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We're honored to present the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design 2025 Senior Show, the senior thesis work of our Class of 2025, throughout the PCA&D campus. The hours are Saturday, May 03 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, May 04 from Noon to 3 PM. The public is invited to visit and join this celebration of creative thinking and making with us! ➡️ Swipe for a sneak peek
Berets collected ✅. Tomorrow, we walk 🎓!
Nothing better than the End of Year Picnic! Students + pets + loads of food = the perfect sendoff! 🌞🐾
Senior Show Installation is underway! Come and see it for yourself this Friday (4-9pm), Saturday (10-5pm), and Sunday (12-3pm). 🎉
🚨 Calling All Alumni: Meet the new grads! 🚨 As part of the Senior Show & Celebration weekend, the Alumni Council is hosting an event in the Art Garden on Saturday, May 3rd, from 10 am - 4 pm! This coincides with Lancaster City's Art Walk and welcomes families, friends, guests, and, of course, our newest alumni to stop by. (Psst... Class of 2025, there may even be a surprise in it for you if you do 🤫). There will be an activity for families, a screen printing station, and an opportunity to hang with fellow creatives and celebrate all things PCA&D.
It's #ThrowbackThursday & ONE week away from the Beret Ceremony! Can you believe it? Seniors, the ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 1, at 5 p.m. in The LookOut... Hip Hip Beret 😉🎉.
🎤 Testing... 1, 2, 3. Lancaster, get ready—our grads aren't just walking the stage, they're taking over the walls, halls, and hearts of PCA&D 👩🎨👨🎨. Please join us for our Senior Show & Celebration Exhibition! It'll rock your world. 📍 204 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 📆 Friday, May 02 from 4 pm to 9 pm 📆 Saturday, May 03 from 10 am to 5 pm 📆 Sunday, May 04 from Noon to 3 pm 🎨 The Exhibition is a collection of thesis work by the PCA&D Class of 2025! ... Art designed by : Aiyana Alvarado '25
Raise your hand if you're ready for graduation 🙋♀️! Remember that TOMORROW, April 22 at 11:30 am in the LookOut, there will be a mandatory graduation rehearsal for seniors. See you there, Class of 2025 😊🎓.
Nothing says "surviving the last week of classes" like free Italian ice from Rita’s, sponsored by @theflockatpcad 🍧🎓!
#FBF to the 2024 All School Picnic! It's that time of year to look forward to the All-School Picnic to celebrate the end of the year with the PCA&D community. All faculty, staff, and students are invited, so please save the date! We'll be at Long's Park on Friday, April 25 from 2-5 pm with food, drinks, music, and games. Folks are invited to bring guitars, frisbees, friends, and pups along. Rain location will be in the Atrium.
Signed, Sealed, and almost Delivered! 2 Weeks until the big day, PCA&D 🦚.
The commission as it began was simple: come to Lancaster County court to draw a retiring attorney’s portrait as a gift. For Jacob Kinney, it’s turned into a media assignment that has had him covering — with his courtroom sketches — one of the local court’s most intensely followed trials in years. Kinney, an Illustration senior, has been acting as the courtroom “camera” for a landmark Lancaster County murder trial, an assignment that has put his quick-drawing skills to the test. With pencil and chalk pastels, “in homage to the traditional style of courtroom sketching,” he has followed testimony after testimony and has experienced the inner workings of the judicial system. Now, because cameras have not been allowed in the courtroom, Kinney’s work has been picked up by media covering the Jere Bagenstose trial, putting his courtroom work in print and online and providing an opportunity he didn’t anticipate. ... Find full story in our BIO! 🔗 Image by Jacob Kinney ’25, Illustration, courtesy of LNP/LancasterOnline
Five Pennsylvania College of Art & Design students have been honored for their work through the 2025 GDUSA Package Design Awards. Only the top 10 percent of submitted designs are selected and celebrated for this accomplishment. This year, Aiyana Alvarado, Warren Burke, Coby Correll, Matthew Dornan, and Bailey Stechman have been singled out by GDUSA; all five are Graphic Design seniors and submitted their entries as part of instructor Tom Newmaster's fall semester Packaging Design class. While referencing historic and contemporary case studies, competitors, and consumer research, the students produced experimental and conceptual work in the field. ... The honored projects were: Aiyana Alvarado: Girlypop! personal care Warren Burke: Rhapsody Ear Buds Coby Correll: Little Reds Ear Buds Matthew Dornan: QAT Ear Buds Bailey Stechman: Astros Ear Buds
Creating characters is a skill that is embraced by Pennsylvania College of Art & Design artists. But what if the assignment is to create superheroes based on real kids? It is a chance to practice collaboration, giving back, inspiration, and bringing the creative visions of both artist and subject to life. A group of eight PCA&D students, majors in Illustration and Animation & Game Art, recently took on the challenge of creating those characters for The Superhero Project (@thesuperherokid), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth facing serious illnesses, disabilities, community trauma, and other complex mental health or medical needs through custom artwork. As part of the College’s internship program, the student artists created Power Posters — bold, inspiring designs that reflect the unique strengths and personalities of their young collaborators. Through creativity, they transformed those youngsters’ real stories into impactful superhero visuals, bringing joy and confidence to children and their families. … Read full story : Link in Bio!
Celebrating #NationalPetDay with our March M“AD”ness Winner, Aang, and Runner-Up, Creed. Both are rocking their new PCA&D bandanas — now available in our Spirit Store (Link in Bio)! 🎉
This is the ulti-mutt study break. Thanks to Sandy, Toby, and Sully for bringing joy and wagging tails to campus 🐾 🐶
When Bee Knisely ’24 was still a student at PCA&D, they were known for being invested in their fellow Animation & Game Art peers getting along. And now, in addition to working on creative side projects (more on that later), that gift is apparent in their job as a school Building Aide. “I walk around the whole building and help out any teacher that might need a break or help any kid that might be struggling to understand material, or if they simply need to go on a walk with me and talk about anything,” Knisely says. “I give kids a place to bring up concerns so that someone more qualified than me can get information and take the reins if it’s outside my expertise. How does Knisely stretch their creative muscles not only in their day job, but also in their animation practice, which continues? We asked them about those skills, as well as their time at PCA&D: Full story in BIO 🔗!
Dress up. Dress down. Dress as you please! A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday night for an unforgettable evening of fun, to all the incredible performers, and to everyone who danced the night away with us! ✨
Thank you to all the families who joined us for a closer look on Friday's Accepted Students Day! We're all smiles here and hope you had an insightful and exciting day in downtown Lancaster 🦚.
It's #NationalStudentAthleteDay, which means it'd be a perfect time to celebrate our League of Legends Esports Champions! The team competed in the Open Plus Division for the game 'League of Legends', which was broken down into brackets based on the team's combined competitive rank & location. Let's give a huge round of applause to the Playfly College Esports Conference Champions : Rebecca Resnick, Lucas Smith, Jahill Nazaire, Kevin Sun, Noah Sams, and LaNee Thomas 🎮!
The building may be a bit confusing but your acceptance and future at PCA&D isn't! Can't wait to welcome you all tomorrow for Accepted Students Day & the Art Market! A full schedule of events can be found at our website, pcad.edu/accepted-student-day 🦚 ... Photo by: Shay Thomas '25
🌸 Join us for our Spring Open House on April 12! 🌸 See our studios, tour our housing, meet faculty and students from each department, explore downtown Lancaster, and have your questions answered about the application process. We can’t wait to show you around our campus. ... Register TODAY with the link in our bio 🦚! Art by: Ceanna Davis '24
PCA&D celebrates Trans Day of Visibility, a day which recognizes the contributions of transgender and non-binary people across our world. PCA&D reaffirms its commitment to supporting our trans and non-binary students, faculty, staff, and Lancaster partners, and honors their power, visibility, and courage as they live openly and authentically.
🎵 The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals 🎵 A @pcadtheatretroupe production happening at the ALT building at Rock Lititz (280 Touring Blvd) March 28, 5:30 - 8 PM and March 29, 3 - 6 PM. Free and welcome to everyone! See you this weekend 🎭.