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Headquartered in Columbus, like many of the world’s biggest retail brands, Bath & Body Works has hired a number of talented, skilled CCAD students and alumni over the years—creative thinkers who have found professional success and fulfillment in their work.
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A new exhibition at the nonprofit Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York provides a fresh look at works by people of color and Queer-identifying lens-based artists, including that of a Columbus College of Art & Design alum, Derick Whitson (Photography, 2014).
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CCAD Stories: Callan Prakel
CategoriesCallan Prakel (Master of Fine Arts, 2021) earned their bachelor’s degree from Capital University in art therapy, psychology, and studio art, but at heart, they always knew they were a maker. So, heading to Columbus College of Art & Design for a Master of Fine Art in Visual Arts seemed like the next logical step.
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In addition to founding and curating the indie animation series Malt Adult, Columbus College of Art & Design Sarah Schmidt (Animation, 2014) is a motion graphics, illustration, and animation artist who also works as a resident animator at CCAD’s Cloyd Family Animation Center.
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Cat Sheridan (Fine Arts, 2003) believes we all deserve original artwork in our lives, regardless of our age, race, gender, or socioeconomic status.
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For Allison McGovney (Fine Arts, 2020), a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend an internationally recognized center for glass art education this summer—funded by a CCAD scholarship—has sparked a newfound obsession with the medium of glassblowing.
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A Columbus College of Art & Design grad reflects on her creative and professional pursuits and a surprising Steve Jobs connection.
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Otherworld, the much-talked-about new art installation-meets-escape-room-meets-haunted-house-meets-playground-for-grownups sits in an otherwise-abandoned strip mall parking lot on Columbus’ East Side. The building housing Otherworld previously was home to a Sports Authority and its exterior gives little indication of the wild scene—make that scenes—inside the 40,000-square-foot space.
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Six Ways to Alumni Like A Pro
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After graduating from CCAD with a master’s degree, Wilson relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he began working for Aspire Public Schools, a group of community-based public charter schools. He founded the art program at Aspire Richmond Technology Academy in Richmond, California, in 2016 and now teaches 350 students—from transitional kindergarteners to fifth-graders.
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Show us your space: Tym Tyler
CategoriesTym Tyler lives on an old farm outside Granville, Ohio. His studio, formerly a chicken hatchery, is, fittingly, dedicated to two seemingly disparate worlds: painting and cycling. Since graduate school, Tyler has been a promoter—in his 20s and 30s, he promoted music concerts, professional cycling events, running events, and triathlons. As he got older, he honed his focus to fitness events (concert promotion is “a young man’s game,” he says).
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CCAD Stories: Jiahao Peng
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