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We're honored to present the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design 2024 Senior Show, the senior thesis work of our Class of 2024, throughout the PCA&D campus. The hours are Saturday, May 4 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, May 5 from 9 AM to Noon. The public is invited to visit and join this celebration of creative thinking and making with us! ... ➡️ Swipe for a sneak peek
One more day! Tonight, we celebrated the Class of 2024 at our annual Beret Ceremony, where students received their final piece of regalia 🎓. We're so pleased to have watched this class grow in the face of adversity and cannot wait to see where you all go from here! ... Swipe to the end for a group picture of the #ClassOf2024
Who else is looking forward to @lancasterartwalk this weekend? Make sure to stop in and check out our current Main Gallery Exhibition "Andinos: Encounters in Cusco, Peru," the works of Gabriel Barreto Bentín, AND our Senior Show Exhibition displayed around the College. The Senior Show will be up for a very limited time, closing Sunday, May 05, and "Andinos: Encounters in Cusco, Peru" will be closing June 07. Come see both shows while you still can 🎨!
Reminder for the Class of 2024, the Beret Ceremony is TOMORROW! Enjoy a special evening with your peers and select faculty and staff that includes a delicious buffet, brief remarks, and the distribution of your berets followed by the opportunity to view the Senior Show Exhibition. This PCA&D tradition is only open to the graduating class (no guests). See you there! 🎓
When the Lancaster Stormers baseball team takes the field for opening day this week, a little piece of PCA&D also makes its lineup debut. A new ballcap design, created by Graphic Design junior Maddie Reynolds, will go on sale in the team's store. "I was looking at what younger generations are into, and also wanted to pull in a vintage feel," said Reynolds, a native of Parkesburg, Pa. Her end result, a curved "Stormers" text superimposed over an outline of homeplate, carries over that simple, but vintage, vibe. Five finalists — Warren Burke, Bahir Harris, Aiyana Alvarado, and Leslie Bosch, along with Reynolds — were chosen, and Reynolds' design was chosen by a public vote on social media. ... Continue reading this story at the LINK IN OUR BIO! 🔗
Good food. Good weather. Good people. Who could ask for more? Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday to our End of Year Picnic at Long's Park and a big thank you to our wonderful team who helped put together the event to celebrate the end of the semester! Have a wonderful summer break, you deserve it! 🌞
#ICYMI, there's still plenty of time to stop by and see two exhibitions, "True Americana" by Alexia Eggleston '23 and "The World Where Mind and Reality Split" by Jasmyn Stokes '23, currently being featured in the Hayden and CORE galleries at PCA&D! These exhibitions are a culmination of a yearlong fellowship at the College where both Eggleston and Stokes served as Pennsylvania College of Art & Design's first-ever Career Development fellows. The shows will be up through June 30, so stop by!
Happy last day of classes, PCA&D... we're tipping our caps to you! Here is a round-up of some of our favorite memories from this year, what's yours? 🤩
Your diplomas are #SignedAndSealed, Class of 2024! You're almost there 🎓
Alex Smith, a Foundation student in the Live Experience Design & Production major, had worked a couple of music festivals before. But his recent week at the P'al Norte festival in Mexico, "seeing it all in action, the actual 'we have to go live now' experience" was on a different level altogether. For six days, Smith had the chance not only to shadow industry professionals, but also to gain some hands-on experiences, working behind the scenes on the festival's stages. "Meeting with everyone at a higher level and watching them work on (the festival) at that level ... getting the chance to work hands-on at something like this, with everyone being so super open and nice" has confirmed his interest in pursuing live experience as a career, Smith said. ... Full story linked in our BIO! 🔗
We're just ten days from Commencement 2024 at PCA&D! Practice makes perfect...check out some of the pictures from today's rehearsal. 🎉
Earth without art is just...EH! #HappyEarthDay to all our artists who make the world a little more special. 🌏
Amidst the blooming flowers, we prepare for the last week of classes! 🌸 #AlmostThere
Let's paws for a quick study break with K-PETS! 🐾 Thanks to Brody, Joy, and Simon for stopping by campus to deliver some smiles.
Wrapping up their year as Pennsylvania College of Art & Design's first-ever Career Development Fellows, Alexia Eggleston '23 and Jasmyn Stokes '23 will exhibit work, opening April 19 from 5-8 PM, in the Hayden and CORE galleries. The yearlong fellowship, both say, has been instrumental not only in furthering their artwork, but also their leadership and mentoring skills. "I'm really excited for the exhibition and to see what's next for both of them," say Justin Phillips, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs. The team of Phillips, Chair of Business in Creative Industry & Director of Distance Education Holly Mosher, and Assistant Dean of Career Development & Internships Maria Provencher advised Eggleston and Stokes during their yearlong fellowships with weekly critiques and frequent check-ins. ... [Full story and more information in our BIO! 🔗]
Class of 2024! The next few weeks might feel like a blur to you... but don't worry! Here's a list of upcoming important events and dates you should add to your calendar. 📆 🎟️ Monday, Apr. 22 -- Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal 🛠️ Saturday, Apr. 27 through Monday, Apr. 29 -- Senior Show Installation 🎊 Thursday, May 2 -- Beret Ceremony 🎓 Friday, May 3 -- Commencement 🎨 Friday, May 3 -- Senior Show 👨🎨 Sunday, May 5 -- Artwork Pickup
Please join us on Monday, April 15 in the Atrium at 3:00 PM to meet guest photographer Gabriel Barreto Bentín and learn about his work! There will be an exhibition reception to follow in our Main Gallery.
Four Graphic Design seniors have been honored by GDUSA for their packaging designs, recognition given to just a small percentage of the entries in the annual competition. Rachael Clough, Maliyah Gregg, Cleo Kendrick, and Austin Taylor — all seniors in Prof. Tom Newmaster's Packaging Design class — were among the 10 percent of 2,400-plus entries to be so honored. The 61st annual competition, Newmaster says, honored work these seniors completed during the Fall 2023-2024 semester. “Marketers and retailers are challenged as never before to convey their message and promote their brand,” according to GDUSA. “Package design — along with point-of-purchase and retail graphics — is increasingly the difference maker.” ... Check out the story, link in our BIO! 🔗
Total Eclipse of the Art! 🌙 🎨
Taking advantage of Spring First Friday crowds, PCA&D will hold its Spring Art Market this Friday, April 5, from 4-8 PM in the Atrium! Come check out art, merch, and other wares from about 30 artists -- both current students and alumni. #SeeYouThere! 🎨
For artist Nichola Kinch, being a beginner at a particular practice — including art — "holds a special power": openness. That power to hold openness, to artistic mediums, to paths of inspiration, and, in Kinch's case, to the natural world surrounding us, extends to the viewers of art, too. "I am interested," Kinch says in her artist statement, "in the moments in which we, as viewers, become aware of image as a mediated production." Executive Director of Academic Affairs at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture, "where engagement in creative practice is a part of my job," Kinch will visit PCA&D on April 11 as a guest of the Fine Art Department, and will deliver an Artist Talk in the College Atrium at 12:45 PM. ... Full story linked in our bio! 🔗
Graduation tickets secured 🎟️! Thanks for coming out to our Countdown to Commencement event today... if you weren't able to attend, please contact Amy Gaston [agaston@pcad.edu] to retrieve your commencement materials ASAP.
We had a BALL on Friday at the Drag Ball 🥳! And a big shoutout to students from The Flock, Live Experience Design & Production, Connections, Cosplay Club, and to our Student Life Team for organizing this fun event.
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