Art Directors: What the Future Holds

While advances in technology allow greater creative freedom for members of the Art Directors Guild, issues of education in new media remain. Runaway production and studio belt-tightening also threaten their collective knowledge. Third-term guild president Thomas Walsh and John Shaffner, the newly elected chair of the Art Directors Council (one of four divisions under the ADG umbrella), are passionate about "looking for every opportunity we can to extend the education and life span" of their 2,000 members' careers, says Walsh. On the eve of their organization's annual awards ceremony on Feb. 4, the duo spoke with THR.