Michel Bohbot - Multimedia Arts

Michel Bohbot, Mulitmedia Instructor

Education: Michel has taught at Berkeley City College for the last 14 years, and at the Academy of Art University before that. He has been President of the San Francisco Society of Illustrators, and is proud to be a founding member of ASIP. He has won several gold and silver awards from the San Francisco Society of Illustrators as well as awards of merit from the New York and Los Angeles Societies. He has also been featured in several Spectrum annuals, the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. In 2003 he was named one the New Masters of Fantasy by Epilogue.net He has illustrated video games, books, magazines, CD’s and more for clients as diverse as LucasArts, Warner Books, Electronic Arts, Vivendi/Universal, Mythic, Sierra, Random House, Activision, the San Francisco Giants and the San Jose Sharks. He has just completed an illustrated novel titled Zintara, and is working on a sequel.

Courses: Intro to 3D Motion Graphics (MMDI 15A), and the non credit free version( MMDI 515A), Intermediate 3D Motion Graphics (MMDI 15B), Introduction to Digital Art MMART 3

Experience, Interests: As a scholar, artist and activist guided by principles of equity and justice, I work towards these pedagogical goals:

-to empower students with skills, ideas and access to creative tools.
-to create inclusive community by fostering communication and connections.
-to challenge students to expand and thrive by cultivating possibilities.
-to hold space for all perspectives.
-to amplify voices of marginalized populations.
-to build classes where students see themselves in the curriculum.
-to carefully consider my own positionality.
-to challenge dominant narratives and academic siloing.

Find me on: http://www.mbohbot.com/

Contact information: mbohbot@peralta.edu or mbohbot37975@gmail.com