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The Academy's facilities and cutting-edge technologies are designed to prepare you for a career as an advertising professional. Our hands-on learning environment creates a culture that supports curiosity, investigation, and production that simulates what transpires in an actual advertising studio. Online students are also hands-on, as they engage in discussions and activities through the online platform, social media, and real-time streaming of our events. Both online and onsite learning environments are equipped to give you the skills you need to create the advertising career of your dreams.

Braden Engel is a full-time faculty member and undergraduate history theory coordinator. He has taught internationally – at the Architectural Association, London, the University of Greenwich, London, and he was a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at California College of the Arts, Lecturer in Architecture at UC Santa Cruz and at the University of California Berkeley before joining Academy of Art University.

Sculpture artist and Academy of Art University graduate Angella Holguin can turn steel, wood, brass and copper into water. The Mexico City-born sculptor’s large abstract pieces take their forms from the sea. Nature’s perpetual change and evolution inspire her. And they encourage Holguin to see herself in a similar way.

Jeremy Stout teaches, develops content and is integral in planning in the MFA and BFA programs. His wide range of design experience allows him to teach all levels of typography, brand, digital and print design.

In 2019, Sullivan—who studied in the Academy of Art University’s School of Animation & Visual Effects—has been plenty creative. She’s been a storyboard artist at Pixar since 2011, with credits like Monsters University and Incredibles 2. Last February saw the release of Sullivan’s Kitbull, a short film in Pixar’s SparkShorts program. In April, Disney Publishing released Sullivan’s Mommy Sayang, a children’s book. It’s part of the Pixar Animation Studios Artist Showcase series.

Celina Oh and Yi Jun Lin, graduates of Academy of Art University’s School of Graphic Design, have been recognized in one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions by Communications Arts in print and online.

There’s a lot of pressure entailed in staging an award-winning Broadway show for a school production, but Academy of Art's acting school students pulled it off.

The Academy's facilities and cutting-edge technologies are designed to prepare you for an Art History career. Our hands-on learning environment within our art studio creates a culture that supports curiosity, investigation, and production. Online students are also hands-on, as they engage in discussions and activities through the online platform, social media, and real-time streaming of our events. Both online and onsite learning environments are equipped to give you the skills you need to succeed as an art historian.

Michael’s photographic practice utilizes the medium’s cutting-edge technology but also engages its historic traditions. He is interested in blurring the line between the contemporary and the antique. His work explores cultural concepts of beauty while also tracing the roots of ancient ritual alive within contemporary society. Michael’s photographic expertise ranges from medium and large format digital photography and printing to hand-brushed platinum printing and hand made bookbinding.

NXT Up Festival held is third run on May 3, 2019, and continues to be a solid platform in raising both awareness and appreciation to the new generation of filmmakers from the Academy’s film school.

The Academy's facilities and cutting-edge technologies are designed to prepare you for an Art Education career. Our hands-on learning environment within the art studio creates a culture that supports curiosity, investigation, and production.

At almost 3,000 feet above sea level, Mount Tamalpais is as close as many Northern Californians come to touching the sky. That is, if the wind doesn’t sweep them off first. Academy of Art University School of Landscape Architecture Director Jeff McLane has to yell over the gusts to teach his students about the natural environment around them.