Art Center Adventure!

A big shout out to Catherine Zanghi who did a stellar job shooting these wonderful photos. You can see more of our Art Center adventure here.
Thanks to everyone who came along on the big yellow bus to Art Center. Who can forget our driver Anita getting lost in L.A. with Leslie and Brandy guiding us there using their phone apps? It was an amazing day and terrific to connect with our extraordinary alumni Paola, Andrea, Luisa, Enrique and Jesse over lunch. Talk about inspiring! We thank Juana, Nicola, Nik and Kit for organizing such a memorable visit that included gallery tours and classroom visits where we saw the students and teachers in action. The long, strong relationship we have with Art Center has lasted for decades. On the trip back it was clear that the seeds of dreams were planted in a new generation of designers who hope to continue their studies at Art Center in Pasadena.

Union Tribune article on the AIGA Link Program

Check out this great article in the UT on the AIGA San Diego Link Program led by

SDCC Graphic Design Alumni extraordinaire Sondra Lagnado.

YOUNG Love

One year after his passing, we remember the Poet of Letterforms. The power and inspiration of Doyald Young's ideas continue to inform and guide us at San Diego City College Graphic Design. He did it for the love of life and the love of letters.

This film celebrating Doyald Young from lynda.com is worth seeing again and again.

Big Yellow Bus to Art Center! March 23rd

ART CENTER

We are going to rent a bus to get to Pasadena on Friday March 23. The least expensive bus we can rent is a yellow first charter school bus...sounds like an adventure? It’s going to be fun and we can all hang out together on the trip up and back.

The fee per person is $20 round trip and I want to ask everyone to bring $1 to tip the driver.

We have 9 seats left so please ask your classmates to email me so I get them on the list for the bus at candicemlopez@cox.net
SIGN THE FIELD TRIP FORM IN T310 BY FRIDAY MARCH 16TH at noon!
1. I need everyone to swing by Room T310 next week to sign the field trip form and waiver that will be posted on my window by noon. I need everyone to get that signed by Friday March 16.

GO TO ACCOUNTING AND PAY YOUR $20 FEE FOR THE BUS BY WEDNESDAY MARCH 21!
2. Go to accounting and pay your $20 fee for the graphic design bus trip to Art Center. You can pay cash, credit card or check so please get it done right away.
Accounting is located just up the steps from the bookstore.

When you pay please be sure to include your name and email on the memo line of your check or on a separate piece of paper so we can make your fees paid.

You can also mail your check to Attn: Shirin Mohseni
San Diego City College Accounting. 1313 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101

Meet us at the corner of Russ Blvd. and 16th on Friday March 23rd at 7:45 sharp. We leave on the dot at 8am so do not miss the big yellow bus!

Looking so forward to this!

Trip to CLEARSTORY on March 20th-Join us!

Please join AIGA SDCC for a tour of CLEARSTORY on March 20th from 1:30-2:45pm. Please meet there at 832 Miramar Mall, San Diego CA 92121. Their phone is 888.907.5611

Clearstory specializes in finely crafted books and has a vast collection of paper, cover materials, binding and print finishing techniques to empower you and your work. To learn more visit their website here.

Alumni Sergio Cabrera: Broadcast Designer/Animator

This month we were thrilled to catch up with SDCC alumni Sergio Cabrera who continued to create amazing work after completing his studies with us in graphic design.

Without San Diego City College Graphic Design I wouldn’t be the professional I am now. Every lesson and chapter learned, every project and every critique have given me tools I use every day. Design is the language that channels your creativity to find new ways to express yourself. There are no limits to where you can go.

I’ve been a broadcast graphic designer/animator at KFMB TV for 11 years.
I love being part of a team that communicates to a wide audience of the community in real time. It has the power to find solutions that could possibly benefit many people.

Passion for my work is the fuel that keeps me going every day. At SDCC I was able to find this, and the inspiration has never stopped. Being creative infinitely opens your horizons. It has the power to enhance every area of your life, and it reflects on others around you.

Check out some of Sergio's incredible work for KFMB at this link.

March AIGA SDCC Events

This March you can learn about Digital pre-press, take a trip to Art Center and experience the AIGA Y Design Conference!

MARCH

Friday March 2: 2-4pm

Bullet Proof your Design: Digital Pre-Press Workshop

Diego and Son Printing

2104 National Avenue, San Diego CA 92113

(619) 233-5373

Please no parking in the parking lot, please park on Evans or Logan for this FREE workshop.

Friday March 23

Trip to Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.

Named by Business Week as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. Connect with San Diego City College alumni who are now studying at this prestigious design school on scholarship. We will be car-pooling to Art Center so if you want to come along email: candicemlopez@cox.net

Tour classes, see the amazing design projects in the gallery and see it for yourself.

Click here to learn more about Art Center.

AIGA Y Design Conference

Friday March 30 and Saturday March 31st

University of San Diego

Institute for Peace and Justice

5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110

The 17^th Annual Y Design Conference features a dynamic line up of speakers around the theme:

What drives you?

There are special discounted rates for students and to view the full list of internationally recognized designers who will be speaking this year or register visit this Y Conference link.