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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Animation For Everyone
Presented by Empowerment Through the Arts at Hart House
Understanding the Illusion of Life
Hart House Empowerment Through the Arts
Details: Join multi award-winning animation filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns as he helps to demystify this illusion of life by explaining the animation process from pre-visualization to a completed film. Through screenings, demonstrations and hands on projects, this hands-on workshop will focus on how to use traditional and low tech animation to create commercial, documentaries, and short films. Participants will learn about the principles of animation and create animation without any special equipment through the use of pixilation and drawing with light.
When: Tues. Mar. 20 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Where: East Common Room, Hart House
Cost: $10 students / $20 general public
Note: Space is limited! No withdrawals permitted from this class.
Where: East Common Room, Hart House
Cost: $10 students / $20 general public
Note: Space is limited! No withdrawals permitted from this class.
Jeff Chiba Stearns is a multi award-winning independent documentary and animation filmmaker from Kelowna, BC, of Japanese and European heritage. A graduate of the Film Animation program at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, he founded, Vancouver based, Meditating Bunny Studio Inc. which specializes in 
animation and documentary films along with broadcast and viral commercials for such clients as 3M, Sharpie, and Generali. His films, Kip and Kyle (2000), The horror of Kindergarten (2001), "What Are You Anyways?" (2005), Yellow Sticky Notes (2007), Ode to a Post-it Note (2010) and One Big Hapa Family (2010) have screened at hundreds of film festivals around the world, broadcast internationally, and garnered 32 awards including the Prix du Public at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and a 2011 Webby Award for Best Branded Entertainment. In 2010, he was awarded the Emily Award from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design for outstanding achievements of an alumni. As well, he was awarded the Cultural Pioneer Award by Harvard University in 2011 for his continued exploration of multiethnic identity in his work. On top of filmmaking, Chiba Stearns has also instructed college animation, written articles for national publications and lectured around the world on topics of multiracial identity, cultural awareness, filmmaking, film distribution, and animation.
More on Jeff: www.meditatingbunny.com
There will be a free screening of Jeff Chiba Stearn's documentary One Big Hapa Family as part of Hart House's Conscious Activism Doc Series. Get information on the screening here.
What: Screening of One Big Hapa Family
When: March 21, 2012, 6:30 pm
Where: Hart House Music Room
Cost: Free
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