Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Loomis will pursue practical knowledge and skill in the art of stop-motion puppet fabrication and animation.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Matthew Dressel: Screenwriter; 2017 IFP Screenwriting Residency recipient; John Marks: Artist, curator, and media producer; Arts Board and MRAC grantee; Joshua McGarvey: Artist; David Ryan: Video artist and teacher at Hamline; Arts Board grantee; Matthew Sewell: Chair, English department, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Kristine Sorensen: Executive director, In Progress
ACHF Arts Access
The artist will gather knowledge and develop skills in building and animating ball-and-socket and wire armatured puppets for stop motion animation. The artist will evaluate both his knowledge about stop motion puppetry and the versatility of puppets built during the grant period by demonstrating their mechanics in short animated GIFs. 2: The artist will develop workshopping skills to share stop motion puppet techniques with animators and artists across disciplines. The artist will hold a workshop focused on learning and experimenting with the form, and discussing how it might be applied to a variety of creative projects and careers.
The artist gathered knowledge and developed skills in building and animating ball-and-socket and wire armature puppets for stop motion animation. The artist evaluated this outcome by testing puppets in short animated videos. Wire and ball-and-socket armatures were animated using straight ahead techniques, with professional stop-motion software. 2: The artist developed workshop activities that provide stop-motion access points for artists across disciplines and in different career stages. The artist hosted two workshops that focused on presenting the principles of armature building for stop-motion animation, provided basic materials and skills for a plug-in wire armature, and opportunity to try animating with professional software.
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