Professor of Art + Design

Co-Founder +
Brand Advisor: USLAF

Sam Romero is a visual artist and educator. He is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Painting and Drawing Program. After receiving his MFA in 2007, Romero moved back to Central Florida and is currently an Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design Program Director at Florida Southern College. Romero is also a founding member and creative director of the US Latinx Art Forum. His current research focuses on Chicano and Indigenous visual design narratives and approaches.

Conferences and Speaking Invitations:

2024 Southeastern College Art Conference,
Presenter: “Criticism in the Age of Diversity”

College Arts Association,
Chair: "Branding Hiphop."

2023     Southeastern College Art Conference,
Presenter: “Illustration as Design”

2022    Speaker Spotlight Series, Florida Southern College,
“Music Video as Video Art”

2021    Virtual Book Launch, In parternship with AIGA:
Black, Brown + Latinx Graphic Design Educators

An Open Discussion, In Partnership with Parsons School of Design,
Black, Brown + Latinx Graphic Design Educators

College Arts Association
Co-Chair: Browning the Design Canon

2020    College Arts Association
Presenter:  Black, Brown + Latinx Graphic Design Educators

Florida Southern College
Panelist: Cafe Con Leche Event,: Sponsored by the Multicultural Canter

Polk Museum of Art
Presenter: Hispanic Heritage Month panel

2019    AIGA Kansas City
Guest Speaker

Florida Southern College
Multiculturalism in the Workplace; Breakout Session: Integrating Culture into the Workplace

2017     College Arts Association
Co-Chair: "Si Se Puede! Brand Identity, Activism and Art Historical Analyses."

2016   Latino Art Now!
“Deconstruct and Redesign: My Art Practice, Teaching Methods and Branding Ideas”

Honors and Awards:

2016    Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society Teacher of the Year Award

Email
samromero180@gmail.com