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Scott Borrero: From Student to Top Photographer

Scott Borrero, who studied in the School of Photography, was named the first-ever winner of AdoramaTV’s original reality photography competition web series, Top Photographer with Nigel Barker. Borrero credits his hard work ethic, his love of photography and the skills he learned at the Academy with helping him achieve success as a photographer and artist.

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.”

ART U Halftime Report: March 1-15

ART U athletes deliver another week of strong wins, including West Region Men's Indoor Track honors for Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Jenny Johansson Serves Up Style With RAGNHILD

Jenny Johansson, a School of Fashion alumnus and former Urban Knights tennis player, has launched a clothing firm that’s attracting attention in the world of fashion for its attention to quality and unique sense of style.

Villa Romana: Contemporary Packaging for Italian Classics

Three students from the School of Graphic Design are attracting attention for their prototype packaging system for a line of Italian culinary products.

Are You Interested in Ink?

Academy of Art Works! In our programs, students are encouraged and guided toward realizing their dreams and career goals as they test the boundaries of their imagination. Meet Mario Delgado, BFA 2012, a School of Illustration graduate and the owner of the Moth & Dagger tattoo studio in San Francisco.

Online Student’s Pursuit of Remote Learning Leads to Gallery Exhibit in Rome

Online MFA jewelry design student Trevor Anderson found his thesis project showcased in a live exhibit all the way in Rome, Italy.

Students Lead Norman Rockwell VR Project

In Spring 2017 to Spring 2018, Academy of Art University students from various departments collaborated to create an Oculus virtual reality experience for the Norman Rockwell Museum touring exhibit, “Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms.”

A Photography Student and the Young & Hungry Creative Co-Op

During his last two semesters of his BFA program in Photography, Chad Jenkins decided to take classes in the School of Advertising. As the only photographer in a class with Young & Hungry art directors, he quickly had a lot of work to do. Click through for Chad's story.

Faculty + Alumni Fine Art Auction Set for Nov. 3, in SF and Online

‘We All Have Stories to Tell’: Acting School Challenges Students in Solo Festival

Two students in Academy of Art University’s School of Acting were challenged to look inward and perform with raw vulnerability in the school’s first annual Solo Performance Festival. The Dec. 7 event, billed It’s Not Always Black and White, featured two one-person plays by students Samantha Girard (MA candidate) and Treya Brown (BFA candidate).

MFA Alumna's Jewelry-Making Career Launches During Art School

For recent Academy of Art graduate Julessa Barnes, making art is a way to tell her story. It’s taken her almost 15 years of metalworking to become confident in her artistic voice in jewelry making, but she feels it’s just the beginning.