Graphic Design Alum Fonts

Kimmy Kirkwood a BFA Graphic Design 10' alum is currently a Junior Art Director at VOX and an Associate Owner/Design at Kimmy Design. She's creating some of her own fonts under Kimmy Design and has created three font families that are available on fonts.com. 


To view and purchase her fonts you can go to: http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/searchresults.htm?foundry=Kimmy+Design

How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy

If you're interested in Art History, read this intriguing article in the Washington Post that portrays the relevance between humanities and education.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-art-history-majors-power-the-us-economy/2012/01/06/gIQAUv36hP_blog.html

Everyman's Infinite Art Review

Check out the review of Everyman's Infinite Art Exhibit in the Los Angeles Times!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/pst-a-to-z-everymans-infinite-art-guggenheim.html#more

Measure for Measure Review

A review of the Measure for Measure exhibit that features professor Micol Hebron's work is in the online Boston Globe. Check it out!


http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2011/12/07/nakadate-videos-enthrall-and-sadden/UhXSbYURgwKAnKvI4d7KPO/story.html

Student Awarded Research Grant

Tavish Ryan (BFA in Graphic Design '13) was awarded an undergraduate research grant for a design and cognitive research collaboration which will take place in Santa Barbara, CA this Spring. The study will measure cognitive recall performance on a wayshowing evacuation map designed by Professor Claudine Jaenichen for the Santa Barbara Emergency Management Department.

REFOCUS: Multicultural Focus

Stephen Berens, an art faculty member, will have his work showcased in REFOCUS: Multicultural Focus. This exhibit is a participating gallery in the Pacific Standard Time and consists of current photography work done by nineteen of the artists from the original Multicultural Focus exhibition.


"In 1981 the exhibition Multicultural Focus was mounted at Los Angeles Municipal Gallery Barnsdall Park …The show was one of two exhibitions selected to celebrate the Los Angeles Bicentennial and it was the first cross-cultural exhibition of photography in the Los Angeles area. Suzanne Muchnic, called it “the best contemporary show (of photography) of the year”, Los Angeles Times: Dec. 27, 1981."


The opening reception will be this Saturday, January 7 from 5-7pm and the exhibit will be showing up until January 29.


Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-397-7456

For more information visit http://www.santamonicaartstudios.com/

Blog Unpaused

We hope everyone had an amazing break and a happy 2012 New Year!


Interterm has begun and therefore the blog has started up again as well.  Because of the break we will have a good number of posts coming through so don't hesitate to check the blog a little more often than usual this week.