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SiteStudio Participants Design Seating for Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Posted December 12, 2018 in Student, Faculty, Alumni, Public, Industrial Design, Painting

SiteStudio was founded in 2013 by Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) Painting Professor Margaret Vega as a grass roots response to enhance quality Read More…
Alumni Profile: Trista Maltby (BS Art History)

Posted December 11, 2018 in Alumni, Art History

TRISTA MALTBY Fine Art Consultant Park West Gallery & Foundation Museum Detroit, MI (’11, BS Art History) “When I volunteered at the Grand Rapids Art Read More…
The Design-Driven Museum

Posted December 7, 2018 in Certificate in Design and Innovation Management

This Q&A originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of Portfolio magazine. Read the complete issue. In 2014, Jon Carfagno emerged from KCAD with a Certificate in Read More…
The Proof is in the Process

Posted December 7, 2018 in Student, Alumni, Art Education, Metals & Jewelry Design, Master of Fine Arts

This article originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of Portfolio magazine. Read the complete issue. We tend to think of art and design in terms of tangible Read More…
Practice What You Teach

Posted December 7, 2018 in Faculty, Art History, Digital Art and Design, Drawing, Industrial Design, Printmaking, Master of Visual and Critical Studies

This article originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of Portfolio magazine. Read the complete issue. The old adage “practice what you preach” is Read More…
Aiming for Excellence: A Conversation with Dean of Academic Affairs Charles Wright

Posted December 6, 2018 in Campus, Public

This article originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of Portfolio magazine. Read the complete issue. Long before his career brought him to KCAD, Charles Wright was Read More…
90 Years Young: Why KCAD’s Founding Vision Still Rings True Today

Posted December 6, 2018 in Campus, Student, Faculty, Alumni, UICA

This article originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of Portfolio magazine. Read the complete issue. Renowned furniture designer David Wolcott Kendall transformed Read More…
Alumni Profile: Fan Wu (BFA Illustration)

Posted December 4, 2018 in Alumni, Illustration

FAN WU Professional Freelance Illustrator Beijing, China (’16, BFA Illustration) “KCAD taught me something beyond skill; it taught me how to understand Read More…
KCAD in the News: November 2018

Posted December 3, 2018 in Alumni, Digital Art and Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Sculpture and Functional Art, Master of Fine Arts

MFA Alum Aneka Ingold Named Finalist for $50,000 Bennett Prize The finalists for the largest art award ever offered solely to women painters have been announced, and Aneka Ingold Read More…
Alumni Profile: Anne Doornbos (Master of Architecture)

Posted November 27, 2018 in Alumni, Master of Architecture

ANNE DOORNBOS Architectural Project Coordinator Tower Pinkster Grand Rapids, MI (’16, Master of Architecture) “KCAD was the perfect fit for me: a hub of Read More…

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