BOCA RATON– AJ Brockman presented a family portrait of the Obamas to President Barack Obama recently when the president was inSouth Florida.
AJ has SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy), a progressive neuromuscular disease, and has been wheelchair-bound since age 2. He has become an award-winning artist and is a graduate of Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton.
AJ has been working on this family portrait (including dog Bo) as a personal project for more than a year. President Obama assured him that the portrait would travel home with him on Air Force One and one day will hang in his private library. This was later confirmed with a candid shot of the portrait leaving on Air Force One in the New York Times. To see pictures, visit http://www.singlehandedstudio.com/events.html
Digital Media Arts College is a private, accredited arts college located in Boca Raton. The school offers undergraduate and master’s programs in graphic design, advertising design, web design, visual effects animation, computer animation, and game art.
Within a small campus setting, DMAC students realize their potential in digital arts and develop the technical skills required to achieve a successful career. All classes are taught in a studio-like atmosphere within its new 33,000-square-foot facility equipped with industry-standard tools for digital graphic design and animation production.