By Daily Press staff
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles has announced that Vi Ly has been appointed as the new dean of academic affairs.
Ly has been with The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles since 1998 and has been serving as the assistant dean of academic affairs since 2004. Prior to that, she was department chair of the media arts and animation and game art and design programs.
Ly has helped to develop one of the largest animation programs in The Art Institute system and instructed students who have gone on to work for major studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Disney Features Animation, Electronic Arts, Warner Brothers Feature Animation and Activision.
Students under the tutelage of Ly have had their work featured in major film and animation festivals and have won regional Emmy’s.
“Vi’s talent, enthusiasm and understanding of the mission of The Art Institute programs will provide strong continuity in our academic affairs department,” said Laura Soloff, president of The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles.
Ly holds a bachelor degree of fine arts in drawing/printmaking from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree of fine arts in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Prior to joining The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, Ly was a department chair at Learning Tree University, a computer graphics artist at Clarity Station, Inc. and on the drawing faculty of Monterey Peninsula College, Cabrillo College of Santa Cruz, and the San Jose City College.
As an artist, Ly has exhibited widely in the United States and her art is on display in many private and public collections, including the Permanent Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art.
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles is one of The Art Institutes, with 31 education institutions located throughout North America, providing training for design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The parent company of The Art Institutes, Education Management Corp., 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. Microtel going macro with California plans
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 30, 2005. Read the original PDF.