Alumni News
CCS Entertainment Arts alumnus, Jamie Surgener, ‘09, won the Best Editing award for his film AVABOT at the Detroit Independent Film Festival (DIFF). AVABOT was created by Surgener as his senior thesis project at CCS.
CCS alumnus John Carlson, ‘04 Advertising Design, recently received a Gold Racie award for his work on a direct mail piece celebrating Art Van’s 50th Anniversary Gala.
On December 15th, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Let's Save Michigan issued an open call to artists, illustrators, and graphic designers for original posters to inspire Michiganders to revive their state. CCS students, faculty, and alumni answered that call with 13 selected out of over 300 entries as finalists.
CCS’ Center Galleries hosts reVIEW: Alumni Selections by Syd Mead January 23 – February 20, 2010 Opening reception: Friday, January 22, 6 – 8 p.m.
CCS alumni from all disciplines are involved in notable projects around the globe.
CCS alumni Karry Brook, Advertising Design, ’05 and Daniel Casey, Animation and Digital Media, ’05 are featured in the annual Crain’s Detroit Business “Twenty in their 20s.”
CCS Crafts alumnus Albert Young, ’82, was included in a recent article in Time Magazine reporting on the people involved in the revitalization of Detroit. <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1887864,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner" target="_news">Click here to read the article</a>.
CCS alumnae Bridget Finn, Photography, ‘05 and Erin Sommerville, Fine Art were recently profiled in Interview magazine.
Sketch artist, Jay Shuster, a 1993 Industrial Design graduate, developed the feature characters, in Pixar's Oscar and Golden Globe winning animated film Wall·E.
CCS moved up to a new location on the main show floor for the 2009 North American International Auto Show, January 11 – 26 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
CCS alumnus Chris Dowdey, Industrial Design, ‘68, designed the 1972 Ford Gran Torino used in the critically acclaimed new movie, “Gran Torino.” The vehicle was Dowdey’s first project at Ford design in the late 60’s. <a href="http://www.thegrantorino.com/" target="_blank">Click here for more information on the motion picture, which was filmed in the Detroit area</a>.
CCS crafts alumna Annica Cuppetelli, ’05, is one of 13 artists to be selected for the Searchlight Artist Program at the 33rd annual American Craft Council Show February 27- March 1 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The American Craft Council show is the largest indoor, juried craft show in the nation and as such, only those artists considered to be the best-of-the-best are invited to participate following a rigorous jury process.
CCS Industrial Design alumnus Crystal Windham was recently named the first African-American female director of North American passenger car design for General Motors.
CCS alumna Josephine Corrado, Interior Design ’07, a designer with Ford & Earl Design Studio recently completed a mobile museum project examining the life of Abraham Lincoln titled Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America.
CCS Transportation Design alumni Bob Boniface and Gary Ruiz are leading the design of the highly anticipated Chevy Volt.
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