Illustration Faculty
Gil Ashby
Gil Ashby's assignments have included editorial, children’s books, graphic novels, murals and courtroom drawing.
Dave Chow
Dave Chow works as a freelance illustrator in advertising and has won numerous awards.
Eugene Clark
Eugene Clark, owner of Amazing Clark Entertainment, has work included in the collections of the College for Creative Studies, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Eastman Corporation.
Bryan Durren
An award winning illustrator and graphic designer, Bryan Durren’s work has appeared in numerous publications.
Cathy Gendron
Cathy Gendron began her career in newspaper as an illustrator, designer and Creative Services Manager for the Ann Arbor News. She joined the Detroit Free Press as Art Director in 1984.
Charles Gillies
Chuck Gillies has been an illustrator with Skidmore Inc. in Royal Oak for 30 years.
Stephen Goodfellow
Stephanie Henderson
Stephanie has worked in the advertising and then publishing business for over 20 years as well as being a regularly exhibiting gallery artist.
Arvell Jones
Arvell Jones has over 25 years in the arts. He has 11 years of TV experience as a staff graphic designer, animator, set designer for WKBD TV 50 (now UPN 50) and two years of freelancing for WXON TV 20 ( now WDWB 20).
Don Kilpatrick
Don Kilpatrick was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and spent time living in Kiev and the San Francisco Bay area. He has created illustrations for advertising, design, editorial, and motion picture clients, and was involved in the design of the Olympic medal for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Lisa Lewandowski
Lisa Lewandowski's passion for teaching brings 18 years of experience teaching advertising, graphic design and illustration in addition to sharing extensive travel and international studies with students.
Keith Newton
Keith Newton began his art career painting sets for the opera and AV companies. He started painting portraits in the 1980s and entered an internship at Disney Feature Animation and was hired as an animator.
Lora Parlove
Lora Parlove began her graphic consultant career in 1979 in the Detroit advertising market. In 1986 she founded Colorforms, Inc. an award winning commercial art and design firm with a reputation for cutting–edge work.
Cheryl Perkins
Stephen Schudlich
Stephen Schudlich’s work has been recognized in Print Magazine’s Regional Design Annuals, How Magazine’s Self Promotion Issues, Print Magazine’s Best T-shirt Promotions, Graphic Design USA, Postcard Graphics: The Best Advertising and Promotion Design, and the New York Art Director’s Annual.
Patricia Underdown
Casey Wise
In addition to his teaching career at CCS, Casey Wise spent 25 years working as an advertising illustrator for many of the large advertising agencies and art studios in the Detroit area.
Academics
- Advertising Design
- Art Education
- Crafts
- Entertainment Arts
(formerly Animation) - Fine Arts
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Interior Design
- Photography
- Product Design
- Transportation Design
- Foundation
- Liberal Arts
- Master of Fine Arts
- Minors
- CCS Experience
- Professional Development
- SB-CEU Courses
- Adult Courses
- Summer Guest Students
