LCAD News Center
Laguna College of Art + Design welcomes our 2023 LCAD Grads. With great pride and gratitude, we look forward to celebrating you on May 19th, 2023 at the Irvine Bowl, Festival of Arts grounds.
Date:
Friday, May 19th, 2023
Time:
The LCAD community and the public are invited to attend an artist slideshow lecture and Q&A session with distinguished artist, F. Scott Hess.
Laguna College of Art + Design is proud to present the 48th Annual COLOR IT ORANGE exhibition, showcasing a variety of original works from Orange County high school students. Color it Orange is one of the longest running collaborative exhibitions between a college and Orange County high schools.
WORKS FROM THE L.A. TIMES OPINION COLLECTION
FEBRUARY 2- MARCH 19, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION: FEBRUARY 2ND, 6:00PM-9:00PM
On Sunday, March 5th, 2023, Laguna College of Art + Design's (LCAD) Open House: Spring 2023 will offer prospective students an opportunity to meet with LCAD faculty and staff, and include individual presentations for our BFA programs in Animation/Experimental Animation, Design + Digital Media, Dr
This group exhibition kicks off the 23rd year of this century with recent artwork by Master of Fine Arts students from Laguna College of Art+Design. The new year is a time to reflect on how we got here and make choices on where we are headed.
DECEMBER 1, 2022 - JANUARY 22, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION: DECEMBER 1ST, 6PM-9PM
Laguna College of Art + Design’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting is proud to present PARALLEL DISASTERS, an exhibition of paintings...
On Sunday, November 6, 2022, Laguna College of Art + Design's (LCAD) Open House: Fall 2022 will offer prospective students an opportunity to meet with LCAD faculty and staff, and include individual presentations for our BFA programs in Animation/Experimental Animation, Design + Digital Media, Dra
Laguna College Of Art + Design is proud to present REVELATION & RUIN, an exhibition showcasing original Mixed Media and Collage work by Eric Stoner.
The 11th Annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest allows photographers to showcase and celebrate the many ways we enjoy Laguna Beach’s beautiful Marine Protected Areas.
Artists, Illustrators, Designers and Thinkers discuss the impact of AI on creative work. LCAD is sponsoring a lively debate on this important topic. Join us with your questions and contributions as a panel of experts examine the positive and negative impact of AI Art.
Laguna Beach, CA (May 19, 2022) – Laguna College of Art + Design announced April Solomon received the 2022 Trustee Choice Award. Her painting, Sulfur Dragon was purchased by the LCAD Board of Trustees to be part of the College’s permanent collection.
MFA EXHIBITION | LAGUNA ART MUSEUM | MAY 21-AUGUST 21, 2022 PRIVATE RECEPTION: MAY 20TH, 5:30PM-9:00PM PANEL DISCUSSION WITH EXHIBITING ARTISTS: MAY 21ST, 6:00PM This exhibition is a sampling of the artwork from the 2022 Master of Fine Art graduates from Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD).
MFA EXHIBITION | JULY 7-24, 2022
OPENING RECEPTION: JULY 7TH, 6:00PM-9:00PM
LCAD Gallery is pleased to announce Emerging Masters 2022, an exhibition of artwork by Laguna College of Art + Design’s Master of Fine Arts students.
Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its 2022 BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting.
Saturday, April 2 Sunday, April 3 10AM - 4PM
345 N Pacific Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA, 92651
It’s back and in-person! The longtime-favorite annual LCAD Student Art Market provides an opportunity to discover artwork from current LCAD students from across all majors.
Laguna College of Art + Design's BFA program in Entertainment Design is proud to present Syd Mead / Progressions. This exhibition contains a retrospective of more than 50 years of artwork by Syd Mead.
On Sunday, March 6, 2022, Laguna College of Art and Design's (LCAD) Open House: Spring 2022 will offer prospective students an opportunity to meet with LCAD faculty and staff, and include individual presentations for our BFA programs in Animation/Experimental Animation, Design + Digital Media, Dr
APRIL 7th - APRIL 24th 2022
Reception:
April 7th 6-9:00pm
LCAD Gallery:
374 Ocean Ave
What will it mean to come out of a world-wide pandemic? How do we return to normal? What is normal? Are we fundamentally changed?
Laguna College of Art and Design's BFA program in Game Art is proud to present The Madness of Masters and Mentors, an exhibition showcasing a collection of original works from the College’s Game Art faculty.
Bidding opens Wednesday, October 20th at 9:30AM and runs through Friday, October 29th at 8:30PM.
Laguna College of Art + Design’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting is proud to present THE ART OF NELLIE GAIL MOULTON, a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings created by Nellie Gail Moulton (1878-1972).
Laguna Beach, CA (August 23, 2021) – Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) announced the appointment of Steven J. Brittan as the 14th president of its 60-year-old institution.
Pitch Day 2021 Sunday, September 12th 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for an afternoon of pitches as we build dynamic game-development teams, bolster resumes and work toward creating the next great game!
ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE INVITED!
Laguna College of Art + Design’s BFA program in Illustration is proud to present THE ART OF DAVID HARRINGTON.
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION | JULY 1-25, 2021
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) Gallery is proud to present Converging Thoughts, Part II, an exhibition of the 2021 Master of Fine Arts graduates.
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) Gallery is proud to present Converging Thoughts I, an exhibition of the 2021 Master of Fine Arts graduates.
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD), in collaboration with Laguna Art Museum, is proud to present Emerging Masters 2021. This diverse and impressive exhibition features artwork by graduate students from LCAD’s Masters of Fine Arts programs in Drawing and Painting.
This year's virtual commencement took place via YouTube Live May 21st at 2:00PM (PDT). For a recording of this event please visit:
Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its 2021 BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting.
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) cordially invites you to experience the 46th Annual Color It Orange Exhibition featuring artwork from talented high school artists from across Orange County. The virtual exhibition runs Thursday, April 1st through Friday, April 30th.
Laguna College of Art + Design's MFA programs in Drawing and in Painting are proud to present, 2020 HINDSIGHT, a curated collection of artwork from LCAD’s most recent MFA graduates.
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) is proud to present the Alumni Virtual Exhibition 2020, showcasing original works created in a variety of mediums and disciplines by talented alumni from LCAD’s graduate and undergraduate majors.
Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting.
The LCAD Gallery proudly presents: “Artists Unite: A Virtual Exhibition and Fundraiser to Honor Black Lives Matter.” In this moment of deep reflection and social transformation, we are bringing LCAD's community of artists and activists together to raise funds benefiting Black Art Futures Fund (BA
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its 2020 Virtual BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting.
MFA Prowess + VisionI Exhibiting Students: Alyssa Fields, Monica Orona, Pegah Samaie, Thadius Taylor, and Xiangwen Wu MFA Prowess + VisionII Exhibiting Students: Aaron Berg, Jeremy Couch, Jane Ding, Emerson Ferrandini, Yiming Hong, Dan Nguyen, and Shiyun (Sharon) Zhou Challenges
Jonathan Burke: The Architect and Engineer of a Success Story. The Heart and Soul of a College.
This story ran in Daily Pilot / Los Angeles Times
Keeping the LCAD Community up to Date on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) The coronavirus is on many people's minds, and the countless sources of information, including mass media, social media and rumors, often lead to confusion, misunderstanding and stress.
Laguna College of Art + Design’s BFA program in Classical Animation presents LINE-FORM-MOTION-EMOTION: The 2D Classical Animation Process, an exhibition showcasing hand-drawn animation sequences encompassing the creative stages of 2D character animation.
Laguna College of Art + Design's (LCAD) MFA and BFA programs in Drawing + Painting are proud to present In Search of the Real III, a collection of original works from the College's esteemed graduate and undergraduate fine arts faculty.
Grant Hier, Longtime LCAD Liberal Art Professor and Poet Laureate of the City of Anaheim, California and Louie Pérez, singer/songwriter from the
Laguna College of Art and Design's (LCAD) BFA program in Illustration is proud to present Transformations, an exhibition showcasing thirty-nine masterworks by contemporary narrative artist Donato Giancola.
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) BFA program in Entertainment Design is proud to present Castanon: The Art of Mark Castanon, an exhibition showcasing the work of concept designer and artist, Mark Castanon.
During the month of July 2019, Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) is proud to present some of our best student and alumni work in the following four exhibitions at four distinct locations across Orange County:
Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) All Majors Summer Exhibition, 2019 is an exhibition of original works of art from some of LCAD’s many talented undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) is proud to present LCAD Student Exhibition and Sale, a group exhibition showcasing a wide range of mediums, expressions, and techniques that are representative of works by students and alumni of LCAD’s BFA programs in Animation, Drawing + Painting
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD), partnered with Dawson Cole Fine Art, to hold an exhibition celebrating Jim Lamb's Summer Artist in Residence workshop at LCAD.
Benjamin Jarvis winner of the 2018 ARC Scholarship, International competition.
The ARC Scholarship Fund distributes around $30,000 in direct scholarships to aid students at ARC Approved™ art academy and atelier schools.
One of Suzi Chauvel’s defining life moments was the fellowship she received in her junior year to study design in Copenhagen.
Kate Landry taught overseas and in Orange County, California where the Maine transplant now calls home. But when she drove by Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD), she felt the pull to complete her MFA in Painting and step into a life committed to art. “Life is busy and rushing by,” she said.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) announced that an LCAD student won and another placed in the Blizzard Entertainment Student Art Contest.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) announced that Brian Peterson, co-founder of Faces of Santa Ana, will deliver the College’s commencement address at 4:00 p.m.
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) undergraduate Fine Arts department is proud to present its 2019 BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings, and sculptures produced by seniors of LCAD’s BFA program in Drawing + Painting.
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) BFA program in Game Art is proud to present, Waking Worlds: Visual Storytelling with Obsidian Entertainment, an exhibition showcasing the visual stories of Irvine-based video ga
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 and again on Sunday, March 3, 2019, an On Demand Hosted by Rob Lowe feature on LCAD’s BFA program in Game Art and MFA program in Game Design will air nationally, and during prime time, on Fox Business Network.
Animation Careers 2019 Graphic Design School Rankings have been published, and LCAD's BFA program in Graphic Design + Digital Media is in t
Laguna College of Art and Design's BFA program in Animation is proud to present Artists of Animation, an exhibition showcasing the work of seven LCAD Animation faculty members.
Laguna College of Art + Design is proud to present, Convergence, an exhibition of original works of art by current students from its Master of Fine Arts program in Painting.
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) BFA program in Entertainment Design is proud to present USHUAIA, an exhibition showcasing the work of visual development artist, art director, production designer, and former LCAD faculty member, Luc Desmarchelier.
Photos by: Don Leach / Los Angeles Times Staff Photographer
Laguna College of Art + Design Students Put Designs in Play for Anaheim Ducks.
Thumb photo credit: Photo courtesy @brandedarts, @staticmedium.
(Header) Photo Credit: Kirk McCoy, Los Angeles Times
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, Laguna College of Art and Design's (LCAD) Open House: Spring 2019 will offer prospective students an opportunity to meet with LCAD faculty and staff.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) raised over $300,000 at its 29th Annual Collector’s Choice Juried Art Auction and Fundraiser held on Friday, November 16th at Montage
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) MFA program in Painting launched a unique class in which the following contemporary figurative artists teach and paint along with students: Aleah Chapin, Carl Dobsky,
From more than 2,300 entries from 10 countries and regions around the world three students of Laguna College of Art + Design’s BFA program in Riley Ebel , and William Sato and their professor, Xun Chi, won a Silver award, a Bronze award, the Best
Laguna College of Art and Design’s (LCAD) Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Game Design has been ranked among the five most affordable online master's in multimedia design by Grad School Hub.
Recently, to get a better understanding of the Anaheim Ducks, LCAD Graphic Design + Digital Media Students were invited by Ducks senior management to attend the
Contestants and teams from universities around the world entered the 7th Annual IEEE Intercollegiate Games Showcase (IEEE GameSIG) contest “Clasic Games Comp
Laguna College of Art and Design's BFA program in Drawing + Painting is proud to present, Shoreline Project, an exhibition showcasing recent works by native California artist, Elizabeth Turk. Ever inspired by the natural world, Turk’s work often references its myriad elegant, organic structures.
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) and Community Art Project (CAP) present Naturescape, an exhibition of original works of art from LCAD Students, faculty and alumni. Naturescape coincides with Laguna Art Museum’s Art & Nature initiative.
Laguna College of Art and Design's BFA program in Graphic Design + Digital Media is proud to present the V01D, an exhibition showcasing the works of Joshua Davis.
Laguna College of Art and Design’s Summer Abroad program is proud to present The Beauty of Holland and Magnificence of Spain, an exhibition of original works from eighteen participants in Laguna College of Art + Design’s 2018 Summer Abroad trip to Holland and Spain.
Hot Jam 2018 turned up the heat at Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) on Sunday, September 30th.
On Sunday, September 9th, at Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) Big Bend Campus, students from USC Game Pipe Laboratory and LCAD’s MFA program in Game Design convened for the 10th Annual Pitch Day event.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) MFA in Painting alumnus and Fine Arts faculty member, Timothy Robert Smith recently unveiled two murals just in time for the fall semester.
The LCAD community wishes to congratulate longtime LCAD Trustee, President of Art Directors Guild, and Emmy Award-nominated Hollywood Production Designer, Nelson Coates, who recently was featured in Architectural Dige
Laguna College of Art and Design’s BFA program in Illustration is proud to present Dave Hobrecht, an exhibition showcasing original works by world-renowned sports artist, Dave Hobrecht.
LCAD Drawing + Painting with Sculpture Emphasis alumnus, Alrik Yuill (2005) with former Director of Laguna Art M
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) BFA in Drawing & Painting (2014) and MFA in Painting (2017) alumna, Charity Oetgen, has published six paintings in a recently released issue of National Geographic honoring the 50th anniversary of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) is proud to present LCAD Student Exhibition and Sale, a group exhibition showcasing a wide range of mediums, expressions, and techniques that are representative of works by students and alumni of LCAD’s BFA programs in Animation, Drawing + Painting, Illust
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD), one of the nation’s top colleges of art and design, announced the addition of open studio spaces for students of its BFA programs in Drawing & Painting and Graphic Design + Digital Media, as well as a studio with a green screen for compositing images,
Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) Graphic Design + Digital Media Students Create New Brand Identity for Sherman Library and Gardens
Laguna College of Art + Design’ s (LCAD) Annual Juried Student Exhibition 2018 features original works of art from some of LCAD’s many talented undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students.This annual exhibition comprises a wide range of mediums, expressions and techniques that are representati
Laguna College of Art + Design’s MFA Program in Art of Game Design presents
Game Lecture Evening with special guest speakers, Alexander Zook, Nele Van de Mosselaer, and Professor Gordon Calleja (pictured from left to right above)
Steve Van Doren to deliver keynote speech at LCAD's commencement ceremony
LCAD + USC GamePipe Laboratory Game, Super Nova Named Finalist in 2018 IEEE GameSIG Showcase
An exhibition of new works by recent graduates of laguna college of art + design’s mfa program in painting.Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) and Q Art Salon are proud to present Regarding Reality I, an exhibition of original works from the fertile minds of recent graduates of LCAD’s
An exhibition of new works by recent graduates of Laguna College of Art + Design’s MFA program in Painting.
In the art world’s recent past, time-honored skills frequently were overlooked in favor of fashionable uniformity.
Grant Hier, a west Anaheim resident with long family ties to the city of Anaheim, was just named Anaheim’s inaugural poet laureate and literary ambassador.
LCAD UNVEILS MURAL BY MFA IN PAINTING ALUMNUS AND FINE ARTS FACULTY MEMBER , TIMOTHY ROBERT SMITH (2013)
LCAD Offering Free Summer Online Liberal Arts Course to Newly Accepted and Continuing Students
Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West
LCAD Ranked World’s #12 Graduate School and #20 Undergraduate for Game Design by The Princeton Review 2018 List
Laguna College of Art + Design Ranks #2 Best Value Art School in PayScale’s 2017 College RIO Report
Laguna College of Art and Design presents
Open House: Fall 2017
Sunday, November 05, 2017
11:00AM–3:00PM
LCAD’S PREMIER ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT
Collector’s Choice is lcad’s premier annual fundraising event that directly supports lcad’s students and its programs, and helps to fund the $2.5 million in student scholarships we award annually.
