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Nina Fabunmi: Pursuing a Passion for Painting

Nina Fabunmi studied real estate in her home country of Nigeria, but what she really wanted to do was paint. After painting as a hobby for years, she was commissioned to do a series of paintings in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, earning enough money to relocate to San Francisco and pursue her MFA in the Academy’s School of Fine Art.
Nina Fabunmi: Pursuing a Passion for Painting

MFA Grad Puts Degree to Work in the Animation Industry

In 2010, Jesse James Dean set off driving across the country to pursue an MFA from Academy of Art University’s School of Animation & Visual Effects. Now, Dean is a full-time storyboard artist for the FOX animated sitcom Bob’s Burgers at Bento Box Entertainment in Los Angeles.
MFA Grad Puts Degree to Work in the Animation Industry

Advertising Students Master Brand Values in The One Club Boot Camp

The School of Advertising takes Academy of Art University’s “real-world” approach to education seriously. The school’s One Club initiative offers students an opportunity to work on real-world challenges, advised by advertising executives and instructors with extensive agency experience. Boot Camp, a competition organized by The One Club, is one way students learn to address actual client issues. Over four days in October, more than 50 Advertising students organized in 11 teams participated in the sixth annual Boot Camp competition. The students’ challenge was to create a values-based campaign for Blue Shield of California. Employees of Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners (BSSP), an agency for Blue Shield of California, offered guidance and judged student solutions.
Advertising Students Master Brand Values in The One Club Boot Camp

Foundations at Academy of Art University: A Roadmap to Success

At Academy of Art University, we are committed to preparing students to achieve their career goals by attaining a level of excellence in their fields, making them stand a head above the competition when it’s time to apply for jobs in their chosen industries.
Foundations at Academy of Art University: A Roadmap to Success

Jizhi Li: Dazzling the Jewelry Industry

Since graduating with her MFA from the School of Jewelry & Metal Arts, Jizhi “Gigi” Li’s design talent has garnered her a number of awards and exciting opportunities to display her wearable jewelry sculptural objects at shows across the country.
Jizhi Li: Dazzling the Jewelry Industry

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

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