ASU California Center

The Herberger Institute continued its expansion to Los Angeles with the first year of its fashion school — ASU FIDM, which operates from both Downtown Phoenix and the ASU California Center in LA — and increasing the number of film degrees offered by The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, which operates in three cities including LA. The ASU California Center was buzzing with activity at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester when ASU hosted Fall Welcome celebrations for new students at both Grand and Broadway locations, and the spaces continued to welcome current students and faculty, community members, fashion and film enthusiasts and prospective students throughout the year. In March 2024, the Herberger Institute hosted an open house with more than 200 people attending fashion and film workshops across both the Grand and Broadway locations, a keynote panel on how creative industries are being reshaped by artificial intelligence and virtual reality, a panel on careers in the creative industry, and tours of the “Art of Costume Design in Film” exhibition at the ASU FIDM Museum. 

INSPIRE

Each year, American Indian high school students gather on campus at Arizona State University — where more than 3,000 Indigenous students are enrolled — for INSPIRE, a no-cost college readiness program offered through the ASU Office of American Indian Initiatives. For the 2023-24 school year, for the first time, the program included a design and arts learning community with faculty from the Herberger Institute leading hands-on creative workshops. Read more.