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Moving the DisArt Conversation Forward

Posted August 21, 2015 in Gallery, Public

The inaugural DisArt Festival may have wound down, but the conversations it started about disability, identity, accessibility, and inclusion are still going strong. Kendall Read More…
Game Changers: How KCAD Continuing Studies is Helping Area Organizations Unleash Their Potential

Posted July 24, 2015 in Youth and Adults, Public

The mantra of ‘if you’re not growing, you’re dying’ has long governed organizations’ ideas of success. But what does that old adage really mean in the Read More…
KCAD Welcomes New President Leslie Bellavance

Posted July 1, 2015 in Public

The next chapter in the storied history of Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) has begun, as the college has officially welcomed incoming President Read More…
Beloved Graphic Design Professor’s Legacy Lives on Through the Jan G. Vonk Endowed Scholarship

Posted July 1, 2015 in Student, Public, Graphic Design

You could say that Jan Vonk and Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) were destined for one another. In the fall of 1962, Vonk was full of creative Read More…
Creative Immersion Helps Inspire GR Community Foundation Challenge Scholars to Dream Big

Posted June 25, 2015 in Alumni, Youth and Adults, Public

It’s one thing to encourage kids to follow their dreams; helping them get there is another matter entirely. That’s why the Grand Rapids Community Foundation (GRCF) is Read More…
The DAAC Takes Over The Fed Galleries at KCAD To Explore and Celebrate Do-It-Together Culture

Posted June 5, 2015 in Gallery, Public

Despite the closing of its original home on the Avenue for the Arts in the summer of 2013, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (DAAC) remains deeply committed to its mission of Read More…
The Journey Continues: Exhibition Week 2015

Posted May 18, 2015 in Public

Another year at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) is in the books, and another group of immensely talented students has gone out into the world to Read More…
Unexpected Bodies: Inside the DisArt Fashion Show

Posted May 11, 2015 in Student, Public, Fashion Studies

For the first time ever, this year’s New York City Fashion Week featured a number of disabled models, and the flood of ensuing press made it clear that clothing is far from a Read More…
Graphic Design Senior Jamie Vander Werf Named 2015 KCAD Valedictorian

Posted May 1, 2015 in Student, Public

Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) is pleased to announce Graphic Design student Jamie Vander Werf as the Valedictorian of the college’s 2015 Read More…
Making Their Mark: The 2015 Excellence Award Winners

Posted May 1, 2015 in Student, Public

If you were to ask anyone in the KCAD community what gets their blood flowing first thing in the morning, the answer wouldn’t be “perfection.” That’s Read More…