Even amidst a who’s who of the design world, in the sumptuous setting of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Mary Scott stood out. Scott, chair of the Academy’s School of Graphic Design, was honored by the university and alumni at the AIGA Design Legends gala held Sept. 17, 2009, for 10 outstanding years of teaching.
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[Linda McNair] What are the chances of a design student sitting down with a top designer and listening to him or her discuss the hottest topics in the industry? Now multiply that by 10 in one day. When a group of Academy students got involved with Compostmodern, they found it was the chance of a lifetime.
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Mirroring growing interest in the arts nationwide, the Academy of Art University’s School of Fine Art is expanding. Enrollment in the Fine Art School is up 39 percent since fall 2006, with more than 1765 students now enrolled for the semester opening September 3. Last week the Academy announced an expanded concentration in Classical Sculpture in… Full Story »

Joe Ksander found inspiration for a career in animation from what he calls “the Pixar class” at the Academy of Art University in the late ’90s. Ksander’s talents are currently on display in the hit film 9, a post-apocalyptic tale with admirable credits, including director Shane Acker, producer Tim Burton and Ksander, director of animation.
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The Academy of Art University’s School of Fashion has amped up its always-exciting array of activities for New York Fashion Week, Sept. 10–17. For those who can’t attend its runway show in the tent in Bryan Park in person, the school will stream the show live on Saturday Sept. 12 at noon PST/3 p.m. EST.
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