Professional Background:
Candice Lopez is a professor of graphic design at San Diego City College who graduated from Cal Poly SLO in 1982. She worked as an art director at BBDO Los Angeles and at design firms in San Diego before discovering that teaching was her passion. She has taught graphic design abroad in Zurich, Switzerland, Venice, Italy and Madrid, Spain and wrote a book on international education. She has completed teaching her third year of a study abroad program in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where she owns a second home with her husband, illustrator Rafael Lopez. San Diego City College is an inner city, urban community college and students there have won over 175 local, national and international design awards. She was hired as a consultant by Art Center College of Design to coordinate the Art Center at Night program in San Diego. Her work for AIGA San Diego as Vice President, Education and Community Outreach chair led her to establish the Link Program that works with at risk high school students who have an interest in art and design. She currently serves as Art and Culture chair for the Mayor of San Diego’s downtown vision plan and works with the Director of the San Diego Commission of Arts and Culture spearheading arts and culture planning. Working with city officials and AIGA San Diego she developed the Urban Art Trail Project that transformed districts of downtown San Diego that were plagued with blight and social problems. The project brought together designers, calligraphers, students, seniors and children who painted murals, electrical boxes, inscribed poetry onto sidewalks and created colorful mosaics and sculptures. The BenchMark Project brought 150 unique benches to downtown San Diego that were auctioned off to benefit arts education programs. Masters in Arts Education: San Diego State University Bachelor of Science Graphic Design: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Articles on my projects have appeared in: HOW Magazine/Step Magazine/Print Magazine/Letter Arts Review/San Diego Union Tribune National Urban Planning Newsletters and Publications Previous speaking engagements: The Design Conference that just happens to be in /Park City Utah AIGA Y Design Conference/ San Diego ICON 3: Illustration Conference/ Philadelphia AIGA Graphic Design Educators Conference/ Los Angeles Art Center Design Education Conference/ Los Angeles HOW Conference/San Diego Accomplishments/Awards Paula Sullivan Lifetime Achievement Award in Design/ San Diego Arts and Culture Chair of Mayor of San Diego’s Downtown Vision Plan Co-chair of the Arts and Culture Committee/San Diego San Diego Creative Show Gold How International Design Competition Special Achievement Award in Environmental Design Print Regional Design Annual Merit Communication Arts Magazine

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• Portfolio Intermediate Graphic Design II: Identity Systems and Packaging Graphic Design History Travel by Design