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Trial by Desire: Recent Grad Mary Nowels Earns Shot at Her Advertising Dream Job

Posted July 31, 2019 in Alumni, Graphic Design

Mary Nowels (credit: Sarah Petoskey) For aspiring designers, landing a spot in global ad agency TBWA’s YoungBlood program is the opportunity of a lifetime. The highly Read More…
Alumni Profile: Angela Two Stars Uses Art to Preserve, Educate and Empower

Posted July 24, 2019 in Alumni, Drawing

credit: Eric Papenfuss ANGELA TWO STARS Professional Artist and Curator Director, All My Relations Arts Minneapolis, MN (’17, BFA Drawing) During her time in Read More…
MFA Alum Balances Art, Identity to Earn $50K Prize–Largest Ever Awarded Solely to Women Painters

Posted July 12, 2019 in Alumni, MFA Drawing

At the forefront of Aneka Ingold’s painting “Postpartum” is a woman trapped between worlds. In one arm, she cradles a newborn to her breast, while the other Read More…
Recent Graduate Earns $15,000 Windgate Fellowship Award, 2nd Straight KCAD Student to Do So

Posted July 10, 2019 in Alumni, Metals & Jewelry Design

Sidnee Tyree is radiating the surreal jubilance of a lottery jackpot winner who’s still processing the enormity of her good fortune. After all, it’s not every day Read More…
Alumni Profile: Carly Gussert Helps Big Brands Harness the Power of Motion

Posted June 27, 2019 in Alumni, Digital Art and Design

image courtesy of Carly Gussert CARLY GUSSERT Motion Designer/Editor Droga5 New York, NY (’14, BFA Digital Media) No sooner had Carly Gussert graduated from Read More…
KCAD in the News: April 2019

Posted May 1, 2019 in Student, Faculty, Alumni, Art Education, Drawing, Illustration, Industrial Design, Painting

Illustration Professor Jon McDonald Wins National Award from the Society of Illustrators Illustration Professor Jon McDonald has been honored with the 2019 Distinguished Educator Read More…
KCAD in the News: March 2019

Posted April 1, 2019 in Student, Faculty, Alumni, Art History, Digital Art and Design, Drawing, Furniture Design, Illustration, Painting, Master of Arts in Design, Printmaking, Master of Fine Arts, MFA Painting

Digital Art and Design Student Derek Desormeaux Named one of CMYK's Top 100 New Creatives Derek Desormeaux, a current student in the Digital Art and Design program, was Read More…
Always Be Prepared: KCAD Students Bring Their A-Game to 2019 West Michigan ADDY Awards

Posted March 19, 2019 in Student, Alumni, Graphic Design, Illustration

The vintage Boy Scout/Girl Scout theme of the 2019 American Advertising Federation of West Michigan ADDY Awards may have imbued the annual event with its trademark playful Read More…
KCAD in the News: February 2019

Posted March 1, 2019 in Student, Faculty, Alumni, Digital Art and Design, Metals & Jewelry Design, Painting, Printmaking, Master of Architecture

Printmaking Alum Erica Lang Talks Community, Entrepreneurship, and Inclusion in Q&A with REVUE Erica Lang (’14, BFA Printmaking) was featured in a Q&A with West Read More…
Alumni Profile: Kevin Buist (MA in Visual and Critical Studies) is Reframing Public Art

Posted March 1, 2019 in Alumni, Master of Visual and Critical Studies

credit: Freddie Bennett KEVIN BUIST Artistic Director ArtPrize Grand Rapids, MI (’18, Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies) Kevin Buist was over half a Read More…

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