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Academy Students Travel to St Louis
This Spring, the Academy’s Graphic Design Department took a weekend trip to St. Louis, Missouri. The group enjoyed 3 days filled with art, laughs, adventures, and discovered a newfound love…
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Visiting Artist: Alumni Everardo Acosta
Featured Artwork: Iron Galaxy Studios: Extinction Many Academy students have hopes of pursuing a career in video game design. Academy Alumni Everardo Acosta took advantage of every career opportunity that…
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Miniatures by Academy Student Natalie Birholtz
If you’ve spent time on social media in the last few years, you’ve likely seen content featuring miniatures. These small-scale models of everyday objects have always been a visual delight,…
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Academy Students Place in Ravinia Poster Competition
Featured Artwork by Brooklyn Osborne (left) and Katie Wachter (right) Two Academy Students were finalists in Ravinia’s 2023 Poster Competition. Of the six chosen finalists, Brooklyn Osborne was awarded Third…
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Emmett McBain: Pioneer in African American Advertising
Academy Alum Emmett McBain’s work has often been described as “art direction as social equity”. The art director, and co-founder of Burrell-McBain, Inc., was influential in his choice to center…
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Art Direction Students Create Mock Ad Campaign
Recently, faculty member Rich Kryczka tasked students in his Art Direction class with creating a mock advertising campaign. Each of the 5 students took on a necessary role, including art…
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Visiting Artist: Alumni Bill Kaufmann
Many illustrators have dreams of going on to work for major animation studios like Disney and DreamWorks. Academy Alumni Bill Kaufmann is fortunate enough to have worked for both during…
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Fall at the Academy
Portfolio Night This fall, the Academy held its annual Portfolio Night. The event is an opportunity for alumni and industry professionals to review portfolios of recent graduates in Illustration, Fine…
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Visiting Artist: Alumni Jason Rodgers
In the past, lifelong employment with one company was the ultimate career goal. It established a stable income and showed that you were loyal and reliable. In today’s job market,…
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