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Academy of Art Film School Partners with Liberty Ship Memorial, Donates for Fleet Week

It wasn’t just the US Navy that showed to impress at this year’s Fleet Week, but also the Academy's film school, who participated in the festivities.

CFDA Interviews Fashion Alumna Susan Zienty on Slow Fashion Brand

Elisa Stephens to Smithsonian Board

Dr. Elisa Stephens, president of Academy of Art University, has been appointed to serve on the Smithsonian National Board beginning Oct. 1, 2014. Her appointment comes at the direction of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents.

Fashion School Alum's Design Firm Blazes a Sustainable Trail

Sustainability in fashion is often discussed, marketed, even boasted about. But fashion sustainability is seldom explained, much less grounded in a business model. To fashion designers Catharine Dahm and Jacqueline Rabot, it’s the core of their firm, Rabôt. Jacqueline Rabot, who earned her BFA degree from Academy of Art University’s fashion school in 2012, explains that sustainability was at the top of their minds when the partners founded Rabôt (pronounced rah-beau) in 2019.

Bay Area Field Visit Gives Academy's Landscape Architecture Students Real-World Insights

It’s a sunny spring day. Jeff McLane, director of the Academy of Art University’s School of Landscape Architecture, walks ahead of a group of graduate and undergraduate students. They’re in the marshlands of Heron’s Head Park, on the edge of San Francisco’s Bayview district. It’s a perfect place to find inspiration for including environmental issues in their studies. Visiting sites like Heron’s Head gives students knowledge of development needs, native and invasive species, and much more. This will be invaluable when they put their landscape architecture degrees into practice.

Visual Development Graduate Envisions a Post-Pandemic San Francisco

Visual Development graduate Chaowat Lertsachanan visualized a post-Covid Bay Area in his illustration series for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sustainable Design Initiatives Driven by Academy of Art Students

Academy of Art University students from various schools learn about and apply sustainable design into their designs and products.

Eddie Kim: Mixing the Sounds of the Industry

Eddie Kim, 1999 BFA graduate of the Academy’s School of Motion Pictures & Television, has received an Emmy Award for sound work on the HBO documentary series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. It’s one of a number of high profile projects he's contributed to in his growing career.

School of Illustration Alum’s Journey from Navy Veteran to Career in Animation

Explore the School of Illustration alumni, Mr. David Markowitz’s journey from navy veteran with no formal art and design training to a professional animator.

ArtU Spring Fashion Show 2025 Recap: Origins of Belief

Seventeen visionary designers took to the runway, each collection a bold testament to personal narratives, cultural heritage, sustainability, and experimentation. Highlights included:

Thomas McNulty Featured in Graphis Journal Magazine: A Legendary Educator Shaping the Future of Graphic Design

We’re proud to share that Thomas McNulty, Professor and Associate Director of the School of Graphic Design at Academy of Art University, has been featured in Issue 384 of Graphis Journal Magazine, a prestigious publication renowned for spotlighting top-tier creative talent in design, advertising, photography, and beyond.

Alum Mickey Casab on Starting and Sustaining an Acting Career

“Start now!” That’s the advice Academy of Art University graduate and professional actor Mickey Casab has for students in the School of Acting and others interested in pursuing the discipline. “Not to book things necessarily,” he explains, “but to get experience. It’s going to make a huge difference.”