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WatsonCon 2024

WatsonCon 2024

Join us for the annual College for Creative Studies pop culture and arts convention—WatsonCon 2024!⁠ Experience a full day of Anime, Sci-Fi, Gaming, Comics, and Industry Art Processes organized by and for the CCS community. students, staff, alumni, and guests are all...
Show & Tell: Illustrating the Alaskan Tundra (Hybrid Event)

Show & Tell: Illustrating the Alaskan Tundra (Hybrid Event)

Francis Vallejo is an award-winning, Detroit native, American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national publications, art galleries, and museums. Vallejo earned his Bachelor’s degree from Ringling College of Art + Design and his M.A. from Savannah College of Art + Design. He has since created artworks for a host of notable clients and exhibits. Vallejo’s Jazz Day, written by Roxane Orgill and published by Candlewick Press, was the recipient of the Boston Globe Horn Book award for Best Picture Book. His illustrated book, Anansi Boys, written by Neil Gaiman, and published by The Folio Society, has won Spectrum Gold, the D&AD Pencil, and other awards. He recently received a prestigious 2023 Kresge Visual Arts Fellowship. He currently serves as Section Lead & Associate Professor of Illustration at the College for Creative Studies.

Show & Tell: Navigating the Animation Industry

Show & Tell: Navigating the Animation Industry

Dylan is a Michigander with nearly 15 years of experience in the animation industry helping bring characters, environments and stories to life. Having worked across the entire 3D pipeline for studios big and small, he has a unique perspective on how to stay relevant in a fast-paced, ever changing profession. Having recently joined CCS as a full time faculty member, Dylan is focused on establishing and growing the 3D animation concentration and helping students realize their ideas through this exciting medium.

Show & Tell: Who’s This? Lizzy Botkin

Show & Tell: Who’s This? Lizzy Botkin

Show & Tell featuring Lizzy Botkin, CCS Marketing & Communications Assistant Zoom Link: https://collegeforcreativestudies.zoom.us/j/95980172913 Lizzy Botkin is a CCS Illustration graduate who now brings her creativity to the Marketing Communications...
The State of AI in Design Industries

The State of AI in Design Industries

Three CCS alumni from varying design backgrounds will come together for a conversation centering the rise of AI in design industries, and how the use of AI has affected their own practices and sectors. The panel will be moderated by CCS Provost, Tim Flattery (‘87, Transportation Design).

Communication Design & Strategy Alumni Mixer

Communication Design & Strategy Alumni Mixer

CCS Communication Design & Strategy Alumni Mixer is back! On Thursday, October 10, we are thrilled to be hosted by Joe Benghauser ’12 Graphic Design, owner and operator of the Detroit Wood Type Company, located in Hamtramck. Surrounded by California cases...
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