EDUCATION
Teaching, Workshops & Symposia
A graduate of Art Center College of Design, Roy has taught and mentored over 6,000 artists, designers and media
professionals—both college students and working professionals—for more than 24 years.
During his 21+ years teaching at UCLA Extension, Roy has organized and moderated special programs, developed
curricula and taught Media Arts, Information Architecture, Experience Design and Creative Process courses. Many
of his students were specifically sent to Roy's classes by such organizations as Disney, Time Warner, Pacific Bell,
American Express, Rockwell International, Ogilvy Mather, Toyota Motor Sales, TBWA Chiat/Day, The Los Angeles Times,
The Rand Corporation, Symantec, JPL, Apple Computer, ABC, US Web/CKS, IBM and AT&T. In 1999, he was honored as
Instructor of the Year by the UCLA Extension Design / Communication Arts Department.
Roy has also taught at Chapman University and has spoken at digital media events held at UC Irvine, Occidental
College, USC, Cal State Long Beach, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Coro Foundation, The American Film
Institute and at the California's Governor's Conference on the Arts special program "Beyond the Millennium:
Redefining the Arts for the 21st Century".
Roy has produced, directed and moderated international design symposia featuring keynotes by renowned
artist/composer/record producer Brian Eno, science fiction author Ray Bradbury, Swiss designer Wolfgang
Weingart, and computer graphics visionary and MacArthur "genius grant" recipient Jim Blinn of the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, and many others.
Roy and Julie are the founders of the Ministry of Strategic Artistic Improvisation, (MSAI). MSAI hosts
Adventures in Art, Photography, Design and Technology (AAPDAT). AAPDAT is a series of online and
onsite professional development seminars for creative professionals and artists of all types seeking to optimize
their work and enhance their creative lives. The seminars cover creative process issues including: Unconventional
Thinking, Counterintuitive Planning, Coherent Decision Making, Improvisational Methodologies, Mental Landscaping,
Random Distruptions and Intentional Spontaneity.
Roy spoke at ArtsDay LA, hosted by UCLA Extension, on the topic of "Where Do Artists Get Their Inspiration?"
and was the featured graduation speaker at the UCLA Extension Computer Graphics and Graphic Design 2004
graduation ceremony. He has taught a number of 12-week online courses for UCLA Extension, including The
Creative Process and Powerful Design.
He has also recently been the Judge for the Graduation Show for the Art Department at New Mexico Highlands
University; and was the Judge of the 28th Annual Angel Fire Arts Fest.
