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Bring your games to life using the same tools and tech top companies right here in Silicon Valley. Over 200 high-end workstations, the latest game development software, real-time composite monitors, a full array of lighting equipment, a Cintiq lab, Digital Storm computers, and a game room for extensive research and skill development are here for your use.

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Financial Aid FAQs

Providing answers to financial aid questions for prospective students, parents, undergrads, graduate students, and military/veteran students.

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Animating 'Coco'—Daniel Arriaga Shares the Experience

Standing on stage at the Academy’s 79 New Montgomery Theatre in this past October, Daniel Arriaga looked out on a sea of Academy students as he described his years working on the Pixar feature film Coco as a character art director. One of a number Academy alumni and instructors who contributed to the film, Arriaga may not have shed any tears, but he was clearly emotional as he talked about his full-circle journey from a wide-eyed Academy student to senior director at Pixar Animation Studios.

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School of Fashion | Faculty

The Academy's School of Fashion is headed by Simon Ungless. Mr. Ungless graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in 1992 and was awarded the prestigious M.A. Degree in Fashion with Distinction. His work experience covers Fashion Design, Textile Design, Forecasting, Brand Development, and Marketing for such clients as Givenchy, Paul Smith, and Versace.

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Gary Miller

Gary Miller is a Menswear Fashion Director with more than 16 years of experience in New York and London. Gary's design scope encompasses building and maintaining a brand's identity, initiating a start-up concept, reinvigorating an existing line, and nurturing an ongoing successful brand.

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Michael Sims

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.

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Facilities

The Academy's facilities and cutting-edge technologies are designed to prepare you for a career as a professional photographer. Our hands-on learning environment creates a culture that supports curiosity, investigation, and production.

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Graduate Education

For those pursuing an advanced degree, the Academy offers a challenging and rigorous graduate education that refines and enhances your skillset.

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Ease Owyeung

Ease Owyeung is currently the 3D Modeling Coordinator for the Academy of Art University's School of Animation & Visual Effects. He holds a BA degree in Architecture from the University of Arizona. Prior to joining Academy of Art University, Ease had his own animation studio and created the CG animation for a Nova series called Becoming Human.

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'Soar,' an Animated Film by Alyce Tzue

Academy of Art Works! Alyce Tzue is a 2014 MFA graduate of the School of Animation & Visual Effects and currently studio director at Smule, a San Francisco-based developer of music apps. Her 3D animated film Soar has won the 2015 Gold Medal Student Academy Award and numerous additional honors.

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Online Photography Degree

Turn your passion into a career. At the Academy of Art University’s School of Photography, you have every opportunity and resource to advance your passion into a finished body of work. Learn from a faculty of working professionals and begin your new adventure today.

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Student Finds Healing in Designing for the Homeless

Three years ago, Cristo Staedler had an apartment, a girlfriend and two dogs. He lost everything as he struggled with drug addiction. “I was just left with my car,” he recalls. Now an undergrad in the School of Architecture, Staedler says at the time he was living in Monterey, Calif., in his Ford Focus with his dog.