Be The Best You Can Be Doing The Thing You Love
![20180509 CHROMA 02](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/20180509_CHROMA_02.jpg?w=740&h=416&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706128011&s=56ad15aca640a14b734d4e2dab8f690a)
![CCAD 20210627 IRL 68](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/CCAD_20210627_IRL_68.jpg?w=740&h=555&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706128000&s=9821c37c2fde951b0520c96cdac7a9a2)
![20200406 Viewbook Edit2 Pg 3](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/20200406_Viewbook_Edit2_Pg-3.jpg?w=740&h=555&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706128005&s=594477977e30d83ec8840c77aa471595)
![20181026 Big Boo 18](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/20181026_Big_Boo_18.png?w=555&h=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706127999&s=694574cad3e7de241a6798a2d678349e)
![20180509 CHROMA 08](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/20180509_CHROMA_08.png?w=740&h=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706127992&s=f2009ecf1b418e56911ccc75f8d26aff)
![2019 CCAD Stories Lydia Prakel MFA Studio 02](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/2019_CCAD_Stories_Lydia_Prakel_MFA_Studio_02.jpg?w=740&h=494&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706127982&s=0c12b15f61ea6e8da0a30e85c18e67e6)
![2019 All Faculty Staff Slideshow 20181016 Wellness Week Therapy Dogs 08 63](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/2019_All_Faculty_Staff_Slideshow_20181016_Wellness_Week_Therapy_Dogs_08_63.png?w=740&h=416&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706128007&s=7eacfbf25e16a53c25c4bf8301c0b11f)
![2019 All Faculty Staff Slideshow 20180830 Welcome Week Longest Table 02 40](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/2019_All_Faculty_Staff_Slideshow_20180830_Welcome_Week_Longest_Table_02_40.jpg?w=740&h=494&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706128013&s=9069c78e0eb32bd5f69e6ce093a9fb5a)
![2019 Special Portrait Project Places 01](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/2019_Special_Portrait_Project_Places_01.jpg?w=740&h=416&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.2584&fp-y=0.3181&dm=1721145034&s=e4a4cf2e7a927795032ead2b73b752fb)
We are the beautiful center of creativity in Columbus, Ohio, and beyond—where many talents and inspirations fuse together to create something new. At CCAD you'll find a community of others like you. We inspire, support, and challenge one another to be the best artists and humans we can be. Welcome home.
Explore the Work
Made Here
We're proud to share what we've done.
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Master-of-Fine-Arts/Hedi-Sharifzadeh_Overflowing-of-Tragedies.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262515&s=7d65aa4c513a13e10461f684e4e7f7bf)
Overflowing of Tragedies
Hedi Sharifzadeh
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Illustration/Bill-Wang_Senior_Chroma23.jpeg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262627&s=60c96ba67064ec2297cacc6cbfe2e817)
Chroma
Bill Wang
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Comics/COMC-Tessa_LuicartSpitball23.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262776&s=7a50420a56f47b03fcb4c45eeb464030)
A Story Ready To Be Told
Tessa Luicart
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/GAME-ART-DESIGN/Game-Art-Design/TSmith_Waterwheel-Thumbnail.png?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262887&s=9a59069fdd48d96bd6d0b12f80e3c2b6)
Waterwheel
Taylor Smith
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Fine-Arts/Fine-Arts/FA_DiamondYoung_its-a-dc-thang.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262984&s=d96dac68fe98c6fec2bb8875ef87d0a5)
it's a dc thang
Diamond Young
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/ADVE-Andrew-Gray-brand-identity-and-packaging.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715263038&s=dbb43e8861bffe43d5158936f1c0f1f7)
Fyre Medieval Hot Sauce brand identity and packaging
Andrew Gray
![](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/PHOT_Jake_OGara_PersonalVision.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715263078&s=b812743ddec1435f473dd768bdcb3883)
Personal Vision
Jake O Gara
![Art carousel explore more](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art-carousel-explore-more.jpg?w=734.00809716599&h=490&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1708719589&s=60b4a5dfb4fabc67cc7d866eec3162ee)
Overflowing of Tragedies
Hedi Sharifzadeh
2023
![Decorative glass pieces hanging from strings](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Master-of-Fine-Arts/Hedi-Sharifzadeh_Overflowing-of-Tragedies.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262515&s=7d65aa4c513a13e10461f684e4e7f7bf)
![A colorful and detail illustration of a skeleton body and a human body](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Illustration/Bill-Wang_Senior_Chroma23.jpeg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262627&s=60c96ba67064ec2297cacc6cbfe2e817)
A Story Ready To Be Told
Tessa Luicart
2024
Digital
![A illustration of a young woman in a fantasy comic](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Comics/COMC-Tessa_LuicartSpitball23.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262776&s=7a50420a56f47b03fcb4c45eeb464030)
Waterwheel
Taylor Smith
2023
Video
![A detail 3D view of a custom design waterwheel](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/GAME-ART-DESIGN/Game-Art-Design/TSmith_Waterwheel-Thumbnail.png?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262887&s=9a59069fdd48d96bd6d0b12f80e3c2b6)
it's a dc thang
Diamond Young
2023
Collage
![Collage of mix media with 2 figures](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/art/Fine-Arts/Fine-Arts/FA_DiamondYoung_its-a-dc-thang.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715262984&s=d96dac68fe98c6fec2bb8875ef87d0a5)
Fyre Medieval Hot Sauce brand identity and packaging
Andrew Gray
2023
Digital
![Fyre Medieval Hot Sauce brand identity and packaging](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/ADVE-Andrew-Gray-brand-identity-and-packaging.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715263038&s=dbb43e8861bffe43d5158936f1c0f1f7)
Personal Vision
Jake O Gara
2023
Photography
![Personal Vision](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/PHOT_Jake_OGara_PersonalVision.jpg?w=740&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1715263078&s=b812743ddec1435f473dd768bdcb3883)
What Inspires You?
I Like to Create
You are Welcome Here
You Belong
![CCAD IRL](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Homepage-Photo-Assets/CCAD_IRL.jpg?w=735&h=980&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.8476&fp-y=0.2171&dm=1707151592&s=a22a6f383e80fe2bff05ffb429cd5b0a)
![CCAD Campus Quad](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Homepage-Photo-Assets/CCAD_CampusQuad.jpg?w=1440&h=810&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5339&fp-y=0.4959&dm=1707151638&s=34b8c28d5dcb2af114f8226dbf2191cb)
![CCAD Campus Life](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Homepage-Photo-Assets/CCAD_CampusLife.jpg?w=1440&h=810&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706140525&s=b6bba93bb7438ef01f1832548399e688)
![NEW pride photo](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Columbus/NEW_pride-photo.jpg?w=1440&h=810&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5597&fp-y=0.1543&dm=1712075986&s=e9e21f8d404479879da7c8caf39076d4)
![CCAD Student Life](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Homepage-Photo-Assets/CCAD-Student-Life.jpg?w=735&h=980&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1707098730&s=9091e841182fa9358719effeb381e4a9)
![AIRST FA22 Final Presentation N Monahan](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Creative-Careers-Collaborators/AIRST_FA22_FinalPresentation_NMonahan.jpg?w=735&h=980&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1712075325&s=7aa8e3bab6854f6a2ebc5fa49f17b4e9)
![FBCO Build](https://ccad-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Homepage-Photo-Assets/FBCO_Build.jpg?w=1440&h=810&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1706140508&s=1196167ee77e3b90d8d8c8c42a280046)