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Enjoy your Fall Break, PCA&D! See you on the 16th 🍁

It's time to show your PCA&D Pride! We have a new T-Shirt Shop wall up on campus... make sure to check out our two online stores and find an item and color that’s uniquely you. Choose from short and long-sleeve T-shirts, hoodies, polo shirts, beanies, and baseball caps! ... Do you have a design? All our T-shirts were designed by PCA&D students and staff. If you have an idea you think would make a great shirt, we’d love to see it! For more information: www.pcad.edu/spirit or click the link in our bio!

It's easy to forget that water we drink and use doesn't just appear from a faucet -- in much of Lancaster's case, it flows from the Conestoga River. Those storm drains located at many city corners do, too. Bringing awareness of that connection, and the need for communities to steward care of the river, is the goal of Lancaster River Connections. And this summer, three PCA&D student artists were selected to design and create murals that serve as reminders to passersby that how we treat the river that flows by Lancaster City has an ultimate impact on our neighborhoods, our environment, our businesses, and our selves. The team of Charlie Boyce, Krista Canoles, and Katie Hess earned internship credits for their work, which spans a variety of styles and themes, from the river's ecosystem to nods to adjacent businesses. The experience, they all say, reflects an interest in the environment they already had, and was a rewarding way to have an impact on the community their college calls home. Learn more about their projects, sponsors, and inspiration: 🔗 in Bio! ... ➡️ to see the finished works.

Explore. Experience. Enjoy! Join us to explore our campus and meet our students and faculty at our Fall Open Houses on Saturday, October 19 and Saturday, November 16. Our Open House program is designed to allow you to explore and engage at your own pace. We can’t wait to show you around our campus. Sign up today with the link in our BIO! 🦚

October? Fall-themed work? Yes, please! Welcome back to #FallFeatures, where we showcase student artwork and celebrate the season. 🍂 ... Work by: Cleo Kendrick '24, Graphic Design

✨Introducing our new crew✨ Please help us in welcoming our 2024-2025 Student Council Board! ... President: Laurence Jacoby '25, Illustration major (Art History minor) VP: Oakley Buscarino '26, Animation & Game Art major, (Illustration minor) Treasurer: Louis Bazor '25, Illustration major (Art History minor) Secretary: Mauro Licata '28, Fine Art major

Happy #MeanGirlsDay, it might not be Wednesday but we're still wearing pink and announcing the schedule of events for Homecoming 2024! If you RSVP today, you can sit with us at the Alumni Reception on Saturday 🥂. It'll be so fetch and we can't wait to welcome you all back to Lancaster for a great weekend. ... ⏰ Friday, November 01 and Saturday, November 02 📍 Pennsylvania College of Art & Design 🎭 Art Markets, Gallery Exhibitions, Collaborative Activities, Receptions, and more! 🔗 RSVP Link in BIO

What're your plans this weekend? Join us in celebrating our two running Gallery shows at this weekend's ARTWalk! In our Main Gallery: "Finding Karim", the work of 2023-2024 Fine Artist in Residence Karim Gavins '20, Photography & Video. The show consists of mixed media installation, primarily fabric, archival digital prints, and drawing. In our Hayden Gallery: "Re Union", the work of Rachel Yinger '14, a collection of Yinger's work from the past 10 years. ... See you there! 🎨

What a Saturday! 🌟 At Business Boot Camp, students explored the ins and outs of starting a business in Pennsylvania, turning ideas into plans, and pitching like pros. Many thanks to our regional industry professionals who helped judge the Boot Camp proposals: Terry Kraft, owner of the Pivotal Group; Paige Alana Bowermaster '23, Creative Specialist; Keith Davis '99, Environmental Graphic Designer; Brandon Harris '21, ClickUpon Graphic Designer; and Jeline Saltares, Community Partner. Congratulations to the winners, Asher Barrs '28 & Gabrielle Villarosa '26! 🎉

It's 🍁 season, which means it's time to turn over a new leaf and do a #FallFeature of student artwork! ... Art by: Robin Salsman '27, Photography & Video (Want to see your work featured? DM us! 💬)

During Lancaster's recent First Friday, hundreds of participants in Lancaster's annual Print Crawl event were tasked with bringing the vision of a PCA&D alumna to life. That's because this year's Print Crawl poster was designed by Sage Aries Dougherty '20, an Illustration BFA graduate. The concept -- centered around a ruffed grouse, Pennsylvania's state bird, grasping a red rose, the symbol of Lancaster -- reflects a distinctive style that had to be adaptable to the Print Crawl's guidelines. "The goal of Print Crawl," she said, "is to show off all the different (printing) businesses in Lancaster." So through screenprinting, rubber stamps, letterpress, stickers, and laser cut, Print Crawl participants built Sage's design element by element until the finished image came into view. ... To learn more about how this all came to be and Sage's process, follow the link in our BIO! 🔗

Never underestimate the impact of a quality social media feed. In Kiri Chhun's case, it led to a gig photographing at the recent New York Fashion Week. "I just got a random email that they'd found me on Instagram, looked at my portfolio, and would I like to come shoot runway fashion," the Photography & Video senior said. The team from Runway 7, a Fashion Week production company, works to represent cultural diversity by "integrating international designers, media, celebrities, and commerce," according to its website. And the opportunity they provided Chhun, he said, was an incredible learning experience. Chhun traveled to New York City the day before Labor Day so he could also have the experience of covering a Fashion Week casting call. "The line (of models) was out the door and down the street," he said. "I interviewed some of them and it was really interesting; they were traveling from everywhere and it was inspiring to see." ... Find full story in our BIO! 🔗

One last #SummerShowcase to round out the end of summer! Do you have any fall-themed work that you'd like to have featured? DM us! 💬 ... Artwork by: Kayla Wright '24, Design Thinking (Illustration)

Don't miss your opportunity to stop by the Mezzanine-level CORE Gallery to see the work of a team of young artists on display. The exhibition features the process behind Birth of Change, a mural completed by summer campers in the PA Migrant Education Program. The opportunity, run through Millersville University, offers educational services to families who work in agriculture and, during the summer, offers a five-week camp focused on science, technology, and the arts. Check out the mural while you still can! Birth of Change will be on display in the CORE Gallery through Sept. 23. 🎉 ... For more information on the project, follow the link in our BIO!

The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Liberal Arts Department invites the public on Friday, Oct. 4, to the Diverse Voices Speaker Series: The Voice and Music of Daryl Davis. Davis will share his inspiring story about his work to achieve racial harmony and his powerful blues piano playing and singing. Davis's appearance begins at 3:30 PM in the Atrium at PCA&D, where he will share the life experiences that led to his 1998 book "Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey" and the Independent Lens documentary film screenplay "Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America". At 6 PM on Oct. 4, Davis will present an hour of his energizing boogie-woogie blues piano playing! ... 🔗 Read on : Link in BIO!

We're loving September's palette so far 🍁🎨!

Have you seen the newest addition to our campus walls? The Class of 2028 community mural, adorning the walls of our Water Street stairway, is now complete! Led by Salina Almanzar-Oree, the mural was designed based on feedback about creativity, and each student had the opportunity to contribute to its creation. ... Swipe to see the great work done by Salina and the Class of 2028 ➡️

Moving into college housing can be both exciting and nerve-wracking, especially if you've never lived away from home before. That's where PCA&D's Community Assistants, or CAs, step in. Students themselves, they are charged with working together to oversee the College's housing communities, building a sense of -- yes -- community and camaraderie, and ensuring that all residents feel supported, safe, and part of the College's day-to-day life. At PCA&D, the CAs work under the direction of Michael Parks, Director of Residence Life & Housing. "I'm thrilled to kick off this year with this amazingly talented 2024-25 CA team," Parks said. ... See your CA? Give them a shoutout in the comments! Meet this year's Community Assistants: Link in Bio! 🔗

What a beautiful Friday it was in Lancaster ☀️! Thank you to all who stopped by our campus on First Friday for both the Lancaster Print Crawl and our Gallery Show Openings and a big thank you to Fine Art Chair Becky Blosser and all our awesome screen printing helpers for making sure it all went off without a hitch!

Welcome to @lancasterprintcrawl! Stop by our Art Garden station on N. Prince & come in to see our gallery shows for First Friday! 🦚

Happy Friday, PCA&D! There's a lot to celebrate today, as it is the annual Lancaster Print Crawl (5-9 PM), September First Friday, and our third annual Ampersand Day & Club Fair (3:30-5 PM). Won't you join us in the celebrations? You're encouraged to participate and explore Lancaster City!

Ten years after graduation from PCA&D, the work of Rachel Yinger again hangs in the hallways of her alma mater. "Re Union", a retrospective of the last decade of her work, fills the Hayden Gallery through Sept. 20. Yinger is a familiar face on campus; she is the Pre-College & Adult Enrichment Program Coordinator for the College’s Center for Creative Exploration. Yet her “Re Union” art, both large- and small-scale, gives a closer, more intimate look into Yinger’s points of introspection, inclusivity, and creative process. It’s been honed in both personal practice and during her time earning an MFA in Socially-Engaged Studio Art from Philadelphia’s Moore College of Art & Design in 2019. To find out more about “Re Union” and how the past decade has shaped Yinger's work in both painting and the creation of zines, click the LINK IN OUR BIO! 🔗

Curiosity drove Karim Gavins '20 to apply for PCA&D's Alumni Artist Residency, and the result stretched not only their creative practice, but also the way in which their art impacts their everyday life: Giving new purpose to found materials. Using art as a means of maintaining health and exploring the relationship they have with the world. Exploring new facets of human connection. The Artist Residency gave Gavins, whose BFA degree was in Photography & Video, the time and space to more fully explore it all. The result, an immersive "Finding Karim", fills multiple levels of the College's Main Gallery through Oct. 4. A reception for Gavins will be part of the Sept. 6 First Friday celebrations, from 5-8 PM. Dive more in depth into Gavins' artistic transformation, and learn where "Finding Karim" will take them next: Full story linked in our BIO! 🔗

& here we go again! Ampersand Day is back and we can't wait to celebrate with you on Friday! All these &'s were found in Lancaster City, do you think you'd be able to find them all 🔍?