{California State Summer School for the Arts} Animation
The Animation Program provides students with a unique opportunity to experience a broad range of possibilities within the world of animation. From fine art to digital animation, this program encourages students to explore their potentials, and bring movement to their artwork through an intense and rigorous curriculum. CSSSA Animation students learn diverse experimental and traditional animation techniques under the guidance of leading artists in the field. They study the history and work of animators from all over the world, they participate in figure drawing classes, and they learn from professional animation artists. Animation students at the summer program are dedicated, hardworking, and open to new ideas. The Animation Department is very competitive; typically, only one-in-three applicants each year are invited to become Animation students.
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{Interlochen Center for the Arts} Animation Summer Program
During the three-week Animation summer program, you will learn the foundations of animation through a variety of hands-on experiences, demonstrations, and exercises. Guided by a faculty of professional filmmakers and animators, students receive daily instruction and time to practice new skills. Classes and topics include: Digital Animation, Stop-Motion and Cel Animation, Storyboarding for Animators, History of Animation. All fully completed works are featured in an end-of-session showcase in our 180-seat 2K HD state-of-the-art projection space.
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{New York Film Academy} 3D Animation Camps
Do you dream of creating your own world populated by your own original characters? Do you wish to learn skills that you can apply to everything from filmmaking to game design? The 3D Animation Summer Camps at the New York Film Academy provides campers with an intensive, hands-on environment in which they learn the essentials of 3D animation, and gain a basic understanding of visual effects (VFX), preparing them to pursue their dreams in animation and VFX.
{Wake Forest University} Summer Immersion: Animation Institute
Do you enjoy drawing and illustration and want to breathe life into your art through animation? Are you an aspiring animator, filmmaker, or designer who wants to create new work for your portfolio? Are you interested in visiting animation studios and learning from comic book artists? The Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program’s Animation Institute offered in Winston-Salem, is a participatory, hands-on way for students to start thinking creatively and learning how the visual and liberal arts align. Through Photoshop, students will learn the fundamental techniques of frame-by-frame animation and develop a series of short animated works of art.
💰 Scholarships Available