Art & Technology interviews
sound and visual artists
Host Daniel Durning
First broadcast July 18, 2005
Host Daniel Durning discusses the education of animators with two other educators
from colleges in New York City. Guests Anezka Sebek (Parsons School of Design,
MFA in Design and Technology) and John
McIntosh (Chair of the Computer Art
Department, School of Visual Arts) talk about the challenges in educating
students who wish to enter the field. This edition intitates a new and ongoing
Art and Technology series surveying trends in education.
Anezka Sebek has been fulltime faculty with the Parsons School of Design since
1999 where she coordinates the BFA Animation Sequence and teaches Narrative,
Motion Research Collaboration and Thesis studios. She has worked in the industry
in projects ranging from the film Judge Dredd to Elmo's World. In 2004, she
worked with UNESCO to begin development of a Sub-Sahara African animation
industry in Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Sebek serves on the Board of Directors for
Dyke TV and is also developing a television
show about the Hudson Valley.
This summer she is giving a talk at Siggraph 2005 about Parsons' Motion
Research Studio.
Under John McIntosh's direction, the BFA Computer Art program at SVA
offers concentrated studies in computer animation, broadcast design, visual
effects, and interactive media and installation arts. McIntosh's credentials
include: Associate Director of the Kodak Center for Creative Imaging, Director
of Technology Programs and the Associate Director of Education at the American
Film Institute in Los Angeles. He worked for James Cameron at Digital Domain.
He has served as a member of the Educational Advisory Committee of the Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Media Habitat Advisory
Committee of the Canadian Film Centre. In 2002 he was appointed Chair of the
Computer Animation Festival for SIGGRAPH
2002.