Faculty Bios

Erik Anderson

CLASSES

Intro to Short Filmmaking

Janet Aparicio

Janet Aparicio, Bachelor of Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona State University. Freelance architectural designer/drafter.

CLASSES

Architecture: Inside Out

Yelen Aye

Graphic designer and illustrator. Pasadena City College Visual Arts Department.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Fashion Sketching
Fun With Fashion

Anne Marie Bergthold

CLASSES

Digital Media Workshop

Thomas Broersma

B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Illustrator, Sculptor, Comic Guy, and Fine Artist. Published in TapCab Books, Pasadena Weekly, OC Weekly, FIND Art. Exhibitions in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. Clients Include: Mattel, SpinMaster, Hasbro, Jakks Pacific. Course: Comic Illustration.

CLASSES

Comic Book Illustration
DIY Printmaking + Textile
Illustration
The Big Draw

Shawn Bruce

Product Design, Environmental Design, Illustration, Storyboards, Graphics, Photography & Events Space. Press: Los Angeles Magazine, Trend, Wallpaper, Interior Digest, Forbes, Absoluut Architectuur, Surface, Box, The Age, Frame, Metropolis, K+BB. Course: Kid Inventors.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Inventor's Workshop

Charles Cho

CLASSES

Design-A-Robot

Christopher Gehl

Chris Gehl, BFA, Art Center College of Design. Director, Writer, and Producer, living in Los Angeles. His work has been shown on PBS, MTV, and has been featured across North America and abroad.

CLASSES

Behind the Scenes

Yoav Gilad

CLASSES

Designing Cars
Designing Cars Pro

Monica Guzowski

Artist, Muralist, Set Designer, Scenic Artist. Companies: City of Clinton Showboat, The Red Barn Playhouse, Alpha Theatre Project, Body Politic Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Children's Theatre of Western Springs, Murals by Monica.

EDUCATION

B.A. Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin

CLASSES

Animal Sculpture

Gail Holding-Howland

Fine art photographer. Landscape and private portrait commissions for collections in the U.S. and Europe.

EDUCATION

B.A. UC Berkeley
B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Photography
Photography Book Workshop

Michael Horowitz

Artist/Illustrator. Michael Horowitz has worked in the animation industry for over 25 years. Michael has been involved with character merchandise, including the position of Character Art Manager for The Walt Disney Company for the Asia Pacific region from 1996 to 1999. Currently, Michael is a freelance illustrator for various companies including Hallmark, Disney, Random House and Nickelodeon.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Otis-Parsons Art Institute

CLASSES

Cartooning Technique
Imagination Workshop

Levon Jihanian

CLASSES

Drawing the Clothed Figure

Howard Kouo

Little Red Plane, an animated short film. Based on a short story written by Howard Kouo.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Animation

Margaret Lee

Graphic designer and instructor. Senior Lecturer, Packaging Design, Otis College of Art and Design.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

T-Shirt Design

Jeffrey Leon

Jeff Leon B.S., Art Center College of Design. Honors in Transportation Design. Honda R&D Americas. GM Advanced Design. Patented Inventor. Course: Designing Cars, Independent Study.

EDUCATION

B.S. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Designing Cars

Ronald Llanos

Illustrator, artist, teacher. Ronald enjoys teaching and making art just as much. Possibility is a key factor in both his motivation to continue making art and passing knowledge and information to his students.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Creative Image Making
Illustration

Guido Manouchehri

CLASSES

Digital Media Workshop

Melanie Moore Bermudez

CLASSES

Collaborative Comics
Creative Drawing
Painting
Portrait Party
Simple Books & Paper Toys
Wacky Tiny Creatures

Atilio Pernisco

Atilio Pernisco has been a full time painter and illustrator for the past 15 years, working with such clients as the Walt Disney Company, Build-A-Bear Workshop and Trader Joes. He is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and lives in Los Angeles. Atilio spent his childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina a place that has given him an unlimited reservoir of nostalgia. Along with his family, his memories of South America are the main source of inspiration behind his work.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Spring 1992
M.F.A. Spring 2012

CLASSES

Still Life Drawing

Joseph Powell Jr.

Illustrator and muralist. Celebrity portrait artist for KLSX 97.1 FM Frazer Smith Show.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design

CLASSES

Portraiture / Self-Portraiture
Supersize Me

Rachel Rogov

CLASSES

Painting

Elisa Salcedo

CLASSES

Still Life Drawing

Andrew Sklar

CLASSES

Design Theme Park Attractions
Design a Theme Park Attraction

Steven Weissman

Cartoonist and illustrator.

EDUCATION

A.A. San Francisco State University
A.A. Academy of Art College

CLASSES

Cartooning Technique
Cartooning Technique Workshop