



KEVIN FOSS '20
KEVIN FOSS '20
C. MALEKANI, J. SAKERT, H. BUCKINGHAM
Live Experience Design & Production
From rock concert stage design to immersive installation art, experience designers use creative technology to engage the senses and stimulate emotional reactions to performers, stories, and environments.
In this four-year progressive program, you’ll learn the technical, design, and management areas of live events including production, lighting design and technology, live sound, and live visuals. You’ll also learn the business of live events in areas like theater, live music, concert touring, and corporate and sporting events. Through a core curriculum in art/design history, theory, technology, hands-on studio work, and practical field experience, you’ll gain foundational knowledge of the skills used in experience design.
our program
Why LiveX at PCA&D?
The BFA in Live Experience Design & Production at PCA&D strikes a balance between theory and practice, preparing you to be a creative, contemplative problem-solver and experience designer. Through teamwork and mentorship, you’ll acquire firsthand experience, knowledge of the industry, and concrete skills you can carry with you into a wide range of professional practices after graduation.
Did we mention, you’ll learn in the #1 best small city to live in the U.S., and a vibrant arts-rich environment of more than 125 galleries and creative spaces?
Customize your program
At PCA&D students have the opportunity to explore multiple interests by incorporating a minor or certificate into their major studies. Expanding your skill sets to cross disciplines will make you more appealing to future employers and broaden your potential career path.
careers
Where could your creative life take you?

Real-world experiences in and out of the classroom are opportunities to network and work with others in their fields, making connections that can lead to lifelong mentors or even pre-graduation job offers. Here you will build skill sets allowing you to land positions in:
- Advertising Consultants
- Production Manager
- Tour Manager
- Lighting Programmer
- Sound Engineer
- Stage Manager
- Lighting Designer
- Video & Content Designer
- Artist Liaison
- Experience Designer
- Technical Manager
- Video Production Manager
where are Alumni now?
PCA&D students find work in a wide variety of fields and with prestigious companies and organizations nationally and all over the world.

Adding good design to live events with Kevin Foss ’20
From Cardi B to Bon Jovi, Lizzo to Nickelback, Chris Brown, and Green Day, it’s been a busy and demanding couple of years of work and clients for Class of 2020’s Kevin Foss. Yet the magna cum laude Graphic Design graduate of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design probably wouldn’t
Department faculty
A faculty of working professionals
As experienced working professionals with strong ties to resources and opportunities in the field, your faculty assign competitive, real-world projects to enhance your portfolio with professional work well before you graduate.

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