies, delicious spread, and fun time!” Erna Hohertz (Instagram)
- “It was so cool attending a couple of the ArtCenter College of Design Alumni events this weekend. I forgot how much I loved being on that campus surrounded by so many hard-working talented students and teachers. Studying photography there was one of the big highlights of my life so far. Truly a special place.” Aurelia D’Amore (Facebook)
- “My wife and I had an incredibly inspiring weekend. We attended the ArtCenter College of Design Alumni Weekend event which included brunch on the Hillside Campus, the Awards Dinner and reception. Great networking, reconnecting, inspiration and hanging with the best of best.” Joseph Watson (Facebook)
- “I’d say the ArtCenter reunion was a success! So great to reconnect with old friends and also make a few new ones. A special group of talented and dedicated individuals. Reminds me of what an exhilarating and life-altering experience it was. I’m grateful to be able to call myself an alumnus of the ArtCenter College of Design.” Terry Coolidge (Facebook)
- “Really proud to be a part of Art Center and able to befriend many talented designers and artists. Great to be back home!” Sonny Chen (Instagram)
- “Once upon a time, I earned my BFA in Photography from Art Center College of Design. Today I got to reconnect with some of the folks who were the greatest inspiration to me: our department chair, Tim Bradley (who always kindly tolerated the grief I gave him when I wanted to take graphic design classes instead of our regular electives, so big hearts to Tim), the LEGEND Roland Young and Fred Fehlau, Rebeca Mendez, Paul Bielenberg and Lynda Weinman. In our day to day life and work, it’s sometimes easy to forget the lineage we come from by living through and graduating from an institution like this, but connecting and reconnecting with my fellow alumni was a great reminder.” Michelle Chin (Instagram)
By all accounts, it appears everyone had a good time.
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