It's not a pretty picture. U.S. art students spend so much time toying with computer graphics these days that many wind up without needed drawing skills, university instructors say. Students are more ...

Shelby Putnam Tupper is founder and creative director of Shelby Designs Inc., a small-but-mighty, full-service, customer-obsessed design consultancy.

From UCLA’s Design Media Arts Summer Institute to online mentorships and portfolio design courses, a variety of summer programs are equipping aspiring creatives with skills and curated work to ...