About Us

AIGA AiOC is the AIGA Student Group at The Art Institute of California – Orange County.

Our organization is run entirely by volunteers and we welcome any time you can contribute to our activities and events. It is through your membership, participation, and sponsorship that we can continue to provide interesting and educational events for the design community in our area.

This all-volunteer army of creatives are:

Current Board Members

Co-President – Frank Torres
Co-President – Logan Beeler
Treasurer – Annie Jiu
Web & Media Director & President Emeritus - Joey Lopez

Faculty Advisors

Professor Michael Hanson, MFA
Professor Gerry Hampton, MFA

Distinguished Former Board Members

President Emeritus, Vice President, Art Director - Linda Lam
President Emeritus, Vice President, PR Director – Kim Nguyen
President Emeritus, Vice President, Art Director - Brian Lara
President Emeritus, Vice President, PR Director – Mark Edwards (Founding Member)
President Emeritus – Jessie Arvizu (1st President of AIGA AiOC & Founding Member)
Vice President Emeritus, Treasurer – Katie Wilkins (Founding Member)
Web & Media Director - Tom Nara Srisook
Secretary, Art Director – Travis Nagle
Secretary – Emily Johnson
Art Director - Trish Phan
Treasurer – Kelly Strong
Art Director – Betty Ko
Art Director – Chuck Pebenito
Treasurer - Rebekah Thomas
Secretary – Lara Lange (Founding Member)
PR & Recruiting Director – Anthony Michael Vallejos (Founding Member)
Secretary - Jessica Bell (Founding Member)
Treasurer & active member – Jose Zavala
Art Director – Olivia Ross
Art Director – Jesus Lopez

Special Thanks to

Campus Life Director – Erika Vogt
Professor Daniel Gross, MFA
Public Relations Director – Tricia Cook

Benefits of AIGA

As young designers we all need something that allows us to be creative, just so, we also strive to be heard and seen. AIGA is a club where you can be heard and seen and can constantly learn.

Here are some key benefits from being part of our club:

Attend lectures by world famous guest speakers

Milton Glaser
Stefan Sagmeister
Paula Scher
Debbie Millman
Gerard Huerta
Margo Chase
Alex Trochut
Jessica Hische
Aron Draplin
Stefan Bucher

Learn how to critique and take a critique- this helps you in your classes
Attend mixers within the AIGA OC chapter- networking
Special lectures with AI faculty- learn about your teachers as designers
Resume recognition- you’re a part of the pre-eminent national organization for designers
Members only demo’s- learn about things only our members can first
Networking with other majors- together we all succeed
Community- help us help our community through art
Participate- want a guest speaker? special event? special learning? bring your ideas and an open mind

You hooked? want to know even more!?

AIGA is committed to advancing the understanding of the value of design and the process of designing through advocacy, education, publications, conferences and spirited conversations. We are the largest and oldest association of professional designers in the United States.

AIGA members receive a variety of benefits throughout the year including the following publications and services:

365 AIGA Year in Design;
Gain: AIGA Journal of Design for the Network Economy;
Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education;
Calls for entry from various competitions;
Invitations to national conferences;
Discounts from Apple, Adobe, FedEx, Broadwing Communications, and Airbourne Express.

AIGA provides a platform for designers to join forces with other members across the country to share, work, interact and collaborate with each other through various forums. AIGA membership is over 16,000 members strong. Our national organization has made great strides toward building recognition for our profession nationally and given a “voice” to a once very quiet profession.

You can find out more about AIGA on its official website: www.aiga.org

We also like Social Media:

For more information or to contact the board, please E-mail: info@aigaclub.com

You can also stop us in the halls or in between classes at school- we would love to hear from you!

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Meetings

Every Wednesday from 4:30 – 5:30 pm
in room A103

We want your feedback, input and ideas about how to be a better student group! We want you to also grow as designers and want to offer help whether it’s with a class project, feedback, brainstorming ideas or making new friends. Your invited to attend our weekly meetings and see how you can make a difference and learn about what we do!