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Above and Beyond: Presenting the 2022 KCAD Excellence Award Winners
Chosen from across KCAD's programmatic landscape, each new group of Excellence Awards honorees reflects a unique diversity of creative practice, conceptual focus, and professional trajectory. At the same time, all winners are united by an insatiable curiosity, a fierce dedication to learning and growth, and a passion for connecting their creativity to something larger than themselves. The 2022 Excellence Award winners are undoubtedly cut from the same cloth, and it is our distinct pleasure to present them to you! Read More...
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Latest Graphic Design Students to Win National Awards Reflect Program’s Communication Prowess
Posted September 21, 2020 in Graphic DesignThe winner’s circle of America’s largest creative competition feels an awful lot like home a for students in the KCAD Graphic Design program. At the recent 2020 American Advertising Awards (AAA), 2020 graduates Jinyu He and Caitlyn Straley added their names to the growing list of Graphic Design students who have won awards at the national level of this prestigious competition, which is hosted by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) and draws around 35,000 submissions each year from professionals and college students nationwide Read More...
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Professor Jon McDonald Retires After 40 Years of Pushing Students, Viewers, and Himself to Transcend the Comfort ZonePage Title
Posted May 7, 2020Professor Jon McDonald is an accomplished artist and teacher, but he’s also a born observer who looks at the world intensely from behind his dark glasses, seeing truth and potential wherever he goes from the darkest days of American history to city streets and college and K-12 classrooms. And now, after retiring from Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) in the spring of 2020 following a 40-year career, he's looking forward to what lies ahead. Read More...
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Jay Constantine, Architect of the KCAD Painting Program, Retires after 40 Years
Posted May 6, 2020As a young artist, Jay Constantine would come to KCAD and forever alter the trajectory of the college through his thoughtful teaching, broad artistic experience, and leadership in expanding fine arts program offerings. Read More...
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KCAD Professor Dr. Suzanne Eberle Retires, Leaves Behind Legacy of Inspired Teaching and Lifelong Learning
Posted May 5, 2020Everyone loves a good story. And Art History Professor Dr. Suzanne Eberle, who retired from KCAD in May, 2020, has spent her career telling them. Read More...
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Alumni Profile: Maggie Rosseter (BFA Fashion Studies) is Customizing a Career in Fashion
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The Fed Galleries @ KCAD Kick Off 2019 Programming with Exhibition Focused on Time and Process
Posted February 19, 2019 in Gallery, PublicProcess-based art and design is coming to West Michigan this February in a new exhibition at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University’s (KCAD’s) The Fed Galleries @ KCAD. Read More...