By Deborah Obalil, Executive Director, Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design
As delivered at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Commencement 2014
Thank you President Heil for inviting me to deliver the commencement address for this year's graduation. This is a momentous...
Learn why CCA alumni are pleased they chose to study art at CCA. Hear more about the careers of Ariel Bishop (Fashion Design 2007), Adam Elmaghraby (MBA in Design Strategy 2013), Rema Ghuloum (MFA 2010), Vincent Perea (Illustration 2005), Caydie McCumber (Photography 2009), and Charles Lee (MArch...
The Obama Administration has released its FY2015 budget request to Congress, which includes funding for the nation's cultural agencies and programs, such as the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Office of Museum Services, and the Department of Education's Arts In Education program. You can...
In the past few years, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has been working with two MICA-affiliated films through its Independent Filmmaker Labs program--the only program in the world currently supporting first-time feature directors in post-production to complete, market, and distribute their...
This year, Forbes third annual 30 under 30 list features AICAD alumni from Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, Parsons the New School for Design, California College of the Arts and Cooper Union. These alumni are working in a variety of fields including fashion, industrial design,...
Filming Question Bridge: Black Males
On any given day we encounter dozens, even hundreds, of people who are different from us: a different race, a different gender, a different class, a different age... We intellectually understand that our own identity is multifaceted, yet sometimes we cannot...
Think that art school dooms graduates to a life of unemployment? The numbers paint a very different picture.
"Artists can have good careers, earning a middle-class income," says Anthony Carnevale, director of Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. "And, just as important and...
