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PALS Returns with 2024 Summit, October 17th – 19th

About PALS Founded in 2010 at Pratt Institute, The Partnership on Academic Leadership in Sustainability (PALS) is a national platform for sustainability leaders in art and design higher education to address global climate change, environmental and social justice, and other key sustainability...

Pratt Institute President Francis Bronet elected as next AICAD Board Chair

AICAD announces placement of 17 New, 9 Returning Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows For 2024/25

[caption id="attachment_8582" align="alignright" width="1000"] COSMOS, 36x32x38(in)Maple, Walnut, Limba, Spelli, Glass, Brass, Corian2023, Minsoub (Peter) Sim[/caption] The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the fifteen Fellows selected for the...

2024 AICAD/ NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellow Selected

[caption id="attachment_8556" align="alignleft" width="600"] Nellie Geraghty[/caption] The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design and NOAA Fisheries have announced the placement of Nellie Geraghty into the fifth AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellowship. Nellie Geraghty draws...

NOAA/AICAD Art+Science Fellow Mickey L.D. Morgan releases podcast “Neighbors Along the Riverbed”

Transfer resources for students affected by the closure of the Art Institutes

While the Art Institute was not a member of our consortium, we want to assist impacted students who may be looking for an appropriate institution at which to continue and complete their studies. Many of our member institutions have dedicated transfer admissions counselors at the ready to assist...

Art schools must double down on diverse recruitment following the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action

Op-Ed for Art Newspaper written by AICAD president and executive director Deborah Obalil See original print edition PDF here For anyone who works in higher education, this has not been a typical summer. We’ve had more news from Washington, DC impacting our sector in just the past few months...

AICAD Places 12 New and 5 Returning Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows For 2023/24

[caption id="attachment_8441" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Em Yue, Mouse in House, 2023. Illustration. [/caption] The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) is pleased to announce the twelve Fellows selected for the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the...

2023 Fisheries Art + Science Fellow Selected

Fellowship seeks ways to broaden engagement in fisheries management.   [caption id="attachment_8420" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Catherine Ross, 2023 AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellow[/caption] The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design and NOAA Fisheries have...

An Interview with Courtney Morgan, AICAD Post Graduate Teaching Fellow

[caption id="attachment_8386" align="alignright" width="400"] Courtney Morgan[/caption] Courtney Morgan is a human-centered researcher and designer and an assistant professor at Parsons School of Design. After receiving her MA/MBA from Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of...