ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
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Mission Statement
Learn to create. Influence change. This is our mission statement—and our answer to how art and design impact our global society. Part call-to-action. Part promise. All opportunity. A new model for art and design education in the 21st century, ArtCenter’s visionary approach is based on the College’s conservatory-like approach to teaching and learning; a desire for rich, intercultural and transdisciplinary dialogue; and a mandate to provide students innovative learning and making spaces.
About This Cause
Change. Growth. Innovation. ArtCenter’s strategic plan at once honors the College’s distinguished history and reimagines its future, shaping our vision into a new model for art and design education. To ensure ArtCenter’s continuing excellence, relevance and impact for decades to come, the plan has established three pillars which, in turn, will elevate all aspects of the College. The Conservatory Spirit ArtCenter’s reputation is built on the intensity of its degree programs, all of which depend upon the rigor and focus necessary to prepare students for professional excellence and leadership. This approach has been and will continue to be a central defining characteristic of an ArtCenter education. “Conservatory” (a term typically reserved for training in the performing arts but wholly applicable to this College) means for us the offering of a dedicated place for talented students to grow and thrive, an intense and practical career preparation under the guidance of an expert and professional faculty, a curriculum of project-based learning, and a focus on social and environmental challenges that provide a depth of purpose to our educational offerings. Convening Diverse Communities and Disciplines We view diversity of human enterprise, experience and identity as essential elements of great learning, and our plan calls for policies, practices and pedagogical development in support of our beliefs. We draw strength from connecting individuals and communities, disciplines and practices, professional and critical discourse, history and theory, craft and science, technology and culture, industry and education. Convening new dialogues is central to the curriculum, the environment we hope to sustain, the access we hope to ensure for all deserving students, and the individuals we hope to recruit as professionals and volunteers. We recognize that open and inclusive conversation must inform our identity as a deeply engaged heterogeneous community based on respect and collegiality, communication and transparency, and sustainability and stewardship. New Spaces for Learning ArtCenter must provide the most advanced learning environment possible through innovative, flexible and effective development of both physical and virtual spaces. Our plan calls for the design of new facilities and the application of sustainable practices that will support an expansion of the College with leading-edge technologies and new modes of practice. We seek to deepen student engagement in making and intellectual study, provide meaningful co-curricular experiences that support broad learning outcomes, stimulate reflection and spontaneous dialogue, foster social and civic responsibilities, and encourage life-long learning. We will initiate new pedagogical models through the use of technology that supports our goals for access and affordability and ensures that we enroll and retain the most talented and diverse student body possible.