Academy of Art University

09/21/2026

A look inside the Fashion Styling Meetup 📸

From putting looks together to connecting with fellow creatives, our students came together to share ideas, experiment, and have some fun with fashion.

09/13/2026

Some images are meant to be felt. ✨📸

Photography student Brooke Gibson explores fluid femininity through emotion, identity, and intimate editorial storytelling.

Working across digital and film, Brooke creates images that feel dreamlike yet grounded—drawn to natural movement, atmospheric environments, and moments that feel genuinely lived-in.

Brooke’s outstanding work is featured in the Academy of Art University Spring Show.

Credits, Slides 3-4:

Model:
Agency:
Wardrobe Stylist:
Assistant Wardrobe Stylist:
Model: Agency:
Wardrobe Stylist:

09/10/2026

Find your people. Find your passion. Find your place. ✨

09/08/2026

Big news from the Academy of Art University School of Fashion: Our student Catrielle Barnett has been named an inaugural CFDA x Bezos Earth Fund Next Thread Scholar!

Catrielle, a 100% online BFA Fashion Design student, is one of only 12 emerging designers from eight schools nationwide selected for the inaugural scholarship class.

Her collection, Reclaiming Identity, transforms historical quilts, reclaimed denim, and other repurposed materials into sculptural garments while exploring the connections between fashion, memory, craftsmanship, technology, and sustainability.

Catrielle also uses CLO3D and zero-waste patternmaking to reduce material waste, achieving as much as 98% fabric efficiency in her designs.

“I see quilts as more than textiles; they record labor, memory, family, and community,” Catrielle says. “I wanted to preserve that sense of history while transforming these materials into contemporary sculptural garments.”

The CFDA x Bezos Earth Fund Next Thread Initiative was created to support innovation and education in sustainable fashion, and its inaugural scholars were selected by a committee that included some of the most recognized names in the fashion industry.

We are incredibly proud to see Catrielle’s talent, hard work, and creative vision recognized on this national stage.

Congratulations, Catrielle! 👏

Read her story: https://www.academyart.edu/news/academy-of-art-university-online-fashion-student-named-inaugural-cfda-x-bezos-earth-fund-next-thread-scholar/

09/04/2026

Fall semester is HERE! 🍂🎨✨ New classes, new projects, new memories. Let’s make this semester one to remember!

08/28/2026

Her grandmother chose to stop hiding. She survived — and that decision became a work of art.
Yoyo Hu rebuilds the air-raid shelters of her hometown in clay, one of our oldest and most fragile technologies. In Future Relics: An Archaeology of the Present, she treats this moment as a future excavation site, asking what traces of us will still be legible centuries from now. Hear the inspiration in her own words above.
Opening reception: Thursday, Aug 28, 7–9pm — live music and refreshments. On view Aug 26 – Sep 26.
Full details: https://natsoulas.com/upcoming-exhibitions/yoyo-hu-future-relics-august-26-september-26-2026

08/26/2026

Consider this your sign to find inspiration outside the studio 🎨✨ What’s your favorite place in SF to get inspired? 👇

08/25/2026

"I don't need it to be perfect. I need it to be fun and run in 60 frames a second." 🎮

What does AI actually mean for game development?

David "Rez" Graham, our Director of Game Programming and former Lead AI Programmer on The Sims 4 at Maxis, sat down with the Game Developer Podcast and former Take-Two head of AI Dr. Luke Dicken to cut through the noise on game AI, emerging tech, and the difference between using AI because you can and using it to build better experiences.

They get into where AI actually helps — handling the tedious, repetitive stuff so developers can focus their time elsewhere — and where the hype far outpaces reality. It's a smart, no-hype look at a fast-moving topic.

🎧 Listen to the full episode:

We're chatting about AI and AI techniques, but it’s also a conversation about the nature of work and the inherent value of AI in game development.

08/24/2026

Share this with someone chasing their creative dream. Everyone’s path to art school looks a little different. 🎨 We asked our students what inspired them to follow their creativity and take that next step. ✨

To learn more about our programs: https://www.academyart.edu