The Art Institutes' blog covers the latest news about our creative community.

Urbani Tartuffi truffle is considered by many to be one of the world’s foremost culinary delicacies. And now two culinarians from The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh can showcase passion for this delicacy—they were recently announced as winners of the Urbani Tartufi Truffle Competition.

The Art Institute of Vancouver is one of The Princeton Review’s "Top Schools to Study Game Design." The school was ranked sixth in the United States and held the top ranking for Canada. This marks the seventh consecutive year that The Art Institute of Vancouver has been ranked in the top 10.

One of the most important ways The Art Institutes can help prepare you for professional success is by guiding you in assembling the strongest possible creative portfolio, a critical component to our curricula. Who are you as a creative warrior? What have you done? And more importantly, what are you capable of achieving? Your portfolio or “book” will answer all of these questions in an accessible and intuitive package. Done right, it will give you a distinct advantage when you’re jockeying for that killer job. So consider these 3 simple best practices to optimize your final product:

Art Institutes’ system of schools graduates—we have a newly updated website just for you. One that allows you to easily access creative, career, and networking resources. Your website, http://www.alumni.artinstitutes.edu/, is available at no cost only to alumni and students in their last quarter.