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Title: Book honors 40 years of Art Institute Author: John Thomason Publisher: Get Local Date: 12/16/2008 From three graduating programs to 17, from 25,000 to 75,000 square feet, from 55 students to 3,000. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Is your Fort Lauderdale restaurant clean? - Click Here. has expanded quite a bit since its original incarnation in 1968, and its ongoing success can be credited to a word we've heard a lot this year: change. Like anything else, universities must adapt to the changing climate or risk extinction. Whether it's embracing technological advances, giving a platform to progressive student-artists or adding state-of-the-art majors and eschewing moribund ones, the university has kept its pulse on the new. We're not afraid to experiment and explore, said Dr. David Walczak, chair of general education at the institute. In addition, he credits the school's success to the fact that 90 percent of the university's students work in their chosen field within six months of graduating, which goes hand in hand with change. We try to get students into the workforce as soon as possible, Walczak said. We're market-driven. We produce students the market wants to hire. Walczak would know. Along with his wife, Art Institute sociology professor Monika Reuter, he wrote the book on subject. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale: 1968 a 2008 is in stores now from Arcadia Publishing, in honor of the school's 40th anniversary. The 128-page book, part of the Campus History series, traces the university's development from its original location at 3000 E. Las Olas Blvd. to its current home at 1799 SE 17th St. Writtenintroductions guide the reader through nearly 200 photographs chronicling the history of the school and its many faculty and student accomplishments. As the book details, many Art Institute graduates and staff have gone on to illustrious careers. Chef Rob Sobkowski Jr. famously carved a giant popcorn Mickey Mouse at Disney World, formed a business called Sensational Chocolates and has appeared on the Food Network numerous times. Graduate Rosita Hurtado has become an internationally recognized fashion designer who has found employment on Latin TV shows. In addition to diplomas offered in fashion, culinary and commercial arts, the school has added several majors over its four decades, including animation, broadcasting (The institute is on the airwaves at 88.3FM), digital filmmaking, industrial design, game art and design, interactive media and visual effects. The school also hosts art exhibits from students in its Mark K. Wheeler Gallery. It is What it is showcases the work of Martha Salas-Kesser through Jan. 9. The centerpiece of Salas-Kesser's work is the F*** Collection, a series of graphics and ad-like collages broadcasting a certain durable expletive. Love, cancer, politics, war, recession, stress, gossip: Salas-Kesser says the f-word to all of them in her show, a pop-art middle finger raised at everything, not least of which traditional notions of art and language. It's amazing what [these students] do around here, Walczak said, pausing by a series of arresting pencil sketches of hallways from instructor Kimberly Maxwell's drawing course. Walczak notes a few reasons for the book's origins, beginning with a major disappointment. He had writtenextensively on the culinary arts, arriving at an innovative, 10-year project on food safety and sanitization in restaurants. The issue of food safety is not just about bacteria, he said. People get sick in restaurants because of how they're treated by management. He tried to get a grant to publish his ideas. The grant fell through, and so did his next plan, to publish his findings in a textbook. Undaunted, Walczak sought alternative ideas, and with the 40th anniversary of the Art Institute looming, a book charting the school's history seemed the best place for his resources. Walczak and Reuter worked tirelessly from Thanksgiving 2007 to May 2008 putting the book together. Walczak cites the collection of images as the most rewarding and frustrating part of the process. There are still visual gaps in the university's history, and he's hoping alumni will step forward and contribute photos for an eventual second edition. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 1968 a 2008 is in stores now.

Title: Book honors 40 years of Art Institute <br>Author: John Thomason <br>Publisher: Get Local <br>Date: 12/16/2008 <p><br>From three graduating programs to 17, from 25,000 to 75,000 square feet, from 55 students to 3,000. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Is your Fort Lauderdale restaurant clean? - Click Here. has expanded quite a bit since its original incarnation in 1968, and its ongoing success can be credited to a word we've heard a lot this year: change. <p><br>Like anything else, universities must adapt to the changing climate or risk extinction. Whether it's embracing technological advances, giving a platform to progressive student-artists or adding state-of-the-art majors and eschewing moribund ones, the university has kept its pulse on the new. <p><br> We're not afraid to experiment and explore, said Dr. David Walczak, chair of general education at the institute. In addition, he credits the school's success to the fact that 90 percent of the university's students work in their chosen field within six months of graduating, which goes hand in hand with change. <p><br> We try to get students into the workforce as soon as possible, Walczak said. We're market-driven. We produce students the market wants to hire. <p><br>Walczak would know. Along with his wife, Art Institute sociology professor Monika Reuter, he wrote the book on subject. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale: 1968 a 2008 is in stores now from Arcadia Publishing, in honor of the school's 40th anniversary. <p><br>The 128-page book, part of the Campus History series, traces the university's development from its original location at 3000 E. Las Olas Blvd. to its current home at 1799 SE 17th St. Writtenintroductions guide the reader through nearly 200 photographs chronicling the history of the school and its many faculty and student accomplishments. <p><br>As the book details, many Art Institute graduates and staff have gone on to illustrious careers. Chef Rob Sobkowski Jr. famously carved a giant popcorn Mickey Mouse at Disney World, formed a business called Sensational Chocolates and has appeared on the Food Network numerous times. Graduate Rosita Hurtado has become an internationally recognized fashion designer who has found employment on Latin TV shows. <p><br>In addition to diplomas offered in fashion, culinary and commercial arts, the school has added several majors over its four decades, including animation, broadcasting (The institute is on the airwaves at 88.3FM), digital filmmaking, industrial design, game art and design, interactive media and visual effects. <p><br>The school also hosts art exhibits from students in its Mark K. Wheeler Gallery. It is What it is showcases the work of Martha Salas-Kesser through Jan. 9. The centerpiece of Salas-Kesser's work is the F*** Collection, a series of graphics and ad-like collages broadcasting a certain durable expletive. Love, cancer, politics, war, recession, stress, gossip: Salas-Kesser says the f-word to all of them in her show, a pop-art middle finger raised at everything, not least of which traditional notions of art and language. <p><br> It's amazing what [these students] do around here, Walczak said, pausing by a series of arresting pencil sketches of hallways from instructor Kimberly Maxwell's drawing course. <p><br>Walczak notes a few reasons for the book's origins, beginning with a major disappointment. He had writtenextensively on the culinary arts, arriving at an innovative, 10-year project on food safety and sanitization in restaurants. <p><br> The issue of food safety is not just about bacteria, he said. People get sick in restaurants because of how they're treated by management. <p><br>He tried to get a grant to publish his ideas. The grant fell through, and so did his next plan, to publish his findings in a textbook. Undaunted, Walczak sought alternative ideas, and with the 40th anniversary of the Art Institute looming, a book charting the school's history seemed the best place for his resources. <p><br>Walczak and Reuter worked tirelessly from Thanksgiving 2007 to May 2008 putting the book together. Walczak cites the collection of images as the most rewarding and frustrating part of the process. There are still visual gaps in the university's history, and he's hoping alumni will step forward and contribute photos for an eventual second edition. <p><br> The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 1968 a 2008 is in stores now.

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Author David Walczak, Ph.D., serves as the chair of general education at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, and coauthor Monika Reuter, Ph.D., teaches courses in sociology and psychology at the school. Along with technical assistance from the Honors Program, this commemorative publication tells the school's story through photographs obtained from campus archives, local publications, and the personal collections of alumni, staff, and faculty.

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