LSU Get Animated! Summer Camp

LSU Get Animated! Summer Camp (for high school students in the Baton Rouge Area)

Hosted by LSU's Center for Computation & Technology, Red Stick International Animation Festival and the LSU Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research [AVATAR] Initiative

June 7-11, 2010

Location: Shaw Center for the Arts, downtown Baton Rouge (9:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M.)

For more information: www.cct.lsu.edu/animate

LSU Get Animated! Summer Camp will work hands-on with students, teaching them basic techniques to create art for animated films. By the end of the camp, students will have worked in groups to produce an original, animated film they are welcome to submit to festivals or film competitions. The films students create during the camp will be screened at the 6th annual Red Stick International Animation Festival, Nov. 10-13 in downtown Baton Rouge.

LSU Get Animated! Summer Camp is part of the AVATAR Initiative, a LSU initiative to create a digital media academic program at the University. This camp is among the first opportunities LSU is offering that gives students a chance to learn skills for careers in animation, video game design, electronic composition, and more.

The LSU Get Animated! curriculum is based on the Red Stick Animation Festival’s successful Animation Collaboration for a Cause project, an annual event in which artists from AnimAction, a company that focuses on youth expression, work closely with school-age children to create animation about their experiences with various social issues. AnimAction projects emphasize working collaboratively and expressing creativity.

Qualifications: Baton Rouge and Surrounding Area High School Students, grades 9-12 with an interest in digital media and/or animation.

Registration & Submissions: Students wishing to register must submit 1) the registration form, 2) a short statement describing your interest in digital media and/or animation, how you are engaged in this activity already, if you are considering digital media as a career option, etc. and 3) a sample of your creative output and/or artistic ability (drawing, writing, music composition, short animation, etc.).

Fee: $250.00 registration fee. Please do not send money when registering. You will be notified if you have been accepted into the camp. At that time, your fee will be due. Students should bring their own bag lunch, sketchbook and sketch pencils.

Deadline: Submissions must be received by close of business Friday, March 19, 2010.

Submissions should be emailed to: kjones@cct.lsu.edu (fax: 225-578-8902) or mailed to: LSU CCT, Attn: Karen Jones, 216 Johnston Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.