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The IDEAS Council was established at KCAI in 2020. Our vision is to create a campus community that embraces, nurtures, and demonstrates the core values of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and sustainability (IDEAS).
The Council is comprised of a broad cross-section of faculty, staff, and students working collaboratively to inspire, develop, and promote an IDEAS-centric culture through advocacy, education, action-oriented initiatives, open dialogue, and information-sharing among the KCAI community.
Through the IDEAS Council, all members of the KCAI campus community (administration, faculty, staff, and students) are provided with a forum for sharing and developing IDEAS-related information and initiatives.
In striving for a better KCAI for all, the IDEAS Council warmly welcomes any feedback and ideas: ideas@kcai.edu
Ideas for IDEAS
IDEAS is a place for ideas, and we welcome yours!
Please use this form to submit your questions, ideas, feedback and concerns related to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility and sustainability to the IDEAS Council.
Submissions may be made anonymously, but please be sure to leave your name and email address if you would like a personal response from the IDEAS Council.
2025 IDEAS Council Accessibility Prize
Each year, the IDEAS Council honors student work that exemplifies one of its core tenets—Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
This year, in celebration of Accessibility, the Council invited BFA Exhibition curators Amy Kligman and Eric Dodson to select works that best reflect this principle.
The 2025 Accessibility Prize is awarded in honor of Keith Kirkland, IDEAS Council Chair and Leonard Pryor Fellow, whose pioneering work in haptic technology continues to shape the conversation around access in design and experience.
The IDEAS Council recognizes the following graduating seniors for their outstanding contributions:
Alex Gorsuch ('25 Illustration), Duoportraiture
Sophia Koch-Holdsworth ('25 Ceramics), The Little Things Add Up
Katelynn Stevens ('25 Graphic Design), Tuftome
Violet Zadoyan ('25 Graphic Design), I Live in My Journal
Read more about the recipients and their artwork by clicking here.
2024-2025 IDEAS Council Members
Faculty
Alison Wood - Product Design
Heather Rodgers - Animation
Héctor Casanova - Illustration
Staff
Sienna Madrid - Jannes Library
Jennifer Boe - The Underground
Kendall Bolden - Admissions
Students
Cindy Chanhsavang - Product Design
Emily Leroux-Diaz - Foundations
Naomi Medrano - Graphic Design
Membership Application Form
Annual application deadline is April 1.