Artist, designer, and educator Alyssa Lang sits in front of a fountain in Ojai, California. The lettering for artist designer educator" is done in calligraphy.

These past few years have provided an opportunity for introspective exploration into the type of work I really want to be doing and to redirect the impact I want to be making in art and design and in my community. As a maker at heart, I need to be engaged regularly in working with materials and creating physical objects. This creative engagement is what energizes me and helping others through that exploration and practice is an essential piece of that endeavor.

Studio Pienza
is a culmination
of those ideals:

goods for artists to help synthesize ideas
and provide workshops to develop skills.

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  • Daily connection to my art and design discipline roots

    Engagement and interaction with students

    Nature, animals, food, family & friends, books, stationery,
    art supplies, a tidy desk, making lists

  • BFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in Graphic Design,
    West Chester University, 1994

    MFA in Graphic and Interactive Design, Tyler School of Art
    and Architecture, Temple University, 2002

  • TEACHING

    Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, 2008 to present

    Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, 2004 to 2008 

    American University, Washington, D.C., 2002 to 2004

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    PROFESSIONAL

    25 years+ professional design experience for firms large and small

    5 years+ higher education administrative experience

  • Book Design, Typography, Type Design, Calligraphy, Lettering, Poster Design, Logo Design, Commercial Printing & Production, Watercolor, Letterpress Printing, Ceramics, Social and Environmental Awareness

  • 2D Foundations, Typography (all levels), Introduction to Graphic Design, History of Graphic Design, Bookbinding, Print Production, Logo Design, Publication/Book Design, Poster Design, Senior Thesis, Senior Seminar, Portfolio, Web Design, Kinetic & Sequential Graphics

  • InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, and extensive print production and commercial printing experience

    Bookbinding, calligraphy, lettering, watercolor, letterpress printing, linoleum block printing, papermaking, paper marbling, paper crafts, ceramics, knitting, crochet, machine and hand sewing, embroidery,
    and felting

  • Print Regional Design Annual

    AIGA (Re)Design Award

    Mastering Type: The Essential Guide to Typography
    for Print and Web Design

    The New Big Book of Layouts

    Designing for the Greater Good

    Creative Quarterly

  • Adobe Design Achievement Award

    Graphis New Talent Annual