Jaime Ekkens believes that the best films are only as long as they need to be, and that includes her own. Despite clocking in at just four minutes, the Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) alumna’s (’07, Illustration) animated documentary “A Life with Asperger’s” has been screening almost non-stop at film festivals around the world since it’s release in 2013, captivating audiences and critics alike along the way. Read More…

Inside Van Andel Arena, the crowd watches with bated breath as their beloved Griffins struggle for victory in the closing seconds of overtime. Everyone is clamoring for what Read More…

Imagine for a moment what it’s like growing up a child of a migrant farmer in America. On top of all the normal trials and tribulations of adolescence, you’re fighting Read More…

In this guest blog, Fashion Studies students Danielle Hoag and Matthew Pozsgay take you inside “Insectrum,” the 2015 Fashion Studies Capstone show, held at the historic Read More…

New York is one of those cities of mythic proportions. It’s the kind of place you’d expect would intimidate someone like Illustration student Jennifer Bafile, a Read More…

Park City, Utah: one of America’s wealthiest cities, backdrop for parts of the 1994 comedy classic Dumb and Dumber, and home to both the Sundance Film Festival and the United Read More…

Growing up on Hamlin Lake just north of Ludington, MI, KCAD alum Tim Murphy (’02, Industrial Design) always dreamed of attending Camp Douglas Smith just across the water, but Read More…

Written by MFA student Aj Cooke, Points of View explores local gallery exhibitions in order to spark an open and accessible exchange of ideas and nurture collective intelligence Read More…

As the waves lapped softly at the walls of the Grand Canal, Nicolas Sanchez sat immersed in what would become the most pivotal work of his young career. After turning heads in an Read More…

In this guest blog, Fashion Studies Program Chair Lori Faulkner takes us behind the scenes of the DisArt Fashion Event. "When my students come to KCAD expecting to discover Read More…