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New Murals Are 'Gateway to the Tenderloin'

Public art by Academy students & alumni - unveiled April 10, 2015 - tells the story of a historic and diverse San Francisco neighborhood.

Animation School Grad Finds Success ‘Far From Home’

Elham Sepehrjou left far away from home to pursue her animation degree at Academy of Art University. For her, it was worth it.

Art U Halftime Report: May 16-31

Academy of Art University's student-athletes close the spring semester with record wins and hall of fame awards.

Tom Matano: Bringing Emotion to Design

Watch as industrial designer and Academy of Art University educator Tom Matano imparts professional wisdom on bringing emotion to design.

Advertising School Students Score Gold and Silver in 2020 ADDYs

Advertising school students and alumni from Academy of Art University bagged Gold and Silver awards at the 2020 ADDYS for their creations.

Alumna Uses Communications Degree to Grow Business

Dubbed a “game changer” by the Indonesian press, twenty-two year old Putri Tanjung has taken the business world by storm. Her talk show and creative agency, Creativepreneur, has reached and influenced over 60,000 millennial entrepreneurs.

Matano's Miata Reveals an Enduring Passion for Automotive Design

Tom Matano blends his energy, discipline and design savvy to the task of ensuring his students are ready to contribute innovative designs.

‘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).

Apple Technology Powers Next-Gen Artists

Highlighting Academy of Art University as a leader in career readiness, a new video by Apple Higher Education Stories documents the creative process that Stephen Lamar Moore, a former music graduate student, used to score the soundtrack for an animation film.

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.

Student to Watch: Ryan Arnanjaya

Academy of Art’s Auto Museum Presents Iconic Bullitt Mustang at SF Auto Show

Academy of Art University offers an impressive example of transportation design on display at this year’s SF Auto Show