Check out this new addition to our online videos, courtesy of Archives: silent footage from the groundbreaking for the Pasadena campus in 1974. It’s hard to imagine Hillside Campus looking this way—where are all the trees? And the tent reminds us a little of graduation. Architect Craig Ellwood makes an appearance in the film, as does famed designer Charles Eames. Very cool stuff.
Check it out: Pasadena Groundbreaking
Check out the new “Art Center at 80” film that premiered at President Buchman’s inauguration Thursday.
The film chronicles 80 years of Art Center history and includes some amazing archival footage as well as interviews with alumni, faculty, students and Buchman himself on the future of the College. The film was directed by Broadcast Cinema alum Robert McClendon ’07.
Here’s a little Friday fun, just in time for tomorrow’s Spring Term Graduation: silent footage of a 1962 Art Center graduation ceremony featuring College founder Tink Adams, courtesy of Archives. Check it out in the video section of our website.
The Pasadena Star-News ran a nice piece on Art Center and our upcoming 80th anniversary over the weekend. Art Center President Lorne Buchman and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bob Davidson discussed their vision and plans for Art Center’s future in the article, which ran Saturday.
Janette Williams writes: “President Lorne M. Buchman, who will be inaugurated April 22, and Robert C. Davidson Jr., the first African-American chairman of the college’s board of trustees, agree: There will be a renewed focus on students, faculty, curriculum and scholarships, and on building diversity at every level as the college looks toward the next 80 years.”
Read more: Everything old new again as Art Center College marks its 80th anniversary
