AICAD Blog

Jul 01, 2025

AICAD announces New & Returning Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows for 2025/26

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the Fellows selected for the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the 2025/26 academic year. Additionally, 13 previous fellows will continue their positions for a second year. The Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship provides significant professional practice opportunities to high-achieving Graduate alumni. In contributing to the goal of increasing the diversity of faculty and curriculum across...


Sep 06, 2024

Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability (PALS)

  About PALS PALS, which stands for the Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability, promotes academic sustainability in art and design higher education institutions. We believe it’s vital that creative education places sustainability at its core, preparing artists and designers to lead in shaping a more sustainable future.   WHO ARE WE? PALS is composed of faculty and staff in art and design higher education who are committed to advancing sustainability across...



Jun 10, 2024

AICAD announces placement of 17 New, 9 Returning Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows For 2024/25

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the fifteen Fellows selected for the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the 2024/25 academic year. Additionally, nine previous fellows will continue their positions for a second year. The AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship provides significant professional practice opportunities to high-achieving Graduate alumni. In contributing to the goal of increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of...


A photograph of Nellie Geraghty laughing with a cow behind her resting it's head on her shoulder
May 17, 2024

2024 AICAD/ NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellow Selected

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design and NOAA Fisheries have announced the placement of Nellie Geraghty into the fifth AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellowship. Nellie Geraghty draws from her lived experience as a farm hand and a commitment to environmental justice through education. Her work transposes stories gathered from field research into intricate visual narratives. Using scientific illustration, printmaking, painting, 35mm film, and analog animation...