SF State: College of Creative Arts Press

Fil-Am designs ‘Christmas Carol’ characters - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:20:07 -0800

Share your journey from studying art at the San Francisco State University to working at IMD.

Beyer grad proving he's a funny guy, launching CD - Scene - Modbee.com

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:31 -0800

Tinkle always has been interested in stand-up comedy but didn't give it a try until he went to San Francisco State University. He taught comedy for a while at the Oakland School for the Arts, bringing the students to a club for their own stand-up experiences as a final exam. One year, Chappelle attended the show and gave the kids feedback.

Jeffrey Tambor back on TV! « Blog Archive « SF State Gator Buzz

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:33 -0800

SF State alumnus Jeffrey Tambor will be starring alongside Doctor Who star David Tennant in the forthcoming NBC pilot, Rex is Not Your Lawyer.

Student wins big at CSU Media Arts Festival - San Francisco State University

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:40 -0800

Madden earned a First Place Rosebud Award for, "The Vagina Song," a short film that he directed and produced. The award comes with a $500 cash prize for Madden and a $250 prize for SF State's Cinema department.

Maestro travels with 'Porgy and Bess'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:46:08 -0800

He added a music education degree from San Francisco State University. After his first guest conducting experience in Spokane in 1975, he earned a master's degree in orchestral conducting from Eastern Washington University and interspersed conducting with teaching, including a stint selling pool tables as he looked for a music job.

Currently, he is principal conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonia d'Amici, London, England and an adjunct professor of music at Idaho State University.

Reacciones a renuncia de Dobbs a CNN - Videos de Noticias de Estados Unidos - Univision.com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:49 -0800

Melissa Camacho, associate professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, comments (en Español).

SJSU jazz musician, professor recognized for teaching excellence - News

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:33:07 -0800

He said in 1957, he went to San Francisco State University and did not do so well.

"I completely blew it," he said. "I got decent grades from the music things, but I blew general education. I was going to after-hour spots and playing everywhere I could play."

Capturing imaginations in light, glass and metal | TheUnion.com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:29:52 -0800

Born in Israel and raised in San Francisco, Lewin holds a bachelor of arts degree in painting and printmaking from California State University, San Francisco, and a master of fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute.

It was glass blowing, however, that captured his imagination.

“I had to take a class outside my major at San Francisco State,” he explains with a shrug.

That turned into a 25-year career that ranged from teaching at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute to working as an artisan at the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville, New Jersey, to his own art glass studio in Philadelphia.

Linder scores international design award - San Francisco State University

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:23:56 -0800

Golden Gate [X]press : Honorary students receive alumni scholarships

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:55:30 -0800

Theater art student Allison Combs, was awarded the Alum of the Year scholarship award, worth $2,500.

Berkeley Alumna To Head Museum of Anthropology - The Daily Californian

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:21 -0800

After studying art at San Francisco State University and serving in the Peace Corps in the 1960s, Salvador earned her doctorate in cultural anthropology from UC Berkeley in 1976.

Crawford-Meusel wedding | Napa Valley Register

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:47:22 -0800

She received a teaching credential in 2006 from San Francisco State University in art education.

Golden Gate [X]press : August Coppola remembered

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:57 -0800

During his duration at SF State, Coppola pushed for the existence of the Fine Arts building which resulted in the creation of studios and offices for Arts, Cinema, Dance and Design and Industry.

The August Coppola Theater in the Fine Arts building was named after him in September 1997 for his work on the building.

11.05.2009 - Scholar of native textiles to head anthropology museum

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:27:14 -0800

Salvador earned a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at UC Berkeley in 1976, after studying art at San Francisco State University and working in Panama with the Peace Corps.

Golden Gate [X]press : Stringing together entertainment

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:06:28 -0800

More than 30 people gathered in the Little Theater inside the Creative Arts building to listen to Schumann give a song/lecture, "The Paper Mache Religion," about his art, using his fiddle.

August Coppola, Brother of Francis, Creator of Tactile Dome, Dies at 75 - SFist

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:30:02 -0800

August Coppola, who served as dean of the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State and who created the famed Tactile Dome at the Exploratorium, died last week at his home in Los Angeles and the obit is just running today.

August Coppola, arts educator, dies at 75

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:26:09 -0800

"August Coppola was a singularly creative leader who for almost a decade inspired the students and faculty of our school of Creative Arts," recalled San Francisco State President Robert Corrigan. "He reminded us all of why the arts matter."

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Jannah

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:21:41 -0800

Wilmurt worked regularly in musicals at Concord's Willows Theatre while still at San Francisco State University, where she and her companion of 18 years, director-playwright Mark Jackson, met as classmates in the drama department.

Karla Lemon, accomplished Stanford conductor, dead at 55

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:15:50 -0800

Before coming to Stanford, Lemon led the Sonoma State University Symphony for six years and conducted the San Francisco State University Symphony Orchestra for five years.

“Safety Net” to be Honored in San Francisco | Hollywood.GreekReporter.com

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:49:03 -0800

Eirini Steirou’s “Safety Net” is featured in “Immediate Future.” Eirini came to the US from the island of Chios to study in the Cinema Department of San Francisco State University. “Safety Net” is a psychological drama about dependability and trust that inter cuts between the lives of a married couple and a man faced with an extreme financial burden.

Father of Hollywood star Nicolas Cage dies aged 75 - The Daily Record

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:39:55 -0800

Coppola, described as a flamboyant and eccentric figure, taught literature and cinema at San Francisco State University.

Nicolas Cage's father dies at 75

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:35:59 -0800

Coppola taught literature and served as dean of the college of creative arts at San Francisco State. At the university, he successfully lobbied for a new Creative Arts Building, which now honors him with the 150-seat August Coppola Theatre.

"August Coppola was a singularly creative leader who for almost a decade inspired the students and faculty of our school of Creative Arts," San Francisco State president Robert Corrigan said. "He reminded us all of why the arts matter. That we are more creative than we know. That boundaries are meant to be joyously tumbled over. And to be fully human, we must risk following our imaginations to their very limits."

Jazz Articles: John Handy To Receive Beacon Award From San Francisco Jazz Festival — By Lee Mergner — Jazz Articles

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:32:22 -0800

Handy settled into life in the Bay area, where he has been a full-time educator at San Francisco State University.

'Brain Dead' makes West Coast premiere

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:48:29 -0700

Melissa Suncin, a senior from San Francisco State, is one of 32 semifinalists in the third annual Rooftop Comedy National College Funny Filmmaker Competition.

Bay Area jazzman John Handy honored - San Jose Mercury News

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:23:33 -0700

After graduating in 1951, Handy enrolled to study music at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University), an educational endeavor that was interrupted when the sax man did a tour of duty overseas during the Korean War. He'd later return to finish his degree, and graduate in 1958, before leaving the Bay Area to try and make it as jazz player in — where else? — New York City.