ArtCenter Student Leadership Education & Development GRANT

Current ArtCenter students can apply for $ to participate in off-campus experiences such as educational conferences, workshops, or classes that demonstrate the potential for learning leadership skills and pursue growth in their field of interest not currently offered at ArtCenter.

The Application Deadline is Monday, February 24th before 9:00 am

Funds may not be used retroactively, meaning that all proposals must begin after Wednesday, February 26. We recommend that applicants search out opportunities that are scheduled March – October 2020

Examples of previous grant awards:

Educational Conferences: Art + Business with BRAINSTORM, TEA Summit, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Open Engagement, SIGGRAP, CORE 77, IDEO U, Medical Design Conference, Biofabricate, Udacity, dwell, Creative Time, AAAI Symposium, Primer Conference, and the College Art Association Annual Conference
Workshops: Improv 101 with Upright Citizens Brigade, Neon Art, glass blowing, pigment making, Cornerstone Theater, Open Book, Light Grey Art Lab, and Film Independent Forum, Sk8scapes, Shakespeare Scene Study, Swedish Language Immersion, Ballet Folklorórico, open water diving classes for underwater photography, Henry Yan Artists Workshop, Game Jam, and SD Hacks
Art and Design Exhibits: Men’s Paris Fashion Week, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Cannes Film Festival, Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology, Bauhaus Archiv Museum, Cars 'n Couture at the Magnus Walker Loft, and SXSW

Remembering Kobe Bryant - Lakers Team Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein

Image courtesy of NBAE / Getty Images / Andrew Bernstein

Image courtesy of NBAE / Getty Images / Andrew Bernstein

Andrew D. Bernstein, Lakers Team Photographer and ArtCenter alum (BFA 1981), joins KTLA for a touching interview on shooting legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant. Andrew was the team photographer for the Lakers throughout Kobe's 20 year career. He also teamed up with Kobe on the book "The Mamba Mentality: How I Play."

Job Alert: Frieze Los Angeles

Image courtesy of Frieze LA

Frieze Los Angeles is hiring short term staff for February 13th to 16th. Those interested should be passionate about art and photography both personally and academically. ArtCenter students and recent alumni are encourage to apply. specifically those who are engaged (personally and/or academically) with the arts. All staff receive a credential which allows them to access the fair all week, even when they are not working.

There are a variety of positions available. Some positions require working the fair for all four days. All positions are paid at rates ranging from $19 to $25 per hour. Interested applicants apply by email.

Call For Entry - Off The Clock

Photos courtesy apa-la.org

APA LA is pleased to announce the ninth annual OFF THE CLOCK curated photo competition and exhibit. OFF THE CLOCK is the pre-eminent opportunity to present your inspired personal photography to the world. Each year APA LA invites a well-respected, influential visionary from the international photo community to contribute their talent towards curating this prestigious exhibition. This year we are honored that David Fahey has accepted our invitation to apply his unique vision in carefully selecting his top one hundred images from all submissions.

Entry Deadline: February 1, 2020

PDN Faces Contest - Amateur Grand Winner - Seung Jong Lee

Image by Seung Jong Lee courtesy of pdn

Congratulations Seung Jong Lee, current ArtCenter Photography Student, on being awarded Grand Winner in the Amateur category for pdn’s Faces Portrait Photography Contest 2019.

Lee's personal project captures paradoxes in everyday life. "As every shade of color finds its way to dark corners of the city, the loneliness seeps through the cracks on the sidewalks and the alley," Lee says of the series, as stated on pdnonline.com

Call For Entry - 2020 CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship

Photos courtesy Catchlight. Image From 2019 Fellow Tasneem Alsultan’s series And Then There Were Women.

CatchLight is now accepting applications for it’s 2020 $30,000 CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship. Now in its fourth year, CatchLight continues to search for innovative visual storytellers and leaders committed to advancing and growing the field of visual storytelling.

The CatchLight Visual Leadership Fellowship serves as an incubator - a place for innovative leaders in the visual storytelling field to receive financial support, unlock individual potential, grow and leverage partnerships. The Fellowship cultivates a vibrant community of creative thought leaders whose work will be enhanced by collaboration, mentorship, and networking.

Entry Deadline: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 (midnight PST)

Job Alert: Photographer

Logo courtesy of AP

The Associated Press seeks a talented and aggressive visual journalist to work in its Los Angeles, California, bureau as a photographer and multi-format journalist.

Responsibilities include reporting to the U.S. West regional deputy news director for storytelling and photos, this photographer will cover spot news, enterprise and sporting events in Southern California and may travel on occasion to cover of news outside of the state. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can create images and generate visually led story ideas that go beyond spot news and will resonate in Los Angeles, in California and around the world. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in multiple media formats, from the field and from the desk, and with photographing breaking news, sports and enterprise. This photographer must have the ability and willingness to work any shift, including at night and on weekends, or as coverage demands, as AP is a 24/7 operation.

Call For Entry - LensCulture Portrait Awards 2020

Photos courtesy LensCulture

The LensCulture Portrait Awards are open to photographers at all levels of experience and all interpretations of portraiture. Your work may be made in the studio with professional lighting or snapped on a smart-phone during your travels, what matters is not your method but your ability to move your audience. From quirky self-portraits to candid portrayals of family and friends, from staged and conceptual photographs of public figures to environmental portraits, we want to see your work! Winners will enjoy career-changing opportunities including exhibition in New York in April 2020, extensive media coverage, projection at international photography festivals, cash prizes and more.

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Call For Entry - ArtCenter Black Alumnni Exhibition 90/300

ArtCenter

In commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of ArtCenter College of Design, the Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with ArtCenter DTLA, has organized a series of exhibitions and programs to honor the impactful achievements and celebrate the College’s Black alumni. 

90/300 explores themes of representation and identity through the contextual lens of cultural impact and influence.  In 90 years of existence, ArtCenter has helped shape the careers of no more than 300 designers and artists of African descent. While only making up about 1% of the total number of graduates, this underrepresented group of alumni continue to have a huge impact on the global creative economy.  The 90/300 Exhibition serves to document the significant contributions ArtCenter’s Black alumni have made in developing the narrative of Black identity in mainstream culture and their influence in cultural discourse. 

90/300 consists of three exhibition projects: A video survey of alumni work and interviews titled Impact/300; a retrospective of pioneering photographer Barbara DuMetz titled Trailblazer: The Photographs of Barbara DuMetz (BFA ’73); and Minority Report, a group exhibition of alumni works curated by acclaimed contemporary artist Devin Troy Strother (BFA 09 Illustration).

 Deadline is January, 15th, 2020

If you have any questions about the exhibit or submissions, please contact dei@artcenter.edu.

Alum Rae Huo - HILuxury Article "Swatch Out!"

Photo courtesy of HILuxury.com

Photographer Rae Huo shares her Swatch Collection with Hawaii HILuxury Magazine.

“For over 30 years, Rae Huo has worked in Hawai‘i as a commercial and editorial photographer, shooting lifestyle, food, interior design and product photos for clients, such as HMSA, Hawaiian Telcom, Hawaiian Airlines, as well as for most local publications”

She shares her story, love of new things and her unique Swatch collection with HiLuxury Magazine.