"DOC" GUTHRIE

graduated from the Sign Graphics program at Trade-Tech in 1974 and along with his brother Don (who is also a Trade-Tech graduate in Sign Graphics ) started Doc Guthrie Signs in San Rafael, California. "Doc" opened a second sign shop in Van Nuys, California in 1976 and conducted business in that same location for 25 years. Both shops specialized in general commercial signs and featured hand lettering.

"Doc" taught the evening Sign Graphics class in the early 1980's and became full-time instructor for the day class in 1993. He taught layout and design workshops in his shop and has written articles for SignCraft magazine and Auto Art magazine.

GEORGE EVANS

is an art educator, graphic designer and art director with over 26 years' experience in the industry. In 1992 Mr. Evans co-founded The Art Team, an art resource program that provides art education, design, graphic, and career orientation to Los Angeles area at-risk youths interested in careers in the visual arts. This program was inspired by his experience with the Tutor Arts Program of the late sixties, founded by artists Bill Tara, Bill Pajaud and Charles White. This program led Mr. Evans to a scholarship and a BFA from Chouinard Art School ( presently Cal Arts ) in 1972. His career journey includes J. Walter Thompson, Austin Knight Advertising and other advertising agencies.

In 1994, he was Senior Graphic Designer for Warner Brothers Studio Facilities. Mr. Evans became a full time instructor at Los Angeles Technical College in 1997. He teaches classes in graphic design and computer graphics. Through his volunteer work Mr. Evans has developed coalitions with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment of the Arts. He teaches workshops for teachers and teens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is also involved in an after-school program with the Watts-Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club.

As an artist, Mr. Evans continues to work in painting, drawing, and photography and participates in exhibitions.

ROGER HUBBARD

began drawing at age 5 and hasn't stopped. Inspired by many different artists, he targeted illustration as his chosen medium. AA and BFA degrees were awarded respectively in 1972 from Trade-Tech and 1975 from Art Center.

He began professionally as an ad agency art director where he created TV and print advertising for local and national clients. His emphasis shifted to illustration full time in 1977.

He has since created countless traditional and digital illustrations for diverse client needs. ABC Television Network, Disney, Paramount and Universal Pictures, Harcourt Publishing, NFL Properties, TRW and Westways Magazine are but a few who have commissioned his work.

He works developing art every single day, in one form or another, as an evolutionary process. It stimulates him now just as when he caught the fever more than 50 years ago.

FREDERICK MORRIS

has wide industry experience in all areas of graphic design and print production including advertising, packaging, corporate identity, collateral, and typography. His professional experience also includes art direction, illustration and copy writing. In addition, he is adept in the use of computer graphics applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and Go Live. Accounts served include Toyota, Burger King, Bridgestone, Rodac Pneumatic Tools, Yamazen, and US Amanda. He has also designed and illustrated a children's book.

Mr. Morris has received three American Corporate Identity Awards of Excellence, the Art Direction Magazine Special Achievement in Typography Award, and the Creative Challenge First Place Award for logo design. He has served as a Clio Awards judge.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in the Professional Arts from Woodbury College where he majored in commercial art. He has also studied architecture at Pratt Institute in New York, as well as Art and English at Pasadena City College.

Besides his professional contributions, Mr. Morris has traveled widely -- " from Damascus to Mongolia. " He lived for a year in Switzerland and has written articles on travel for periodic publications. He also enjoys photography, sketching and writing.

BILL ROBLES

has almost 40 years of experience as a courtroom artist and illustrator. He has mastered the art of on-the-spot drawing and illustration, working for a strict and unyielding taskmaster: television news. The immediacy of working feverishly in the courtroom to capture images quickly on paper brings an adrenaline rush that is both exciting and motivating. Then, suddenly, it is over. His drawings are transferred to the satellite and instantly broadcast around the world.

Bill finds all of this a provocative and satisfying process. His client list includes: CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX, the Associated Press and many other news organizations. Not only a courtroom artist, his illustration work has been commissioned by many different clients and venues.

 In 1981, he was selected by NASA to be on site to document the first four space shuttle missions. He creates portraiture, advertising art, and editorial art for print publication. A native of Los Angeles, Bill received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Art Center College of Design.

He has been nominated for an Emmy. He has received a Gold Medal from the Los Angeles Art Directors Club. Additionally, he has received awards from the New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrator organizations and also from Communication Arts magazine. In 2003, Bill received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. Bill resides in Brentwood and has been teaching drawing for many years, at Art Center College of Design, and presently at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.

LAURA MENDOZA, La Artista,

has developed from a calligrapher working with wedding producers into one of the event industry’s top graphic designers working with the industry’s high profile event producers including Colin Cowie, J. Ben Bourgeois and Relevent.

Laura received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from UCLA in 1992 and taught for six years at Los Angeles County Office of Education ( L A C O E ) She then returned to college to train as a graphic designer. Her time since has been filled with challenging projects. From the elegance of Elton John’s Annual Oscar Party invitations to the creation of slick and hip promotional packaging for Xyience, La Artista produces custom graphics for companies such as Converse, GAP, Juicy Motorola, Neutrogena, Nintendo, Sony, Victoria’s Secret, and others.