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Student Animation Showcase 2023

ASIFA Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum once again organizes a Student Animation Showcase highlighting final projects from animation graduates all over the country. This year we contributed two animations: Finding Home by Darika Lara-Rodriguez, and Ghost City by Leah Tatu and Kyle Davis.

We find ourselves in good company with these schools participation in this year’s showcase:

  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California State University Long Beach
  • California State University Northridge
  • CARIMAC, University of the West Indies
  • Cleveland Institute of Art
  • Concordia University
  • Depaul University
  • Lesley University
  • Monmouth University
  • North Carolina State University
  • PCA&D Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
  • Ringling College of Art + Design
  • Robert Morris University
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • School of Communication and Arts – Sao Paulo University
  • School of Visual Arts
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • University of Lincoln
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Vocational Training Development Institute
  • William Paterson University

Link: Student Animation Showcase

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Ranked #4 in New Jersey

Animation Career Review released its 12th annual ranking for animation schools. Our program is listed at #4 in New Jersey!

Top 5 Animation School Programs in New Jersey – 2023 College Rankings.

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Indemnity.exe @ EB Indie

The 2021 group animation Indemnity.exe has been selected for the East Brunswick Independent Film Festival. The festival is slated to take place on August 12 – 13, 2022. Last year’s Drive In Festival can be viewed on YouTube.

Congratulations to the team: Alyssa Cirillo, Mike Gatta, Lauren Haug, Jeremy Kaston, Emily Ronan, and Connor Trapani, and composer Max Adolf.

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Student Animation Showcase 2022

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to join some of the best schools in the country and participate in the Student Animation Showcase 2022, once again organized by ASIFA Hollywood Educators Forum.

The video “Life and Happiness” by 2022 graduate Naeem Green was included, and joins student work from these schools:

  • California State University Northridge
  • California State University Los Angeles
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Chapman University Deakin University
  • North Carolina State University
  • Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • School of Visual Arts
  • Sheridan College
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • University of West Indies
  • Deakin University

You can view the works here: https://studentanimationshowcase.com/

Naeem Green - Life and Happiness
Still from “Life and Happiness” by Naeem Green ’22
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Senior Show 2022

Please visit the senior show website of Naeem Green, who has created excellent Animation and Video work that earned him the Creativity in Animation award:

Senior Show 2022: Naeem Green

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Indemnity.exe Selected for MetroCAF

This year’s group animation, Indemnity.exe has been selected for the MetroCAF 2021 festival! MetroCAF is the annual NYC Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival organized by the New York City chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH. Congratulations to the animation students who created the film: Alyssa Cirillo, Mike Gatta, Lauren Haug, Jeremy Kaston, Emily Ronan, and Connor Trapani. Congratulations also to Max Adolf, a Music Production student at Monmouth University, who composed the soundtrack.

MetroCAF 2021 will be virtual this year. You can view the livestream of the show on Friday, October 8 at 7:30 PM EDT

The image on this year’s MetroCAF poster was created by our very own Emily Ronan (BFA Animation, 2021)

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ASIFA Student Animation Showcase 2021

This year’s group animation, Indemnity.exe, is included in the ASIFA Hollywood Educators Forum Student Animation Showcase, which will premiere this Friday! And that is 7PM PDT.

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Senior Show 2021

Showcasing the work of Alyssa Cirillo, Chasity Conception, Mike Gatta, Lauren Haug, Jeremy Kaston, Emily Ronan, and Connor Trapani, this year’s senior show can be viewed at animation.monmouth.edu/2021/

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Brent Pearlman Senior Show

The senior show page of Brent Pearlman is now up on the 2020 site: https://animation.monmouth.edu/2020/show/brent-pearlman/

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Class of 2020 Animation Virtual Showcase

The trailer for the senior animation “Detention into Another Dimension” has been included in the virtual showcase organized by the ASIFA Educators Forum. This websites celebrates all the work of students who have had the COVID-19 pandemic interfere with the in person senior shows.