Recent News
Art & Design Student award win brings New York Times editor to Cal Poly
Apr 14, 2014
Ali Albiani (class of '14) won the first Open Science Cafe award from the Cal Poly Kennedy Library. The Science Cafe awards a student proposal with a public programs mentor and budget.
Art & Design Students bring home awards
Mar 17, 2014
Congradulations to our students who won awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and the California College Media Association design competitions.
Associate Professor Martinez attends National AIGA Design Conference
Nov 3, 2013
Associate Professor Charmaine Martinez recently attended the National AIGA Design Conference: Head, Heart, Hand in Minneapolis.
Professor Galanti showing work at upcoming exhibition
Oct 4, 2013
Associate professor Tera Galanti will show work as part of the upcoming exhibition Animal Intimacies from October 24 - November 22, 2013 at the Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
Professor Dove's painting on display at UCSB exhibition
Aug 9, 2013
An exhibition of Associate Professor Daniel Dove's recent paintings runs from Sept 30 to October 23, 2013 in the Gallery of the College of Creative Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. In the exhibit, Dove continues his exploration of the tension between abstraction and representation, and illusion and space with his explorations of visual culture and irony.
The work above: Sport Rage (66" x 96" oil on canvas, 2013).
Alum wins Baseball Hall of Fame design competition
Jul 12, 2013
Cassie McFarland (Class of '08) won the U.S. Mint Baseball Coin Design Competition.
McFarland’s baseball glove design was one of 178 entries submitted between April 11 and May 11. Her design, along with her initials, will appear on the obverses of the coins in National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program, scheduled for release in early 2014.
Professor Costello Accepted to National Coleman Fellows Program
Oct 2, 2012
Enrica Lovaglio Costello has been accepted into the Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows program, which brings entrepreneurial education to 16 university and college campuses throughout the U.S.
Department Adds Two New Members for Fall 2012
Aug 27, 2012
Bruno Ribeiro
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design. Professor Ribeiro holds a Master of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University with a focus on Interaction Design. His thesis was entitled Reshaping Visual Communication Design Curriculum to Support Collaboration with Computer Science and Engineering. Prior to attending The Ohio State University, Professor Ribeiro was creative director for Stijl, a design firm based in his home country of Brazil.
Diana Puntar
Assistant Professor of Sculpture. Professor Puntar holds a Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Before coming to Cal Poly she taught at the Pratt Institute in New York. Professor Puntar's sculpture has been exhibition at PS1 Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as Boston, Chicago, Portland, Charlotte, and New Haven. Her current work investigates utopian endeavors.
Design students win awards, including Ad Designer of the Year!
Jul 12, 2012
Brad Matsushita (class of ‘12) was named Ad Designer of the Year at the at the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Manager’s (CNBAM) convention in Miami, Fla. Brad also won: Best Online Display Advertisement, and Best Sales Promotion Materials.
Emily Hsiao (class of '12) was selected to recieve the 3rd Place award for: Best Black & White Advertisement.
Laura Howell (class of '11) was selected to recieve the 3rd Place award for: Best Display Advertisement for Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker.
Mustang Daily, Cal Poly’s student-run newspaper, recently won its fourth consecutive College Newspaper of the Year award.
Art & Design Students Win Cal Poly Arts Awards
Jun 14, 2012
Rachel LaBonte (class of '12) won the Cal Poly Arts Achievement in Art Award.
Cathy Kossack (class of '12) won the Cal Poly Service to the Arts award.