Calling all Portland alumni: Art Center’s Alumni Relations Office invites you to join fellow area alumni in celebrating Art Center’s 80th anniversary with the latest Art Center Dialogues with College President Lorne Buchman. Join the conversation about the College’s future, and learn more about where we’re headed as we finalize our five-year strategic plan. RSVP […]
From Caltech to the Norton Simon Museum, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Craig Ellwood Associates’ modernist design for Hillside Campus, Pasadena has always been a city of art and science. Art Center’s Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery is a perfect fit for a city like Pasadena, establishing a national reputation for its exhibitions exploring […]
As you know, there’s always something going on when it comes to Art Center alumni, students and faculty. Some of the latest: The L.A. Times delves into the mind and art of Grad Art alumna Frances Stark. L.A. Times Norman Rockwell Museum debuts digitization efforts, including audio of a lecture Rockwell made at Art Center […]
The following post was written by Vice President and Director of Designmatters Mariana Amatullo for the Designmatters blog. As I sit down to write the final blog entry of the year, I am making a conscious decision to resist compiling another trite “year in review” about what we have been up to with Designmatters at […]
This is turning out to be quite a week for Doyald Young. Tomorrow night he’ll be honored at a special Art Center reception (RSVPs required) with a screening of Doyald Young, Logotype Designer, a new documentary about Young by lynda.com. At Saturday’s commencement ceremony, he will receive Art Center’s Alumnus of the Year Award for […]
Guest post by Art Center Archivist Robert Dirig As we put the finishing touches on our 2010 holiday greeting—a beautiful motion design piece designed by Art Center students—we turn to our College archives to remember holiday cards from yesteryear. Not surprisingly, Art Center’s holiday cards have always been quite unique and creative. The designs range […]
Tonight is the New York opening of Three Boys From Pasadena: A Tribute to Helmut Newton, featuring the photographs of Art Center alumni Mark Arbeit, Just Loomis and George Holz. The exhibit will run through Jan. 30 at Clic Gallery in New York. Helmut Newton (1920-2004), a native of Berlin, was known for his provocative […]
Alumnus and Trustee Doug Boyd has spent time across the map: he was born in Canada, went to high school in Phoenix, moved to Los Angeles to study Transportation Design at Art Center, then to Detroit for work. But he found himself returning to Southern California—the warm climate and creative energy drew him back. More […]
More than three decades ago, Craig Ellwood Associates designed a building for the College’s new Hillside Campus nestled in the San Rafael Hills overlooking the Rose Bowl. The 200,000-square-foot modernist steel-and-glass slab soon became an Art Center icon and a Pasadena historic landmark. A lot has changed since we originally moved here, including the way […]
The L.A. Auto Show kicks off today, hosting 50 world and North American debuts across virtually all vehicle categories. This year’s show will display a number of electric vehicles and futuristic concepts, and test-drives of a number of vehicles. Art Center again has an exhibition space in the show, featuring student and alumni work from […]