I’m here at Calarts for the next five weeks and I’m looking forward to the first steps in making my dreams of working in animation a reality. Even though I’m not enrolled in any summer animation courses (turns out they aren’t offering any at this time) I do have access to the media library here. There’s so much to take in knowing the history of animation that has come out of the character and experimental animation departments.

I’m hoping to see some of Henry Selick’s student work, while I’m here as my goal is to go into stop-motion production once I get my degree in animation. I feel this experience is something that I can’t afford to squander seeing the support I’m getting from my wife Twinkie and mentors Chuck and Emily. Looking forward to sharing.