What Does Success Look Like?

Working solely through virtual communication, participants have developed joint art projects using a mixture of digital media-photographs, video, and sound-as well as more traditional mediums, including paintings, drawings, and performances....

“I have always loved making things. It's a puzzle, you know. It's trying to do something a little bit different than what has been done and putting my perspective on it.”...

Laidacker’s work in painting a community’s story through murals is one of the reasons the region has earned the nickname “City of Murals.” During a guided MAP tour of some of the over 2700 murals in Philadelphia, you’ll hear that Laidacker’s illusion painting...

A recipient of (among others) a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and two National Endowment for the Arts grants, Desiderio is the first American artist to receive the international contemporary art prize awarded by the Prince Pierre Foundation of the Principality of Monaco....

As a contemporary painter, Barkley L. Hendricks Certificate ’67 PAFA has made pioneering contributions to African American portraiture and conceptualism. He is best known for his striking and provocative life-sized portraits of everyday urban-based residents....

“I see myself as creating activist artwork to challenge and to change and to bring hope for the women of Afghanistan,” says Hangama, 23, just back from the U.K. and en route to Lunenburg, where she is one of three NSCAD grads with...

“As a lead lighter I am responsible for creating the initial lighting set-up for a particular sequence to simulate the lighting conditions,” Bhatawadekar said. “I capture the mood for that sequence as envisioned by the art director, visual effects supervisor, and the production designer.”...

“This was a competitive process, and we considered a number of very fine proposals,” says Committee Chair William M. Paparian, Esq., an attorney and former Mayor of Pasadena. “But our final decision was unanimous. We were deeply impressed by Catherine, who developed and...

Epstein earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design in 1974 with a double major in Fashion Design and Advertising & Graphic Design. She took her first step into the professional knitting world 20 years ago in California when she took...

“There’s a lot of soul in the eyes of our characters and that’s because of the decisions that the artist made. The eyes are really only black discs, but they’re drawn so carefully and cleverly that the characters look alive. You’re drawn to...

With nylon rope as her medium, Toshiko has specialized in creating crocheted play areas for children. She did her first large commission 30 years ago for the Hakone Open Air Museum outside of Tokyo, Japan. Brightly coloured and interactive, it’s a children’s playground...

“When you’re in school, the idea of being a practicing artist seems so far off and unattainable,” says Jared, back in Moncton, N.B., where he grew up. “So I want to say to the students who are in the middle of it that...

According to Akunyili, the best part of the PAFA experience was the opportunity for technical growth as an artist. “It just makes you realize that a lot about drawing isn’t talent the way people think, it’s practice,” explained the emerging artist. “It helped...

Drdak travels widely in pursuit of her visions, and her research has taken her to Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, Nepal and the Himalayas. Drdak’s work references universal paradigms of mythic archetypes, their capacity for cultural bridging, and their relevance in...

I’ve been thinking about this topic of scale my entire career, not just as a studio artist, but as a teacher and arts administrator who constantly has to create opportunities for others in the field while maintaining some sense of respect for my...

he John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Harvard’s Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service....

Hartman, who earned his BFA in Illustration from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2005, is a supervising director and supervising art director for Transformers: Prime, which took home an Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program at the 39th Annual Daytime...

The new James Bond film, "Skyfall," was released in the U.S. on November 9. Tom Bejgrowicz, a faculty member at PCA&D, created package designs and layouts for theme song collections as part of the 50th year celebration of the Bond series. ...

Ashoka played a key role in facilitating the student’s collaboration with local and regional constituents, and the activity sites were strategically selected to maximize Ashoka’s existing infrastructure of partnerships. “Whenever we design, we’re always thinking about the people themselves. Is our work really...

I entered Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, Oregon) as a painter but quickly shifted focus after my first welding class. Form and the placement of objects in space mesmerized me. I started experimenting with installation and the way an entire room creates...