Fine Arts

The student galleries at Columbus College of Art & Design are a big deal.

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CCAD alum Derek Fansler (Fine Arts, 1995) is the winner of Columbus College of Art & Design’s 2016 Joseph V. Canzani Alumni Award for Excellence. He’ll be honored this spring, when he will also spend time with current CCAD students.

CCAD grad Jonna Twigg’s artistic and business life has been wrapped up in paper from the time she arrived in New York as a fresh CCAD graduate more than a decade ago.

Columbus College of Art & Design recently announced some big news: starting in fall 2017, students can major in Contemporary Crafts.

Dan McKewen (2006, Fine Arts) founded Seagull Bags while he was still a student at CCAD. The company, which makes messenger bags for bicyclists and commuters, has proven wildly popular in Columbus and beyond. “I have been extremely blessed to work for myself,” he said. “I believe CCAD helped give me a ton of skills that have helped push me forward.”

We talked to him recently about his work, what led him to study art (spoiler: it involved an awesome high school teacher), and what he looks for in employees.

Jewelry designers Anne Holman (2002, Fine Arts) and Jen Townsend (2010, Fine Arts) opened The Smithery in October 2014 in the heart of downtown Grandview Heights, a bustling center of retail and restaurants. At CCAD, Holman focused on printmaking and sculpture, though she started as an illustration major with the intent of becoming a children’s book illustrator.

When she was growing up outside of Akron, Lucie Shearer knew what she wanted be. She just didn’t know how.

CCAD grad Bobby Silver (Fine Arts, 1999) found the perfect mix of art, business, and community at Yellow Brick Pizza.