DESIGN FOR A CAUSE: Bay Area Nonprofits Invited to Apply for Design Services From The Art Institute of California - San Francisco

DESIGN FOR A CAUSE: Bay Area Nonprofits Invited to Apply for Design Services From The Art Institute of California - San Francisco Design Students Working on Pro-Bono Campaigns SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Bay Area nonprofit groups in need of new graphics, web sites, marketing pieces or other design work now have a new place to turn, thanks to students in San Francisco. Design classes at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco ( http://www.aicasf.aii.edu/ ) are now accepting applications for pro-bono design services provided by students. The design services for accepted projects will be provided at no charge through the school's Community Arts Resource Exchange (C.A.R.E.) program, which gives students opportunities to apply their design skills to projects that support the community. The school is accepting projects for its upcoming Spring and Summer quarters. Nonprofit groups may apply for assistance with logo development, poster and brochure design, identity campaigns, flyers, advertising, postcards and other marketing collateral material, as well as multimedia and web design projects. Through this community service initiative, students make a positive impact on their local community by contributing their creative skills in art and design. Nonprofits benefit by receiving pro-bono work from up-and-coming visual and multimedia designers. To apply, representatives from nonprofit groups must fill out a C.A.R.E. Project Request Form, available online at http://www.aicasf.aii.edu/news.asp . The form also is available from Dan Soine, Director of Public Relations, The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, 1170 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, tel. 415-276-1030 or by e-mail at dsoine@aii.edu. The school reviews requests to determine feasibility and whether they will match with upcoming class projects. Students at the school have worked on a design projects for a variety of groups including Reef Protection International, Saving Tails, Defender of Dogs, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp., the Latin film festival Cine Accion, Carnaval San Francisco and Friends of the Urban Forest. The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, located at 1170 Market Street (at 8th) in San Francisco's Civic Center, attracts a diverse mix of students from throughout the Bay Area and the world. The school offers career- focused degree programs in Advertising, Graphic Design, Media Arts & Animation, Game Art & Design, Visual & Game Programming, Interactive Media Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing & Management, and Interior Design. For more information, visit www.aicasf.aii.edu or call 415-865-0198. The Art Institute of California - San Francisco is one of The Art Institutes ( http://www.artinstitutes.edu/ ), with 31 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The parent company of The Art Institutes, Education Management Corporation ( http://www.edmc.com/ ) is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue. Student enrollment exceeded 66,000 as of fall 2004. EDMC has 70 primary campus locations in 24 states and two Canadian provinces. EDMC's education institutions offer a broad range of academic programs concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts, behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information technology and business fields, culminating in the award of associate's through doctoral degrees. EDMC has provided career-oriented education for over 40 years. Source: The Art Institute of California - San Francisco CONTACT: Dan Soine, Director of Public Relations of The Art Institute of California - San Francisco, +1-415-276-1030, or dsoine@aii.edu Web site: http://www.aicasf.aii.edu/ http://www.aicasf.aii.edu/news.asp http://www.artinstitutes.edu/ http://www.edmc.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment