Explore Columbus College of Art & Design’s rich history in photos

Melanie Corn is president of Columbus College of Art & Design. She was photographed in the Canzani building on Friday, April 1, 2016.

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The ART sculpture at the Columbus College of Art & Design photographed May 13, 2022.

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Will Moore, a student at the Columbus College of Art & Design, helps to fit the leg on a small table as part of an exercise performed by the Industrial Design department on September 11, 2018. The Industrial Design classes were asked to work with the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio to redesign templated furniture and make it easier to build and more comfortable.

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A large tent is erected every year for the hundreds of guests attending the Columbus College of Art & Design Fashion Show. This image is from the 2015 show.

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Ashleigh M. Jones (right) walks with one her models after the Columbus College of Art & Design Fashion Show on May 9, 2015. During a trip to Florida, Jones made notes about the colors, patterns and textures she saw. These notes became the inspiration for her Senior Collection.

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An energetic crowd, including former Express President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Weiss (center, with glasses), enjoys the 2015 Columbus College of Art and Design Fashion Show. Weiss also held various executive positions with the Limited corporation.

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While watching a dog-centric billboard go up, Columbus College of Art & Design associate professor Charlotte Belland (center, standing) jokes with (from left) James Cornford and his dog Chip, Kellie Rainey and her dog Chubbs Peterson, and Sam Bate (cq) and his dog Hunter. They were in an empty lot Tuesday, April 23, 2019, watching a billboard unveiling at Westerville Road and Oakland Park Avenue featuring their pets.

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Photographed in 2007, Dennison “Denny” W. Griffith, the third president of Columbus College of Art & Design, was appointed to the position in 1998. He died in 2016.

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In 1998, the then-new president of the Columbus College of Art & Design, Denny Griffith, greets freshmen as they arrive at his house in Olde Towne East for a picnic. The students walked a mile from CCAD to have pizza with the president. Griffith went on to become a beloved member of the Columbus arts community. He died in 2016.

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Columbus College of Art & Design president Tom White poses for a photograph in the 135th Annual Student Exhibition, Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2014. White was an industrial designer and strategic marketing expert who is known for linking business growth with brand development.

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Columbus College of Art & Design President Joseph Canzani photographed October 13, 1994.

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Wayne Geissinger (left), Information technology intern and Brett Bolden (second from left), Architecture and Construction Management intern watch as Rich Pontius, Vice President of Design Management at Thomas and Marker Construction uses VR to explore a space created by CCAD students as Bekah Nunn, program coordinator for Animation, Film and Video and former CCAD student Cydney Wiedenbeck help with the demonstration at the Animation Lab on the Columbus College of Art & Design campus in Columbus, Ohio on July 19, 2018.

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The combination of grey bricks, red chairs, and afternoon shadows create quite a contrast as a student walks along E. Gay St. at the Columbus College of Art and Design on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.