Above: Dr. Mark Breitenberg addresses Icsid General Assembly in San Francisco, USA.
11 December 2008
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS NAMES MARK BREITENBERG PROVOST
San Francisco (USA) - Dr. Mark Breitenberg has been appointed provost of California College of the Arts (CCA), it was announced today by President Stephen Beal. Currently dean of Humanities and Design Sciences at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Breitenberg will assume his position on 1 February, 2009. As provost, Breitenberg will be CCA's chief academic officer with broad responsibilities for the strategic planning, development, and administration of the college's academic programs. Four divisions and three major program areas fall under his supervision: the divisions of Architecture, Fine Arts, Design, and Humanities & Sciences; the Libraries; Special Programs, which includes Extended Education and Study Abroad; and the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. He succeeds Beal, who served as CCA's provost from 1997 to 2008, and is currently president of CCA.
"I am delighted that Mark will be joining CCA as provost," commented Beal. "He is a passionate and committed advocate of arts education and possesses an outstanding record of academic leadership. Through his work at Art Center, he has made significant contributions to the understanding of contemporary art and design and has been a proponent of strong humanities and sciences programs in arts education. He will play a pivotal role in the coming year as we develop a new five-year strategic plan and complete our WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation process."
"I'm truly excited and honored to be joining CCA's creative community," Breitenberg said. "I've always admired the college's unique blend of traditional and innovative practices in art and design education, as well as its commitment to the importance of diversity, visual literacy and community outreach. It's already one of the top art and design schools in the U.S., and has the potential and promise of even greater success in the future."
"CCA is also very supportive of my upcoming role as President of Icsid. They have very strong programs in design, including an innovative new MBA degree in Design Strategy headed by Nathan Shedroff. Yves Behar chairs the Industrial Design department, and Brenda Laurel has recently created a new, interdisciplinary MFA program in design. So it's a very forward-looking school in terms of design with some truly talented practicing designers. I'm also excited about working in such a creative part of the country: San Francisco and Silicon Valley have some of the most innovative companies and design firms in the world."
About Mark Breitenberg
Mark Breitenberg has been dean of Humanities & Design Sciences at Art Center College of Design since 2007. His areas of responsibility include academic curriculum, design research, international partnerships, and transdisciplinary study. In this position, he created a new and innovative liberal arts and sciences curriculum to complement the school’s studio-based programs. From 2004 to 2007 he was dean of Undergraduate Education at Art Center, leading twelve academic departments and playing a significant role in student recruitment, fundraising, and corporate sponsorship. Previous positions at Art Center include chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences and instructor in both the Fine Art Graduate Program and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Art Center he held teaching positions at Otis College of Art and Design (19982000) and Swarthmore College (19881994). Breitenberg also worked in the film industry as an independent writer, producer, and story analyst for companies such as Bedford Falls, Castle Rock Productions, Columbia Pictures, Disney, and Parkwood Pictures.
Breitenberg is President-Elect of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), an organization representing more than 150,000 industrial designers worldwide. His other affiliations include Tecnologico de Monterrey Graduate School of Design in Monterrey, Mexico, where he is serves on the advisory board and is an adjunct faculty member; and the Design High School, a charter school in Pasadena, where he is a board member. His published works include a book on Shakespeare and his contemporaries titled Anxious Masculinity in Early Modern England (Cambridge University Press, 1996). He is the author of many published articles on innovation and design education; his scholarly work on Shakespeare, literary history and gender has also been widely published.
Breitenberg holds a PH.D in Literature and Critical Theory and an MA in English Literature from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his undergraduate studies at William and Mary, earning a BA in government.
About the California College of the Arts
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is noted for the interdisciplinarity and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 20 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts, master of fine arts, and master of business administration degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls more than 1,700 full-time students.
For more information, please contact:
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Chris Bliss
t:+1 415 703-9545
Brenda Tucker
t: +1 415 703-9548
"I am delighted that Mark will be joining CCA as provost," commented Beal. "He is a passionate and committed advocate of arts education and possesses an outstanding record of academic leadership. Through his work at Art Center, he has made significant contributions to the understanding of contemporary art and design and has been a proponent of strong humanities and sciences programs in arts education. He will play a pivotal role in the coming year as we develop a new five-year strategic plan and complete our WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation process."
"I'm truly excited and honored to be joining CCA's creative community," Breitenberg said. "I've always admired the college's unique blend of traditional and innovative practices in art and design education, as well as its commitment to the importance of diversity, visual literacy and community outreach. It's already one of the top art and design schools in the U.S., and has the potential and promise of even greater success in the future."
"CCA is also very supportive of my upcoming role as President of Icsid. They have very strong programs in design, including an innovative new MBA degree in Design Strategy headed by Nathan Shedroff. Yves Behar chairs the Industrial Design department, and Brenda Laurel has recently created a new, interdisciplinary MFA program in design. So it's a very forward-looking school in terms of design with some truly talented practicing designers. I'm also excited about working in such a creative part of the country: San Francisco and Silicon Valley have some of the most innovative companies and design firms in the world."
About Mark Breitenberg
Mark Breitenberg has been dean of Humanities & Design Sciences at Art Center College of Design since 2007. His areas of responsibility include academic curriculum, design research, international partnerships, and transdisciplinary study. In this position, he created a new and innovative liberal arts and sciences curriculum to complement the school’s studio-based programs. From 2004 to 2007 he was dean of Undergraduate Education at Art Center, leading twelve academic departments and playing a significant role in student recruitment, fundraising, and corporate sponsorship. Previous positions at Art Center include chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences and instructor in both the Fine Art Graduate Program and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining Art Center he held teaching positions at Otis College of Art and Design (19982000) and Swarthmore College (19881994). Breitenberg also worked in the film industry as an independent writer, producer, and story analyst for companies such as Bedford Falls, Castle Rock Productions, Columbia Pictures, Disney, and Parkwood Pictures.
Breitenberg is President-Elect of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), an organization representing more than 150,000 industrial designers worldwide. His other affiliations include Tecnologico de Monterrey Graduate School of Design in Monterrey, Mexico, where he is serves on the advisory board and is an adjunct faculty member; and the Design High School, a charter school in Pasadena, where he is a board member. His published works include a book on Shakespeare and his contemporaries titled Anxious Masculinity in Early Modern England (Cambridge University Press, 1996). He is the author of many published articles on innovation and design education; his scholarly work on Shakespeare, literary history and gender has also been widely published.
Breitenberg holds a PH.D in Literature and Critical Theory and an MA in English Literature from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his undergraduate studies at William and Mary, earning a BA in government.
About the California College of the Arts
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is noted for the interdisciplinarity and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 20 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts, master of fine arts, and master of business administration degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls more than 1,700 full-time students.
For more information, please contact:
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Chris Bliss
t:+1 415 703-9545
Brenda Tucker
t: +1 415 703-9548
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