CalArts-Gobelins Collaboration class

When CalArts announced in the summer that all instruction would be remote, I proposed a class for Fall 2020 that would bring together students from the Character Animation Program at CalArts, and Gobelins, l’École de l’image in Paris, France. With thanks to our partners at Gobelins, as well as our dean at CalArts, we launched the class in September! The students were randomly paired in teams of two (one from each school), and each team created a short animated project together. This was the first curricular collaboration of its kind between the two schools, and I’m very grateful to the students for taking the leap of faith to enroll in the class, as well as working together across time zones and oceans.

CalArts-Gobelins Collaboration class, Fall 2020

CalArts-Gobelins Collaboration class, Fall 2020

2020 Virtual CalArts Character Animation Open Show →

We weren’t able to have our annual Open Show this year, usually held every April, featuring all of the films our students complete during the academic year. But – thanks to our students, faculty and staff — we did a livestream on YouTube in September of the films our students completed during the pandemic thus far. Hats off to our students for their incredible persistence through this difficult year!

2019 CalArts Character Animation Producers' Show →

The 2019 Producers’ Show took place on Wednesday May 8, 2019 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Motion Picture Academy, in Beverly Hills. Read more here!

Photographs by Rafael Hernandez

Photoville–L.A. →

I had the opportunity to curate a set of films by CalArts Character Animation students for Photoville-L.A., presented by the Annenberg Space for Photography. More info here.

2019 BRIC Talent + Innovation Summit →

The first ever BRIC (Break, Reinvent, Impact, Change) Talent + Innovation Summit was held in downtown Los Angeles on February 9, 2019, and I had the opportunity to speak on the panel “Change: Preventive not just the cure – focusing on talent and talent recruitment in middle and high school.”

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Skirball Cultural Center Education Series

We screened films by CalArts students at two events at the Skirball Cultural Center – one on November 2 (for middle school students), and the other on November 16 (high school students). In addition to screening films, Brigette Barrager did a live drawing demo, Jeremy Bernstein talked about his work and career, and a number of our students/alumnx attended for Q&A! Thanks to the Skirball team for having us!