Twice a month, a gang hits San Francisco’s graffiti-strewn streets with brushes, paints and loads of youthful attitude. They’re not tagging. They don’t have to post a lookout for cops. They’re Academy of Art students, and by wiping out graffiti, they’re making the point that there’s a big difference between public art and public nuisance.
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To accommodate growing student enrollment in its School of Fine Art Sculpture, the Academy of Art University is establishing a new emphasis in Fine Art Classical Sculpture. While classical sculpture recalls the works of the classical eras of Greece and Rome, the techniques of figurative realism the Greeks and Romans developed are still of vast… Full Story »

Samar Shool has just three years on his MFA in Animation, but he’s already a veteran when it comes to Emmys. This year he landed two of the coveted nominations for his work at Pixeldust Studios — for programs developed for Discovery and National Geographic networks. Shool, Technical Director at Pixeldust, was recognized as part of… Full Story »

The Academy of Art University has announced the addition of a School of Music for Visual Media, adding to the school’s world-class curricula in visual arts. Music is a critical link in the chain of cultural storytelling. Creating music for film, television, video games or any visual medium involves a unique combination of musical expertise… Full Story »

Dr. Elisa Stephens, President of the Academy of Art University, expressed the university community’s joy at the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee (2001 Academy graduate) in a welcome home video. During their two months in captivity, the Academy sponsored a vigil and petition urging North Korea to free the pair.
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