UArts Animation

University of the Arts Animation Program in Philadelphia

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UArts Animation alum Maggie Gee BFA '23 (Animation) @geemaggie.art won 2nd place (tie!) in the student film category at the ASIFA East Festival @asifa_east for her thesis film "Catch & Release" this past Thursday! Congratulations to Maggie and to all the participating filmmakers!

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UArts Animation presents two big nights of animation celebration as part of our School of Film Festival! See you there!

Animation Spring Showcase Tuesday, May 7 at 6:00PM Caplan Recital Hall, Terra 17th floor (This show will include work from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students)

Animation Class of 2024 Senior Show Thursday, May 9 Reception at 5:00PM Show starts at 6:00PM Caplan Recital Hall, Terra 17th floor

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A Talk with Yunhao Zhang

UArts Animation welcomes Yunhao Zhang for a chat about his life and career experience as a storyboard artist, 3D generalist, and animation director working in games and feature films for over ten years. Students are encouraged to attend this talk especially if they are interested in the FA24 special topics course ANIM*320*01 Storyboarding 2, which will be taught by Yunhao and be designed to advance skills in this important area. Open to all students. Where: Terra room 931 When: Tuesday, March 19th 11:30am - 12:45pm

Yunhao Zhang's experience includes working on five animated features, six TV shows, and four games, for studios including Disney, Blizzard, Alcon Entertainment. Yunhao's background includes hands-on experience with the full CG production pipeline with a focus on storyboarding and pre-production.

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A Talk with Katie and Drew

UArts Animation welcomes back Katie Graziano BFA '15 (Animation) and Andrew Applegate BFA '15 (Animation) for a chat about their lives and careers. Open to all students. Where: Terra room 907 When: Monday, March 18th 11:30am - 12:45pm

Katie Graziano is a story artist and director with over six years experience working professionally in television animation. Her experience includes story director at Warner Bros on Jellystone, story artist at Titmouse on STUGO, development story artist at Disney, writer & story artist at Dreamworks on The Mighty Ones, story artist at Nickelodeon on Zokie of Planet Ruby, story artist at Warner Bros on Thundercats Roar, and more!

Drew Applegate is a story artist and director that loves doing comedy and action storyboards with over seven years experience working professionally in television animation. His experience includes directing episodes at Titmouse on Kiff, directing shorts and storyboarding episodes at Disney on Amphibia, Billy Dilly, and Pickle and Peanut, as well as storyboarding at Warner Bros Animation on Thundercats Roar! and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

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Look what just arrived in the mail! It's

@animag's April 2024 issue which includes the annual School & Career Guide. Inside the guide is our new ad featuring work from current students, who are listed in the ad! Great work!

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This Saturday a fantastic cel painting workshop hosted by faculty Karl Staven had students working on their own hand painted cels to later be paired with background art! Students left with a newfound appreciation for their animation software, no doubt!

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Our 2nd annual POV Showcase from the School of Film was a blast! Thanks to the Philadelphia Film Society and all who came out to watch the show.

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Scenes from the 2nd Annual Animation Exhibition opening night. All the sensational art and the support that students showed for each other made the night a huge success. Come see the show which is up in Hamilton Hall until it comes down right before spring break. #uarts #uartsanimation

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FA23 ANIM*345 Visual Effects Compositing Class Clips

Absorb a selection of action-packed clips from the FA23 ANIM*345 Visual Effects Compositing class. Work by Sam, Kaitlyn, Ren, Joyce, Kaylee, Nir, Andres, Pedro, Sarah, and other Sam! #UArts #UArtsanimation #visualeffects #compositing #aftereffects #collage

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😂 Selection of finals from ANIM*342 Episodic Animation class (soon to be renamed Television Animation, BTW). These came in too late to screen at the Fall Animation Showcase. Hilarious work, #UArtsanimation students! Mature content warning. 😂 #UArts Work by Manny, Frankie, Ceyda, Damien, Renee, Christopher, Sebastian, Sydney, Stefan, Bean, James, Devon, Jake, Julia, Siobhan, Gabriel, and some other people who didn't put their name in the filenames! 😮

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Last night's 2nd Annual PFS/UArts Media Mixer was a huge success, with local production companies and industry professionals meeting with our students in a speed dating style event! Thanks to @phillyfilmsociety and @uartscareers for their support in planning!

Attendees included...@allagesproductions@expresswaycine@sevenknotsfilms@jerzeymovieman@big_howl@blackstarfest@phillycam@scribevideocenter@loadedpixelcreative@jameselamiv@terracycle@okronstudio@jumpbuttonstudio@phillyinquirer@chatterblast

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UArts had an exciting all day visit from David Daniels, accomplished animation artist and inventor of the @strata_cut technique. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends witnessed demos of the process from new pieces built and cut in class to the live slicing of a Daniels original rotating head during his evening presentation! Every audience member left with their own slice. Thanks again, David! #uarts #uartsanimation #stratacut #daviddaniels

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UArts Animation annual trip to the Ottawa International Animation Festival!

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Scenes from the FA23 semester continued! #uarts #uartsanimation

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Perfect for wearing on the upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival trip or just around the studio, come join in with us for a make your own UArts Animation t-shirt event this Thursday September 14th, at 5:30pm at the UArts Print Studio in Anderson Hall, room 527

The event is BRING YOUR OWN SHIRT, or jacket, sweatshirt, tote bag, or whatever.

We will have the design on a screen and you will screen print your own item. If there is time, you can do more than one. See you there! Don't forget to bring your own shirt!

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Can you believe we are already into the third week of the semester? Here are some photos including FA23 Animation faculty Tammy Hahn @tamaramastudios, Julie Benbassat @tea_for_jbass, Adem Kaan @ademkaanillustration, Lowell Boston @camaelot, Karl Staven @karlstaven, and Dairys Escoto De León @dairys.escoto! #uarts #uartsanimation

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Who’s ready for the Sophomore/Junior Animation Show tonight? A few posters for just a few of the films screening at 6pm in Connelly! Also: 🍕! Students, come on time if you want a seat… gonna be a packed house. #uarts #uartsanimation