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Big Bold Data. ArtCenter’s exhibition Seeing the Unseeable — part of PST ART, Getty's landmark art initiative — explores in ways contemporary art, design and culture respond to big data’s impact on daily life.

Here, we preview works of art and design, from DNA reimagined as colorful digital prints to an individual's deeply emotional dates expressed as large-scale data sets, as a sneak peak of ArtCenter's expansive, multilayered show, opening 9/19.

🟠 Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art

📅 On view 9/19—2/15, 2025 | Opening Reception: 9/19, 6 PM

📍 Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter, 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena

Artists in ArtCenter’s PST ART exhibition Seeing the Unseeable: Data, Design, Art Curators highlight the works of Mimi Ọnụọha, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Giorgia Lupi and Ehren Shorday in ArtCenter’s PST ART exhibition.

The completion of ArtCenter's new Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC) marked the culmination of a decade of collaboration with Darin Johnstone Architects (DJA). Designed with a sense of motion inspired by the historic former supersonic wind tunnel, the facilities bring to life the long-imagined vision for our South Campus as creative hub at the gateway to Pasadena.

The DJA-designed Mullin Transportation Design Center advances ArtCenter’s vision Darin Johnstone Architects-designed MTDC advances ArtCenter’s vision of a creative hub at the gateway to Pasadena.

Orientation was glorious (and well air-conditioned) at our new South Campus facilities. Welcome to your new creative community — we're happy you're here. 🟠✨

ArtCenter is thrilled to host the Symposium! 🟠✨ The larger Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) will come to our campus for the annual gathering on teaching and learning in art + design.

Please join us as we explore how we will teach for tomorrow and re-design the future.

This year’s gathering explores four major threads of the current educational landscape:

🟠 AI, Machine Learning + Emerging Technology
🟠 New Learners + New Pathways
🟠 Pedagogy and Practice
🟠 Graduate Education + Research

📍 ArtCenter
📅 Nov. 13—15

AICAD Symposium 2024 Join ArtCenter College of Design and the larger Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) community for the AICAD Symposium, the annual gathering on teaching and learning in art and design, held at ArtCenter College of Design&rsqu

Welcome new students! 🟠✨ We're thrilled to host all 600+ of you at the first orientation hosted at our South Campus 950 building — we hope you like your new digs. Please enjoy this photo buffet of Hillside orientation pics from then and way back when. (Bonus points if you can guess the year.)

The is a car unlike any other. Designed by twins and star alums, founders Nikita + Iliya Bridan, who are also current ArtCenter faculty, the vehicle is an otherworldly vision of orange and white sleekness that encompasses 60s motor racing with elements of sci-fi.

Oilstainlab founders Iliya and Nikita Bridan bring retro boldness to car design Transportation Design alumni and faculty Iliya and Nikita Bridan power up with their Half11 race car.

While IdentificarX has come to a close, we hope the major exhibition celebrating ArtCenter’s Latina/e/o/x alumni community continues to inspire the next generation of artists + designers.

Thanks to ArtCenter Admissions Outreach, over 100 high schoolers from across Los Angeles were offered an array of special programming, including hands-on printmaking workshops and Archetype Press demos with our faculty and alums—plus, guided tours of IdentifcarX, including a visit with students from Greeting from South Central Los Angeles.

Students from the East Los Angeles nonprofit, Las Fotos Project, joined us for IdentificarX Familia, a 3-part cyanotype photo series focused on telling the stories of student's families and/or chosen families, led by alumna and curator, Melinda Arredondo (BFA 20). Student participants from our community arts partner, HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles), gathered for an artist talk with exhibiting artist + HOLA alumnus Yair Sarmiento (BFA 21).

Workshops were made possible with support from the Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Fund.

Grab your 🎧 Design’s purpose-driven visionary + alum Yves Behar (BS 91 Product Design) joins the Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein to talk gadgets, what motivated some of his most famous projects, like One Laptop Per Child, and his latest endeavor, the all-electric TELO Truck.

Yves Béhar: Design’s Purpose-Driven Visionary Gadgets, accessories, furniture, computers, and even robots: In recent memory, the language of good design has been shaped and driven by Yves Béhar, founder of

Monterey Car Week 2024 was an experience for thousands to view some of the most influential and rarest cars in existence, many of which have ties back to our ArtCenter Transportation Design programs.

ArtCenter had a powerful presence with so many alums in attendance — amplified by some upcoming star alums Nikita + Iliya Bridan's Oilstainlab Half11, and alum Sasha Selipanov's public reveal of Nilu27's NILU, a heavy metal hypercar.

We also had the opportunity to crown some of the best in show. 🏆 In a win-win, the Excellence Award was designed by student Duvit Kakunegoda, who graduated last week.

ArtCenter Design Excellence Award
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Owner: Scott Leibow

ArtCenter Design Excellence Award
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
1956 Maserati A6G Zagato Berlinetta
Owner: Jonathan Segal

2024 was an experience for thousands to view some of the most influential and rarest cars in existence, many of which have ties back to our programs.

ArtCenter had a powerful presence with so many alums in attendance — amplified by some upcoming star alums Nikita + Iliya Bridan’s , and alum Sasha Selipanov’s public reveal of ’s , a heavy metal hypercar.

We also had the opportunity to crown some of the best in show. 🏆 In a win-win, the Excellence Award was designed by student , who graduated last week.

ArtCenter Design Excellence Award
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Owner: Scott Leibow

ArtCenter Design Excellence Award
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
1956 Maserati A6G Zagato Berlinetta
Owner: Jonathan Segal

We'll just leave this here so you know, that at ArtCenter, your thesis can look like this.

Professor: Ty Drake
Installation: Josué Molina + graphic design student Vinicius Marques

Summer 2024 hashtag + Graduation was a feast for the eyes and imagination. With top-notch creativity and craftsmanship on display — not to mention the full-on fashions — it was a day to remember.

Watch the full hashtag ceremony in all its glory!

Summer 2024 ArtCenter Graduation Ceremony Experience ArtCenter's Spring 2024 Graduation Ceremony! With top-notch creativity and craftsmanship on display — not to mention the full-on fashions — it was...

Get ready for the Main Event! 🎓 Our summer Grad Show, a must-see culmination of innovation and imagination, will overflow with talents of 120 newly minted graduates. Come and be inspired while soaking up the abundance of thought-provoking, awe-inspiring creative work.

📅 8/17, 12 p.m.

📍 Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A

, Product Design, Terra

William (Liam) Harden, Fine Art, Chimera

Maria Stepanyan, Creative Direction, Crazy Huh.

Xiaolin (Viola) Mai, Graduate Film, Petal Glow - Photo

, Graphic Design + Illustration, The Spiderwick Chronicles

Pengcheng (David) He, Industrial Design, Hyundai Ioniq 4

, Photography & Imaging, Personal Project

Summer 2024 Student Leadership Award winner and Illustration student Ciara Hart influenced their peers by championing the power of community and the impact of a shared purpose.

Craving more creativity? Join us for summer Grad Show, an inspiring display of the talents of our 120 newly minted graduates!

📅 8/17, 12 p.m.
📍 Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A

Student Leadership Award winner Ciara Hart championed community Summer 2024 Student Leadership Award winner Ciara Hart championed the power of community.

The Intuit Dome opens TODAY! The new home of LA Clippers doubles as an immense, innovative display of site-specific art, including pieces by two alums.

Jennifer Steinkamp’s (BFA 89, MFA 91) ambitious, animated artwork covers entire surface of the arena — literally building emotion. When the Clippers win, the Dome shows excitement.

Same Boat, the neon sculpture by Patrick Martinez (BFA 05), lights the plaza with a quote from civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, “We may have all come on different ships but we’re all in the same boat now.”

Get ready for the Main Event! 🎓 Our summer Grad Show, a must-see culmination of innovation and imagination, will overflow with talents of 120 newly minted graduates. Come and be inspired while soaking up the abundance of thought-provoking, awe-inspiring creative work.

📅 8/17, 12 p.m.
📍 Pasadena Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A

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Outstanding cars, stunning installations, a meeting of top minds and makers... was a DAY.

Please enjoy this exciting recap the awe-inspiring new learning spaces at the heart of ArtCenter's celebration of all things South Campus.

https://bit.ly/4dDSTGM

Highlights from Beyond Supersonic: South Campus Celebration Revisit the excitement and awe-inspiring spaces for making and learning at the heart of ArtCenter's celebration of all things South Campus. At the day-long c...

If you’re headed to Monterey Car Week, you won’t miss ArtCenter’s booth at the Quail. ’s otherworldly will be parked in front. A car unlike any other, the Half-11 was designed by twins and star alums, Oilstainlab founders Nikita + Iliya Bridan, who are also our current faculty.

Distinguished faculty, chairs + alums will also be there — but we get it if you just wanna swing by and stare at the car. 👀

🟠 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering

📅 Friday, 8/16, 9 AM—4 PM

📍 Quail Lodge & Golf Club, Carmel

🟠 Monterey Car Week Alumni Reception

📅 Saturday, 8/17, 5—7 PM

📍 Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey

🔗 in bio to RSVP by 8/12

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If you're headed to Monterey Car Week, you won't miss ArtCenter's booth at the Quail. Oilstainlab’s otherworldly will be parked in front. A car unlike any other, the Half-11 was designed by twins and star alums, Oilstainlab founders Nikita + Iliya Bridan, who are also our current faculty.

Distinguished faculty, chairs + alums will also be there — but we get it if you just wanna swing by and stare at the car. 👀

🟠 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering
📅 Friday, 8/16, 9 AM—4 PM
📍 Quail Lodge & Golf Club, Carmel

🟠 Monterey Car Week Alumni Reception
📅 Saturday, 8/17, 5—7 PM
📍 Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey
🔗 RSVP by 8/12: https://bit.ly/3ApIXCd

📷 Duvit Kakunegoda

Design for and social impact are pillars at ArtCenter.

That’s why we’re thrilled to share the work of alum Raul-David “Retro” Poblano, who was instrumental in the recent launch of Sankofa City’s electric circuit shuttle program in Leimert Park.

The quick, quiet and free neighborhood shuttle allows locals to catch a ride in the clean-air vehicle and be dropped off anywhere in the coverage area — a welcome innovation in the fight against environmental racism and climate change.

Circuit’s Leimert Park service is part of the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.




📷 Micro shuttle concept | Retro while at ArtCenter

Design for and social impact are pillars at ArtCenter.

That's why we're thrilled to share the work of alum Raul-David “Retro” Poblano, who was instrumental in the recent launch of Sankofa City's electric circuit shuttle program in Leimert Park.

The quick, quiet and free neighborhood shuttle allows locals to catch a ride in the clean-air vehicle and be dropped off anywhere in the coverage area — a welcome innovation in the fight against environmental racism and climate change.

Circuit's Leimert Park service is part of the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.




📷 Micro shuttle concept | Retro while at ArtCenter

We've all had it: Shrimp Pose, that slow curling of your body after 14 weeks of intense learning, sketching and crit-ing atop old-school stools. 🍤

The time has come to end this outdated practice and enter a new era. As we rollout our new studio stools that actually allow you to sit upright like a real human being, we'd like to bid a fond farewell to the ArtCenter stools, at their artistic finest. Enjoy!

The IdentificarX Film Festival featured nuanced and powerful documentaries and dramas, as well as laugh- and thought-provoking comedies and animation.

The exciting showcase of alumni-made films was part of IdentificarX, a major exhibition celebrating of ArtCenter’s Latina/e/o/x alumni community. It’s the final days to experience the incredible work of over 100 artists and designers — IdentificarX closes on Saturday.

🟠 IdentificarX
🗓️ Closes 8/3
📍 ArtCenter South Campus
🔗 https://bit.ly/3ymujLE

IdentificarX Film Festival celebrates films by our Latina/e/o/x alumni The IdentificarX Film Festival showcased films as part of IdentificarX exhibition programming celebrating our Latina/e/o/x ArtCenter alumni.

For we're celebrating the bond between legendary sneaker designer Mark Smith (BFA 88 Graphic Design) and painter + surfer Chris Lundy (BFA 89 Illustration). The two met on their first day at ArtCenter — the pair became best friends.

The new Lundy/Smith Creative Scholarship grew out of that friendship, and honors Lundy, who died in 2018 after a battle with brain cancer. The scholarship provides full tuition to an ArtCenter student for six terms, plus optional mentorship from Smith.

https://lnkd.in/gMZhqdK9

📷 (Left to right) Hayden Smith, Julian Smith, Chris Lundy and Mark Smith. Photograph courtesy of Mark Smith.
📷 Late alum Chris Lundy painting. Photograph courtesy of Mark Smith.

Emeline King (BS 83 Transportation) has received presidential recognition for her groundbreaking, trailblazing work as the first Black female designer at Ford.

During her 25-year tenure, King played key roles in some of Ford’s biggest projects, from the interior design of the 1994 Ford Mustang to the patented 15-inch wheel cover for the 1989 Thunderbird.

King fell in love with car design at an early age, inspired by her father who worked as a fiberglass and clay modeler at Ford.

Interesting fact: Early in her career, King crossed paths with McKinley Thompson (BS 56 Transportation) — who had had the distinction of being the first Black man hired as a transportation designer at Ford. Like King, Thompson attended ArtCenter.

Emeline King (BS 83 Transportation) has received presidential recognition for her groundbreaking, trailblazing work as the first Black female designer at Ford.

During her 25-year tenure, King played key roles in some of Ford’s biggest projects, from the interior design of the 1994 Ford Mustang to the patented 15-inch wheel cover for the 1989 Thunderbird.

King fell in love with car design at an early age, inspired by her father who worked as a fiberglass and clay modeler at Ford.

Interesting fact: Early in her career, King crossed paths with McKinley Thompson (BS 56 Transportation) — who had had the distinction of being the first Black man hired as a transportation designer at Ford. Like King, Thompson attended ArtCenter.

We’re thrilled to announce that Mexican, interdisciplinary artist (BFA 23 Fine Art) will lead a guided tour of IdentificarX, a major exhibition celebrating ArtCenter’s Latina/e/o/x alumni community that spans several South Campus galleries.

Portilla’s work Se Sufre Pero Se Goza (“We Suffer But We Rejoice”) is part of IdentificarX. The expressive, explicit self-portrait shows Portilla digesting complicated feelings being raised in a very Catholic environment.

“When I selected this work for the exhibition, I asked these questions: Who put shame in our minds? Who put whips in our hands? And when did we begin whipping ourselves?”

— Ryan Perez, IdentificarX co-curator.

📍 ArtCenter South Campus

📅 Guided Tour, Sat, 7/20, 1—2:30 PM

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