Laguna College of Art + Design

Founded in 1961, LCAD offers BFA degrees in Animation, Design and Digital Media, Drawing and Painting, Game Art, Illustration and Sculpture, as well as MFA degrees in Drawing and Painting, and a post-bacc in Drawing and Painting. WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM

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Congratulations to LCAD Game Art alumnus, Ben Hosac and his team at Dark Rift on the launch of their first game: Embers of War

http://www.darkrift.com/

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Final Week of LCAD's Summer 2016 Pre-College Program. Pictured: Scenes from Animation Portfolio Development and Fundamentals of Graphic Design

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Over the weekend, longtime LCAD Animation professor and former Disney animator, Dave Pruiksma, ("Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "The Lion King," "The Little Mermaid," "Pocahontas," etc.) was featured on a panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego, 2016 with a handful of artists responsible for helping to create Disney's animated classic, "Beauty and the Beast." The panel was arranged in celebration of "Beauty and the Beast's" 25th anniversary. This photo was taken after the presentation with (from L to R) Dave Pruiksma and fellow animators James Baxter and Nik Ranieri.

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Images from an album of images from Summer 2016 Pre-College Fundamentals of Drawing, with LCAD Chair of Fine Arts, Hope Railey and LCAD Fine Arts faculty member, James Galindo. For more information: http://www.lcad.edu/admissions/precollege/

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Thank you, OC Register for the article on Canyon Walkers:

Laguna College of Art + Design’s campus along Laguna Canyon Road might be easy to miss if not for the three sculptures, twice life-size, out front. They don’t have names, these three kneeling nude women with placid expressions, but they have been a landmark of sorts for the past 10 years...

"The three women sculptures have been a well-known fixture, but their time at LCAD’s entrance is done," [LCAD President, Jonathan] Burke said.

"Now the school is a little more mature, and the new sculptures will reflect that," he said.

“This will just show really how the college has grown, how the sculture department – what it’s capable of doing now. ... It’s their time to be replaced with something even more powerful, more sublime.”

If people miss the three ladies, “Hopefully, they’ll see that the ‘Walkers’ are really more about the canyon than three demure seated women,” Burke said. “They’re tailored more to a story about the College and the Canyon.”

http://www.ocregister.com/a…/people-722136-canyon-three.html

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Images from an album of images of the July 7th Opening for Canyon Walkers at LCAD Gallery w/ special guest, the celebrated, best-selling author, Dean Koontz. The exhibition of the bronze Canyon Walkers maquettes opened July 7th and runs through August 26, 2016 at LCAD Gallery, 374 Ocean Avenue, Laguna Beach, California. LCAD Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission is always free. More information: http://www.lcad.edu/canyon-walkers/

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Go Team LCAD!

Cartoon Network has invited LCAD Animation students and college undergraduates from seven other collegiate teams to create an original 15-second animation short based on the world of “O.K. KO! Let’s Be Heroes” at the studio’s inaugural “Animation Jam,” in Burbank, California.

http://goo.gl/TpZqDc

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Congratulations to LCAD Illustration Alumnus, Beau Stanton (2008), who recently announced his next major project that has been almost a year in the making:

Voyage, a three-minute, multi-channel animation that will take over the screens of Times Square for Times Square Arts' "Midnight Moment."

WHO: LCAD Illustration Alumnus, Beau Stanton WHAT: Voyage, a three-minute, multi-channel animation WHEN?: 11:57 p.m. to midnight every night in July WHERE: Times Square’s electronic billboards

Voyage is the largest coordinated effort in history by the sign operators in Times Square to display synchronized, cutting-edge creative content on electronic billboards and newspaper kiosks throughout Times Square. The program premiered in May 2012 and is organized and supported by the Times Square Advertising Coalition in partnership with Times Square Arts, the public art program for the Times Square Alliance, with additional partners of participating sign holders and artists.

This project is a part of Midnight Moment, a monthly presentation by The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts. ‪#‎VoyageTSq‬ ‪#‎midnightmoment‬

Stanton thanks to everyone who made it happen: His longtime curatorial partner, Lori Zimmer; Times Square Arts Director, Sherry Ridlon Dobbin; and his animation/production team, Wesley Wingo, Ryan Savini, and Brent Ferguson.

http://www.timessquarenyc.org/…/midnight-…/voyage/index.aspx

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LCAD Animation Alumnus, Gabe Del Valle (2015), recently had the honor of animating everyone's favorite propane-loving cartoon dad, Hank Hill. Check out Gabe's work here: http://goo.gl/lKAaaO

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Thank you PBS and Detroit Public TV for this feature on LCAD's BFA Programs in Design + Digital Media and Game Art:

http://video.dptv.org/video/2365787208/

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LCAD DESIGN + DIGITAL MEDIA HOSTS VANS CUSTOM CULTURE WINNERS Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) will give $125,000 in design scholarships as part of the 2016 Vans Custom Culture Contest. On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, LCAD’s BFA program in Design + Digital Media hosted students from the winning high schools from around the country for a day of immersion in design theory and application. Student artists from Moanalua High School, Honolulu, HI; Orange High School, Orange, CA; Eastern High School, Louisville, KY; Sandy High School, Sandy, OR; John P Stevens High School, Edison, NJ; and Station Camp High School, Gallatin, TN were selected from more than 2,500 high schools across the country. More information: http://www.lcad.edu/vans-custom-culture-2016/ 

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In her latest LCAD Student Blog entry, LCAD Design + Digital Media student, Alexis Lanz, reflects on her trip to the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders at The University of Maryland. Dive in and read about Alexis' Conference experiences, her wonderful Ugandan roommate, Janet; her first time riding a city metro; a surprise rain storm; and her side-trips to the Smithsonian, Capitol Hill, Washington Monument and more:

http://www.lcad.edu/students/nccwsl-scholarship-trip/

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A Vivid Gaze: Paintings by LCAD Fine Arts Alumnus, Frank Gonzales

For more of the artist’s work, go to FrankGonzales.net

http://scottsdalepublicart.org/…/a-vivid-gaze-paintings-by-…

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Recent photographic evidence that LCAD Animation Alumna, Briana Ornelas (2016) is enjoying her internship at Pixar!

"Pixar is AMAZING. I have never felt so limitless." - Briana Ornelas

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Getting the wall ready to welcome our new students!

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Being a creep at the beach with my dog companion 😎🐶✌

#ink #pen #sketch #sketchbook #art #instaart #drawing #draw #doodle #beach #laguna #dog #doggie #penny #fun #creep #stalker #observationaldrawing #peoplewatching #sandinmytoes (at Laguna Beach, California)

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Nice drawings!

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tim in laguna canyon.

part one.

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Laguna Beach, home to not only LCAD, but amazing hiking trails.