Event

Clay Animation Network

Clay Animation Network
Four Saturdays, July 11, 18, 25 & Aug 1, 10am3pm
Instructor: Lukas Allenbaugh
Tuition: $250
Max Attendance: 9
Recommended for ages 11-14

Clay is one of the most popular and expressive forms of stop-motion animation! In this four-weekend class, students will work under a camera to create clay-animation movies in the spirit of popular shows and films like Gumby, and James and the Giant Peach. Through animation, students learn basic physics principles (momentum, acceleration, friction, collision), math (measurement, fractions, timing, patterns, cycles) language arts (storyboarding, story structure), art (sculpture, composition, color theory) and music (composition, voice-overs). The course will conclude with a screening of all finished projects in NWFF's cinema. Also, finished works will be on view at www.cancancancan.com and Youtube, and each participant receives a DVD of their work at the end of the session.

Lukas Allenbaugh has taught art for 16 years as a public school teacher (art specialist and arts curriculum integration), Artist-in-Residence, and after-school/summer program teacher. Over the last 5 years his students have collectively taken over 500,000 animation photos. Lukas runs a portable animation program where he can work with groups of up to 30 students simultaneously. He presently works in Seattle, Bellevue, Sammamish, Woodinville, and Dallas (Texas). He has also taught comic book illustration, all-school mural and mosaic projects, portrait and 3D drawing, papier mache, kite building, and drum building.