Immerse yourself in the world of animation through activities that explore basic history, theory, and practice of the art. Participants will conceptualize original characters and bring them to life with photographs, clay or objects. Hands-on projects will cover the fundamentals of animation utilizing such techniques as flipbooks, paper cutouts, claymation and stop-motion animation. Invent your own story and characters and watch them come to life with a few moves. Voice-overs, music composition and sound effects can be added too. This program is ideal for participants to be able to learn 21st Century skills in cooperation, creativity, and collaboration.

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Participants need wifi, smart phone and/or tablet 

Experimental video blends visual and cinematic arts to create a moving image that is expressive of an idea, thought our emotion in a non-traditional way. Participants will be encouraged to be creative and playful with their projects as they explore color, movement, light and sound in non-linear structures. Participants explore the possibilities of the moving image through watching films from the Aurora library, learning from professionals, and working on their own projects. This hands-on class will feature different non-traditional filmmaking techniques such as light painting, green screening, stop-motion animation, time-lapse and others.

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Participants need wifi, smart phone and/or tablet 

Participants will create meaningful documentaries exploring social, political or personal issues as they discover what is important to them. Working in groups of 2-3, youth have the opportunity to raise their awareness and effect change by producing a short film that expresses a point of view about the issues they care most about. This hands-on experience on such topics as violence, health care, and the environment helps participants address the issues that are relevant to their lives and also demonstrates the power of the media as a tool for social change. Films can be personal or political, serious or funny.

Participants need wifi, smart phone and/or tablet 

Filmmaking is the process by which a motion picture is produced. In this workshop series, creatives will explore the basics of film including: storyboarding, list of camera shots, and how to compose their own short film. During the process of storyboarding we will create personal chronological stories of free expression, movement, and sometimes sculpture. These storyboarding exercises help build vocabulary and literature to incorporate into the process. The creative process will explore a few different film techniques like stop motion and collaging clips to create their own film or clip collage. This workshop can be adapted for grades 2-12. This can be offered as a single class or as a residency that has a culminating project. Cameras provided for this program. 

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Join artist Felipe Gimenez Zapiola in this hands-on program that will allow students to learn and take part in the process of making an animated film. By incorporating their own art, they will learn the basics of 2D animation. Participants will also learn from examples of animation, learning how they were made. Tailored to residency length and size, by the end of a residency, the students will have a short stop-motion film or several short animations.

This course is designed to facilitate participants to start their digital art journey by magically visualizing their imagination. Participants will learn how to draw items, how to edit any images, create a subject, set an environment, and composite a fantasy art.

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Available for after-school programs & weekends only