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Award-Winning Photographer, Educator Everard Williams Named Chair of Photography and Imaging Department at ArtCenter

Published on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | 5:52 am
 

ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena has named award-winning photographer and educator Everard Williams as chair of the Photography and Imaging Department, Interim Provost Dr. Anne Burdick announced last week. 

Williams becomes the first African-American to serve as an undergraduate department chair in the College’s history.

Williams has been a member of the ArtCenter community for many years. He was a student who graduated with a BFA in 1989, served as a professor and as a faculty director, and previously served as department interim chair. He’s taught numerous courses at the College, participated in significant panel discussions, and assumed management of the department in times of transition, including the shift to remote teaching and learning at the start of the pandemic. 

Williams was a founding member of the College’s inaugural Council on Diversity and Inclusion, and continues to be a strong advocate for the student body, especially students of color and those from underserved communities.

He has also maintained a professional photography practice 

Since 1991, he has been a professional photographer specializing in high-end photography for national and international advertising, design and editorial clients, including some of the world’s top creative agencies, record labels, nonprofits, national magazines, and food and beverage companies. His work has been recognized with awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Communication Arts, Print Magazine and the Society of Publication Designers, among others.

“Throughout his tenure at ArtCenter, Everard has been focused on student advocacy and outreach to teens throughout the greater Los Angeles area,” Dr. Burdick said. “It’s his innate understanding that education takes many forms – not only inside, but beyond the classroom; not only through studying history and modernism, but through personal lived experiences – that excites me. He will add a new dimension to how our academic leadership approaches the type of education we offer in the future.”

As department chair, Williams will provide vision, leadership and be broadly responsible for ensuring educational excellence and the ongoing successful operations of the Photography and Imaging program. With nearly 70 students and 30 full- and part-time faculty members, enrollment in the program is carefully managed from term-to-term to maximize use of campus facilities and resources, which includes a 2,500 square-foot photo stage, digital imaging lab, black-and-white photo lab, color photo lab, and a full spectrum of professional camera equipment in the College’s Educational Media Equipment Center.

Williams’ appointment follows an international search that gathered a diverse pool of applicants. 

“The search committee demonstrated the best of what an international search can do for ArtCenter by bringing a world-class group of candidates to the College for us to interact with and learn from,” Burdick said. “As a result, we can trust that in Everard, we have the best possible candidate for the job.”

In response to his appointment, Williams said the responsibility of educating the next generation of photographic artists requires creating space for new classes to help students in their storytelling development.

“Photography’s ubiquity and its ease-of-use help support the belief that the process of crafting images is easy and that anyone can do it,” he said. “Critical to photography’s relevance, however, is the magic blend of technical deftness, artistic intent and engaging storytelling. Whether or not the photographer’s intent is artistic or commercial, the superpower of lens-based storytelling is the creation of dynamic, engaging and emotional stories.”

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