by Megan Mesack | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is pleased to announce its Winter 2024 Woodward Lecture Series and Toyota Lecture Series lineup. This year’s Woodward Lecture Series will feature distinguished poet, biographer, editor and filmmaker, Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd and visual artist Janine Antoni. The Toyota Lecture Series will feature accomplished alumni and industry professionals from the disciplines of Communication Design, Advertising Design, Entertainment Arts, Illustration, User Experience Design, Film and Photography. All lectures are free and open to the public. Seating and parking are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
by Stacy Hutchcraft | Jan 19, 2024 | Academics, Office of Partnerships, Uncategorized
Over the course of the Fall semester, the College for Creative Studies hosted 17 sponsored projects and competitions across a variety of disciplines. Students from a wide range of disciplines were able to partner with local and global brands to work on a specific...
by Stacy Hutchcraft | Jan 16, 2024 | Art Education, Film, Uncategorized, Undergraduate
College for Creative Studies Film and Art Education sophomore, Davon Travier recently completed a prestigious Mayor Fellowship with the City of Detroit. Appointed by the Mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, the four-month program was open to graduate and undergraduate...
by Megan Mesack | Jan 4, 2024 | Alumni, Illustration, Uncategorized
We are pleased to announce that Sterling Toles (‘00, GC) has been selected as the 2024 Alumni Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition. Sterling Toles is a visual/sonic artist and educator and a 2016 Kresge Fellow. With roots in Detroit’s early 90s hip-hop...
by Megan Mesack | Dec 16, 2023 | Advertising Design, Advertising: Copywriting, Communication Design, experiential learning, Uncategorized
Interpublic Group announced the expansion of its Motor City Marketing and Communications Fellowship, a jobs program exclusively associated with IPG’s Detroit-based communications and marketing companies supporting client General Motors. This includes Weber Shandwick, MRM, McCann, Jack Morton Worldwide, and Commonwealth//McCann.
by Megan Mesack | Dec 8, 2023 | DEI, News, Uncategorized
Dr. Deirdre Young, assistant dean for Institutional Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at CCS, was recently named on Crain’s Detroit Buisiness’ Notable Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. According to Crain’s, this year’s...
by Megan Mesack | Dec 8, 2023 | Alumni, News, Uncategorized
The CCS Alumni Reception in Shanghai on November 26 was a statement of the powerful collaboration between CCS and its international graduates. The event, organized by Global Strategists Maria Luisa Rossi and Vincenzo Iavicoli and assisted by the Alumni Office, was...
by Raina Yarbrough | Dec 7, 2023 | Animation, Film, Interdisciplinary Design Studies, News, Scholarships & Aid, Uncategorized
Starting December 1, metro Detroit artists are invited to apply for a 2024 Kresge Artist Fellowship. Kresge Artist Fellowships will increase from $25,000 to $40,000 and the number of fellowships will increase from 20 to 25 in 2024. Artists residing in Wayne, Oakland,...
by Stacy Hutchcraft | Nov 30, 2023 | Interior Design, News, Uncategorized
Working in the happiest place on Earth has proven to be just that for Interior Design student Karlee Szczesniak. During the Fall semester, Karlee received a coveted internship with Walt Disney Resorts as a Walt Disney Imagineering Interior Design Intern. “I am...
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