Antonio Alcalá, Studio A

“To thine own self be true.”

Hamlet. Shakespeare. Graphic Design?

Learn how they come together with rewarding results during Monday’s Coffee Chat with Antonio Alcalá of StudioA.

His leading design roles include: Teacher/Practitioner/Entrepreneur/Volunteer/Husband/Dad

All influence the nationally-recognized work he does for prestigious cultural clients including the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and yes, the Folger Shakespeare Library.

This event is co-sponsored by AIGA PVCC Student Group.

Antonio Alcalá graduated from Yale University with a BA in history and from the Yale School of Art with an MFA in graphic design. After working as a book designer and freelance graphic designer Alcalá opened StudioA in in 1988. Since then his studio has won awards of excellence in design from local, national and international design institutions including AIGA, Print, Communication Arts and Graphis. His clients include: the National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, National Portrait Gallery, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Freer+Sackler Galleries, Folger Shakespeare Library, The Phillips Collection, and the Smithsonian Institution. Alcalá is an adjust faculty member of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Design Graphic Design Department and founder of the design education program DesignWorkshops. He serves on the board of the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association and is a past president of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington. His work is represented in the AIGA Design Archives and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection of Graphic Design.