Program Lead

Associate Professor of Graphic Design

 Dirk Dallas is a designer, filmmaker, photographer and the founder of FromWhereIDrone.com & CreativeFuture.co. His professional portfolio consists of work with such names as Kobe Bryant, quarterback Andrew Luck and Super Bowl Champion Richard Sherman.  Dirk’s clients include Nike, Toyota, Disney, Starbucks, Ford, American Express, Uber and Sea-Doo. His photography has been featured in art galleries such as the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in Southern California, THE NWBLK in San Francisco, One Arts Plaza in Dallas, The MMS Gallery in Philadelphia and on various websites such as on CNN.com, ABCNews.com, LATimes.com, USAToday.com, Mashable.com, and HuffingtonPost.com. In the classroom, he pushes his students to create work that looks beyond just the stylistic and aesthetic impact by challenging them to truly capture the hearts and minds of their audience as a way of shaping and influencing culture. When he is not creating, teaching or stepping on Legos in the middle of the night, you can find him chasing light, exploring new beaches and flying toy helicopters with his oldest daughters.