Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman Endowed Scholarship

The Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman Endowed Scholarship (formerly the lynda.com Endowed Scholarship) was established in 2009 by Bruce Heavin (BFA 93) and Lynda Weinman. This scholarship is a commitment to outstanding undergraduate students in the Illustration program who demonstrate not only drive, initiative, and promise but also a financial need. Through the vision of this scholarship’s creators, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, ArtCenter continues to advance its efforts to increase affordability for accepted students and ensure that exceptional undergraduate Illustration students can better afford an ArtCenter education.

Understandably, Lynda and Bruce’s commitment to the College runs deep. Lynda is a former Computer Graphics and Computer Education faculty member at ArtCenter, while Bruce graduated in 1993 with a BFA in Illustration. They understand the transformative power of giving and wish to foster those top-notch and deserving Illustration students who will in turn, through their ArtCenter educations, not only contribute to the College’s legacy of excellence but also positively impact the world around them.

More about Lynda and Bruce:
Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman have been transformational donors at ArtCenter College of Design for nearly two decades. Bruce was elected to the ArtCenter Board of Trustees in June 2014 and as a distinguished and committed alumnus, Bruce has been an active and generous donor as well as a proponent of philanthropy in the ArtCenter community. He has served as a founding board member of FullCircle, the College’s giving society, and has applied his creativity, education and vast professional experience to key Trustee led task forces to search for and enact thoughtful and entrepreneurial methods to reduce tuition, expand our South Campus, offer online learning and reimagine the ArtCenter alumni experience.

Bruce Heavin is an artist, strategist and entrepreneur. As the chief creative officer and co-founder of lynda.com (with Lynda Weinman), his vision was integral to the company’s success as a pioneering leader in online training. He created the company’s iconic logo of his wife Lynda Weinman, designed many of the distinctive illustrations on the website and course DVD covers, and authored some of the site’s first video tutorials in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and ImageReady. An illustrator with experience in both traditional and electronic media, he earned a BFA degree from ArtCenter in 1993. With an extensive background in illustration, photography and motion graphics, he has created works for national publications as well as clients including Adobe, MSNBC and E! Entertainment Television.

Lynda Weinman is co-founder and Executive Chair of Lynda.com. A Web graphics and design pioneer, Weinman wrote the very first industry book on Web design, Designing Web Graphics, in 1995. She is a prominent educator and the author of dozens of best-selling books. Weinman was a faculty member at ArtCenter in 1989 and has worked as an animator and motion graphics director in the film special effects industry. She has been a consultant for Adobe, Macromedia and Microsoft and has conducted workshops at Disney, Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia. Lynda is a keynote speaker, moderator and lecturer at numerous design, animation Web design, and computer graphics conferences.