FullCircle FAQs

FullCircle is an active community of ArtCenter alumni and friends who stay connected to one another, to today's students, and to the future of the College. Members gather, exchange experience, mentor emerging graduates, support scholarships, and contribute their talents where they can make a difference.

It grew from a simple belief: the relationship between ArtCenter and its alumni should not end at graduation.

ArtCenter alumni and friends. Our members are designers, entrepreneurs, educators, and makers whose roots at ArtCenter run deep.

That meaningful relationships become powerful when they lead to action. Three principles guide us:

• Connection: bringing alumni and friends together across disciplines, generations, geographies, and cultures.
• Participation: inviting members to attend, contribute, mentor, volunteer, and share ideas.
• Contribution: giving through time, talent, experience, relationships, and financial resources.

Make a gift of at least $250 to any ArtCenter scholarship through our giving form. A minimum donation of $250 to any ArtCenter scholarship is required for membership.

Membership gives you meaningful ways to connect with other creative leaders, encounter new ideas, contribute your experience, and build relationships across the ArtCenter community. That might mean a private gallery tour, a conversation with a creative leader, a behind-the-scenes studio visit, a member gathering, or the opportunity to lead, mentor, and volunteer.

No. They are opportunities to participate: to share ideas, contribute experience, form connections, and stay engaged with the creative community that helped shape you.

Choose $250, $300, $500, $1,500, $2,500, or enter another amount. You can make a one-time or a recurring donation.

You can direct your gift to the FullCircle Endowed Scholarship and Operating Fund, the FullCircle Endowed Scholarship, the ArtCenter Annual Scholarship, or another purpose. If you choose "Other," describe it in the comments field.

Your gift supports scholarships for ArtCenter students, helping talented students pursue their education and become the next generation of leaders, innovators, and makers. Two allocations apply:

• 15% of gifts of $300 or more made to the FullCircle Endowed Scholarship and Operating Fund go toward the Operating Fund, which supports FullCircle events and outreach.
• Effective January 1, 2025, 8% of each gift to a restricted fund is allocated to the ArtCenter Fund, which provides unrestricted support for the College's mission. Read the Gift Administrative Fee Policy.

Yes. Check "I would like the gift to remain anonymous" on the giving form.

Yes. Check "I would like to dedicate this gift" on the form.

Yes. Make checks payable to ArtCenter College of Design and mail them to:

Yes. You can give by stock or wire transfer or through a donor advised fund. ArtCenter faculty and staff can also give through payroll deduction.

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs. If yours does, complete your company's matching gift form and send it to us with your donation to increase the impact of your gift.

Planned giving lets you integrate your charitable goals with your financial and estate plans while leaving a legacy for future artists and designers. Learn more about leaving a legacy, or email Melanie Burzynski at melanie.burzynski@artcenter.edu.

The FullCircle Leadership & Mentoring Program (LAMP) is one of the most meaningful ways members can participate in the ArtCenter community. It prepares alumni to mentor emerging graduates with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

LAMP begins with an immersive two-day, in-person workshop. Afterward, each participant is matched with an emerging ArtCenter graduate for a three-month mentoring relationship.

The workshop is grounded in a practical, human-centered approach to leadership and mentoring. You will:

• Explore how your presence, listening, language, and way of being shape the people you mentor.
• Practice listening for concerns, aspirations, and possibilities rather than simply offering advice.
• Learn how purposeful conversations create trust, clarify commitments, navigate breakdowns, and help mentees move from intention to action.
• Build practical leadership disciplines: recognizing strengths, understanding how people work and learn, asking more powerful questions, supporting creative risk-taking, and bringing structure and accountability to the mentoring relationship.

You are matched with an emerging ArtCenter graduate for a three-month mentoring relationship. This lets you put what you've learned into practice while helping your mentee clarify goals, expand possibilities, and take meaningful steps forward.

No. It is a leadership-development experience, a pathway to deeper participation in FullCircle, and an opportunity to build relationships across generations of the ArtCenter community.

You become part of a growing network of trained mentors: alumni who learn from one another, share experience, strengthen their own leadership, and contribute their time and talent.

Yes. Participation requires a current FullCircle membership.

Call 626 396-2200, or visit us in Pasadena:

• Hillside Campus: 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, CA 91103
• South Campus: 950 S. Raymond Avenue / 1111 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, CA 91105

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