Animation News
2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Showcases Student Life In and Out of the Studio (Including a Burger or Two!)
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, by Clay Walsh
Congratulations to this year's juried R.A.W. Video (real artists at work) contest winners! The contest, open to all current CCA students, challenged contestants to create a two-minute (maximum) high-resolution digital film (including audio) with “In and Out of the Studio" as the required theme.
The goal was to encourage students to pick up their digital camcorders and highlight their community at CCA—whether in the classroom, studio, residence hall—or away from the college altogether. And the goal was definitely met several times over!
2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Winners
Read the rest >>>CCA Welcomes New Faculty for Academic Year 2011-12
Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, by Chris Bliss
For additional information about CCA's 2011-12 faculty hiring, read the latest Academic Newsletter by Provost Mark Breitenberg.
New Full-Time Faculty
Read the rest >>>Tippett Studio's Nate Fredenburg on the Art of Animation
Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, by Simon Hodgson
As art director for the animation company Tippett Studio, CCA alumnus Nate Fredenburg (Printmaking 1993) speaks with authority when he assures all you art students out there: The time you're spending in foundation courses -- drawing, sculpting, painting, color theory -- is time well spent. "Back when I was a work-study student, one of my jobs was to call prospective students and explain to their parents the value of an arts education. At the time, I only had anecdotal evidence.
Read the rest >>>Animation Chair Andrew Lyndon Curates "Pencil to Pixel" at Oakland International Airport
Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011, by Lindsey Westbrook
Andrew Lyndon is CCA's chair of Animation, a digital imaging and video instructor at Pixar Animation Studios, and now also a guest curator for the Oakland Museum of California, having organized the exhibition Pencil to Pixel at Oakland International Airport in winter 2010–11.
Read the rest >>>CCA Students: R.A.W. Video Wanted!
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, by Clay Walsh
That’s right folks, the rumor’s true: It’s time again to break out your video camera and hit the streets for CCA’s R.A.W. (Real Artists at Work) Video competition.
This year’s theme: Bike Culture at CCA—as you define it!
What’s CCA’s R.A.W. Video competition? It’s the college’s annual student video competition that awards $500 cash to each juried winner of an original artistic point of view submitted in the form of a short video that depicts a designated theme.
Read the rest >>>Up, Up, and Away!: CCA's Animation Program Sends Students off to Prestigious Internships and Jobs
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010, by Samantha Braman
CCA's Animation Program, launched in 2007, has already gained a stellar reputation for sending its students off excellently prepared for professional life. The chair of the department is Andrew Lyndon, whose job as a digital imaging and video instructor at Pixar Animation Studios has helped create invaluable connections with that company.
Read the rest >>>DreamWorks Internship—The Real Deal for Animation's Kelly McLachlan
Posted on Thursday, December 3, 2009, by Jim Norrena
Kelly McLachlan is a senior in CCA's Animation Program.
While earning her bachelor of fine arts, Kelly has also been excelling professionally and personally, landing an impressive semester-long internship at DreamWorks Animation SKG, the celebrated Bay Area computer-generated animation company. DreamWorks created Shrek and Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Kung Fu Panda, Flushed Away, Sinbad, Medagascar and Antz, among others.
Read the rest >>>Animation Student Daniel Gonzales Touted as Pixar's Youngest Intern
Posted on Sunday, May 3, 2009, by Jim Norrena
UPDATE (June 17, 2010): Daniel Gonzales is now a full-time professional animator at Pixar Animation Studios.
Read the rest >>>CCA Students Give Oakland Landmark a Facelift with Murals
Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009, by Kim Lessard
CCA students Camille Hoffman (Community Arts) and Vanessa Ayala (Animation) received an enthusiastic reception from City of Oakland residents and business owners, as well as officials from PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company), for four new murals that have brightened the staid facade of the substation in the Temescal and Telegraph Avenue Business District.
Read the rest >>>CCA Inaugural R.A.W. Video Student Competition Winners
Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008, by Jim Norrena
The winning short films in CCA's R.A.W. (real artists at work) Video student competition are now available to view and share with family and friends (well, maybe just your friends).
Congratulations go out to five inspired CCA student filmmakers who won the first CCA-juried student video competition. Each artist receives $500. The challenge? Create a short interpretive film that captures the CCA experience from the student's perspective.
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