Audie’s Legacy: Artwork by Audie and His Students
Audie Love (1941-2015) was the founder and guiding light of the Student Art Fund.As a high school art teacher, Audie provided AP students a strong foundation in art history, life drawing, composition, and 2D/3D design principles. Rarely seen at the high school level, Audie taught his AP students how to build a quality, 40-piece portfolio — an effort that took students three to four years to complete and opened doors to top art schools. Upon graduation, portfolios were submitted to the College Board AP Studio Art Exam.
After Audie retired, he and other retired teacher/artists created the Student Art Fund in 2006, a committee of the Santa Barbara Art Association with an endowment from the Santa Barbara Foundation.
Audie’s joy was to keep connected with his students, especially those who pursued art. His former AP art student Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins, who was named a Presidential Arts Scholar, wrote, “Audie prepared me to study at the best art schools in the world, and although I subsequently studied with many great teachers, to this day I have ONE true teacher: Audie Love. I often say that I am a student of Love, which means to live my life doing what I love and doing it as passionately as Mr. Love did.”
This online show was created by the Student Art Fund as a way to honor Audie by showcasing examples of his former students’ accomplishments since graduating from high school together with examples of Audie’s own artwork. We hope that these images will truly inspire today’s art students. We want them to see how art continues to nourish and sustain Audie’s former students — professionally and personally — during their adult years.
Please continue to visit the show, as more images from Audie’s former students will be added as they are received.
View the Legacy Show Gallery
View the Artists’ Works and Their Statements
Audie Love: In Memoriam