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Otis College Caps 2024-2025 Academic Year with Successful O-Launch Event

Fri May 30 2025

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Otis College First-Year Student Ari Matthews on How Summer of Art Prepared Him for College Life

Thu Apr 17 2025

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Otis College Sophomore Zoe Asis on How Summer of Art Prepared Her for College Life

Tue Apr 15 2025

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Otis College seniors meet industry professionals during Industry Night at the O-Launch exhibition weekend

Recent Alums on How Otis College Prepared Them for Thriving Art and Design Careers

Tue Mar 25 2025

AlumniBlogProgramsStudents

Three Parents on How Their Children Thrived in Otis College’s Summer Youth Camp

Thu Mar 13 2025

BlogExtensionProgramsStudents

The Future is bright: Otis College boasts a 96% employment rate for students within six months to one year of graduating. Photograph by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design

What Parents and Families Should Know about Art and Design College

Mon Mar 10 2025

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Five Tips for Applying to Art and Design College

Mon Mar 10 2025

BlogProgramsStudents

State-of-the-Art Making Spaces: A Tour of Otis College’s Eight Labs and Shops

Mon Mar 03 2025

BlogProgramsStudents

Netflix x Otis Access Student Kayla Mitchell on How Feedback Prepares Her for a Professional Career

Fri Jan 03 2025

BlogProgramsStudents

Patrick Cambria (’13 BFA Digital Media) on Creating The Getty’s PST ART Logo and Design System

Wed Dec 18 2024

AlumniBlogPrograms

Students create a gallery for the work of Van Sant

Otis College Students Install Tom Van Sant Exhibition at 18th Street Art Center

Tue Dec 17 2024

AlumniBlogProgramsStudents

Otis College Illustration Senior Jada Wong on Creative Work and Achieving Her Goals

Fri Dec 13 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Activision Blizzard’s Tim McGrath on Authenticity, Collaboration, and Mentoring Fashion Design Students

Mon Nov 25 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Otis Design Lab Upcycles Campus Banners into Stylish Tote Bags

Tue Nov 19 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Camila Diaz ’26, Illustration, Minor in Creative Writing

First-Generation Students on Support, Inspiration, and Finding Their Path at Otis

Wed Nov 06 2024

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Otis College will host an inaugural La Tijera Zine Fest on November 22, 2024, featuring work by students, faculty, and staff.

Otis College to Host Inaugural La Tijera Zine Fest on November 22

Thu Oct 31 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

amila Koch graduated from Otis College with a degree in animation and now works as a storyboard artist/revisionist.

Story Artist Jamila Koch (’23 BFA Digital Media, Animation) on How Otis College Prepared Her for a Career in Animation

Mon Oct 28 2024

AlumniBlogPrograms

Fashion Design Mike Amiri mentors Otis College Fashion Design students.

Fashion Designer Mike Amiri on Mentoring Otis College Students

Mon Oct 28 2024

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Shana Mabari, Spectrum Petals, installation view, 2024, courtesy Shana Mabari Studio.

See Work Now by Otis College Artists in Several Solo, Group, and PST Shows

Fri Oct 18 2024

AlumniBlogFacultyProgramsStudents

Javier Meabe (’12 BFA Toy Design) with one of his Dia de los Muertos Barbie dolls. Photograph by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design.

Javier Meabe (’12 BFA Toy Design) on Designing This Year’s Dia de Los Muertos Barbie and Ken Dolls

Thu Oct 17 2024

AlumniBlogPrograms

Five Ways Otis Extension Classes Are Geared Toward Busy Adult Learners

Thu Oct 10 2024

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Lexi Manalili (’25 Toy Design). Photograph by Matthew Parish/Otis College of Art and Design.

Otis College Hosted The Toy Association’s L.A. Fall Preview Networking Party

Tue Oct 01 2024

AlumniBlogProgramsStudents

Otis College Fashion Design students exhibited and auctioned off garments they made for a Wear LACMA mentor project.

Fashion Design Students’ Wear LACMA Garments Sell Out at Auction

Fri Sep 27 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Certificate Programs to Start—or Grow—an Art and Design Career

Thu Sep 19 2024

BlogPrograms

Visiting Artist Lecture Series Brings Otis College Students into Dialogue with Working Artists

Fri Aug 30 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Summer of Art students at the FInal Exhibition

Summer of Art Exhibition Showcases Talent of High School Artists and Designers

Fri Aug 30 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Alison Saar, Salon, 2024, Paris Olympic sculpture; photograph by Fred Mauviel/City of Paris

Alison Saar, ’81 MFA Fine Arts, Debuts Olympic Sculpture

Thu Aug 15 2024

AlumniBlogPrograms

Illustration Senior Ashley Trail Selected for Television Academy Foundation Internship Program

Tue Jul 09 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

Product Design Alum Travis Hyatt Receives SIT Furniture Design Award

Tue Jul 09 2024

AlumniBlogPrograms

Snap Lens Lab instructor helping a student learn Snap Lens Studio program

How Snap Lens Lab Led Two Young Digital Artists to Otis College

Mon May 20 2024

BlogProgramsStudents

On-Campus Housing Gives High School Students a Taste of College Life During Summer of Art

Wed Mar 13 2024

BlogFeaturedPrograms

Summer Youth Camps student holding up artwork in classroom smiling

Unleash Your Child’s Creativity at Otis College’s Summer Youth Camps

Thu Feb 29 2024

BlogFeaturedPrograms

Movie posters for The Silence of the Lambs and Cruella by BLT Communications (right and center), and I Am Not Your Negro by Gravilis Inc.

Otis Colleges New Partnership with Netflix Creates Pathways to Entry-Level Jobs in Entertainment

Fri Dec 08 2023

AnnouncementsBlogPrograms

Aerial view of Otis College's Goldsmith campus in Westchester

The Goldsmith Campus at 25: A Look Back at One of Otis Colleges Biggest Transformations

Fri Dec 08 2023

BlogFacultyPrograms

The United Artist Project at Otis College Brings the MFA Fine Arts Program to Westchester

Fri Dec 08 2023

BlogFacultyPrograms

Charles White’s Five Great American Negroes (1939)

Living in the Light of Charles White’s Legacy

Fri Dec 08 2023

BlogProgramsStudents

Otis Colleges Toy Design Program Celebrates 25 Years of Helping Students Impact Childrens Lives

Fri Dec 08 2023

BlogPrograms

Claire Oring Launches a Stop Motion Animation Course Through Her Design Studio

Fri Dec 08 2023

BlogFacultyPrograms

Otis College faculty member and renowned ceramicist Joan Takayama-Ogawa

Beloved Otis College Instructor Joan Takayama-Ogawa on Learning Lifes Lessons Through Clay

Fri Dec 08 2023

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