Department of Design

"SmokeScreen" 3D printing with California wildfire ash

Professor San Fratello has been awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts: Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Grant for her “SmokeScreen” project and a ONEder grant to further her research around 3D printing objects with wildfire ash and buildings with earthen materials.

"SharKpop x Anime"

Animation/Illustration adjunct faculty member Sydney Sun collaborated with SJSU alumnus Nelson Kuang ’17 and the San Jose Sharks for the “SharKpop x Anime” night in November 2025. Both Sydney and Nelson are graduates of SJSU’s Animation/Illustration program.

64th Annual Illustration West

Congratulations to adjunct Animation/Illustration faculty Chris Zollna, whose work has been juried into the prestigious SILA Illustration West 64 competition. Three of Zollna's pieces in the "Unpublished & Self-Promotional" category were accepted into the exhibition: Del Mar Theater, The Birds, and Henry Cowell State Park. These works were selected from over 1,300 entries submitted by artists from 35 countries.