Lourdes Livingston
Director, MFA Computer Arts: New Media

From 1977 until 1993, Ms. Livingston worked as an Editorial Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Her assignments at the Chronicle included all aspects of visual newspaper reporting, from developing daily political commentaries to backroom action at the Cannes Film Festival and street fashions in Milan. Ms. Livingston, already well-grounded in Mac usage, expanded her skills to include working on the SGI platform, and began to work with Silicon Graphics as a Graphic Designer.

She later turned her digital focus to the dual Mac-PC environment at Women.com, where in a five-year span she helped build a small startup to a thriving network. As Creative Director at Women.com, she defined the look and feel of the entire network, working with art staffs in New York and San Francisco.

Ms. Livingston began her teaching career at the Academy in 1993, as an instructor of Advanced Situation Drawing and Painting. Her wealth of experience and industry knowledge, and her long history with her alma mater, will make her an invaluable asset to MFA New Media students.