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2d new media: MULTI-MEDIA, VIDEO, WEB AND ANIMATION
June 29 - July 3

FACULTY: David Fain received his BFA in Film/Animation from
the Rhode Island School of Design and his Masters Degree
in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the
Arts. He currently works as a freelance animator, director, and
writer as well as teaching at both the California Institute of
the Arts and the University of Southern California’s John C.
Hench Division of Animation. His professional credits include;
staff writer on SpongeBob SquarePants, animation supervisor for Warner Bros. Online division creating new Flash cartoons for the internet, animating, writing, and directing for
the “Action League Now!” segments of the Nickelodeon
series KaBlam!, and most recently animation supervisor on
the Cartoon Network series “Out of Jimmy’s Head”. His personal films include “Oral Hygiene” and “Panopticon”.

The Expansive Narrative:digital

storytelling

Wendy Babcox   
Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $75
Code: P0510  Enrollment Limit 10

July 20 - 24

Wendy Babcox, Goodbye (detail)

CONCEPT: As artists who respond to the visual environment,
our experience is in constant flux. The advances of imaging
technologies create marvelous opportunities to engage with
our sensory environment, in particular through the juxtaposition of image, sound and text. This workshop will consider
the art of storytelling. We will begin by looking at a range
of projects that successfully integrate image and sound. Students will experiment with an array of recording equipment
and look at ways to gather audio material in the form of interviews, narration, ambient sound and music. We will investigate the importance of playful and experimental approaches
to gathering material for projects but also pay specific attention to the importance of editing the materials to create powerful multi-media stories.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will create images using digital cameras and use digital recorders to capture audio. Software applications including iMovie, iPhoto and Audacity will
be discussed and demonstrated.
ACTIVITIES: Each morning will begin with creativity exercises.
Students will photograph, collect audio and spend the afternoon editing these materials into finished works.
SKILL LEVEL: Open to All – Any skill/knowledge level.
FACULTY:  Wendy Babcox is a British interdisciplinary artist
who lives in Tampa, Florida, and teaches at the University
of South Florida. Her work exists in a wide variety of media
including photography, video, installation and performance.
She draws upon the interrelatedness of site, place and the
contemporary in her recent works, calling upon the imagery
of animals and tourist attractions. She is also a member of
the 6+ Collective. www.wendybabcox.com

CORE
class

June 29 - July 3

Animated Documentary with Flash
David Fain   
Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $75
Code: P0511  Enrollment Limit 10

Projection Beyond the Screen
Miwa Matreyek   
Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $150
Code: P0819  Enrollment Limit 10

Miwa Matreyek, still from Dreaming of Lucid Living (detail)

CONCEPT: What kind of life can digital images take on outside
of the traditional video screen or monitor? This workshop will
explore this question using content (animation, video, digital images, etc.) generated by the participants. The class will
think critically about how the image changes in its presence
and meaning as it is projected in space, on objects and on the
body itself. Students will explore a wide range of approaches,
from installation, theater, performance to interactivity. Collaboration with other participants is encouraged, as is crossdisciplinary experimentation.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: The course is designed for digital imagebased artists (photography, video, and animation) interested
in incorporating installation, interactivity or performance in
their work.
ACTIVITIES:  Each session will begin with demonstrations of
techniques and approaches to spatiality and projected image
manipulation. From there, we will expand to a free-form
exploration of how each student’s media can be applied to
space, body and object.
SKILL LEVEL: Level III – See page 15 for skill level descriptions.
Having the skills to create, edit, and manipulate your own
digital imagery (i.e. in Photoshop or AfterEffects) is required.

CONCEPT:  This workshop is an introduction to documentary
animation utilizing Flash software. The class will cover basic
principles of animation, learning how to build digital puppets,
animating lip sync dialogue, as well as conceptual lectures
and discussions in animated documentary. Students will create a non-fiction animation using a documentary soundtrack
and computer-animated imagery.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will gain a basic understanding
of animation using Flash software and explore how the medium
can be used in communicating non-fiction narratives.
ACTIVITIES:  Students will complete short exercises demonstrating basic animation techniques. Animated films and
documentaries will be screened and discussed. Students will
produce a short film based on their interests.
SKILL LEVEL: Level I – See page 15 for skill level descriptions.

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Video Montage:realism to surrealism
Jillian McDonald   
Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $75
Code: P1024  Enrollment Limit 10

Jillian McDonald, Staring Contest with Brad Pitt (detail)

CONCEPT:  Re-imagine familiar narratives. In this class, anything is possible. Sharks patrol the swimming pool ; rabbits
groom themselves on the couch; movie stars gaze lovingly
at you across your lawn. Bring your video footage or plan to
shoot on site. This workshop will explore video compositing,
green screen, animation and rotoscoping, as students shoot
their own footage and combine it with found footage, photographs and other images.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Students will explore video editing,
compositing, green screen, rotoscoping, masking and animation using Final Cut Pro and Adobe AfterAffects.

FACULTY: Miwa Matreyek is an animator/director and multimedia artist who creates animated short films as well as
solo and collaborative performance works that integrate
animation and live performance using projections. She
received her MFA in Experimental Animation and Integrated
Media from the California Institute of the Arts; she is also
the recipient of the 2006 Princess Grace Award for Film, and
the Princess Grace 2008 Special Projects grant. Her solo
performance work, Dreaming of Lucid Living, won the Student Grand Prix and Audience Choice Award for Best Installation at the Platform International Animation Festival, 2007.
www.semihemisphere.com

Sheila M. Sofian, A Conversation with Haris (detail)

August 3 - 7

I N FO @ A N D E R S O N R A N C H . O R G

ACTIVITIES:  Lectures, screenings, discussions and demonstrations will take place in the classroom and in the field.
Students will brainstorm and storyboard their ideas, shoot
video footage, capture video and learn a variety of composting techniques. Each class will feature a demonstration and
studio time for compositing and editing the footage into a
short-form animated video.
SKILL LEVEL: Level III – See page 15 for skill level descriptions.
FACULTY: Jillian McDonald received her MFA from Hunter College in 1999, and is an associate professor of fine arts at Pace
University in New York. She is a 2008 New York Foundation
for the Arts Video Fellow, and an artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in California. Her work has been
shown internationally in galleries, museums, and festivals.
www.jillianmcdonald.net

August 3 - 7

Digital to Physical:rhythm and sound
Robin Mandel & Ali Momeni   
Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $115
Code: P1026  Enrollment Limit 10

Robin Mandel, Suitcase (installation detail)

CONCEPT: This workshop is designed to bring the power and
flexibility of the computer into the artist’s studio practice. Our
goal will be to bridge the gap between the digital and the physical, to use software to control actual physical events in the
real world, and to do so playfully and creatively. In this workshop, students will focus on working with rhythms of light and
sound. The objects we create will be hybrids: part machine,
part sculpture, part installation, part musical instrument. Using
micro-controllers, motors, lights and sensors, as well as wood,
metal and found objects, students will explore the terrain
where sculpture, music and digital media converge.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: We will use a program called Max/MSP
and a micro-controller called Arduino. Students will learn how to
program in this environment. Sculpture techniques will include
basic welding, wood construction, bricolage and assemblage.
ACTIVITIES:  Participants will spend time brainstorming, programming, prototyping, troubleshooting, building, testing,
listening, tinkering and improvising.
SKILL LEVEL: Open to All – Any skill/knowledge level.
FACULTY:  Robin Mandel received his MFA in sculpture from
the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005. He has recently
exhibited in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan,