2012 PCFF Workshops

Register early, as space is limited! Also, age guidelines are strictly enforced. Please, do not ask for an exception.

Registration Instructions:
Step 1. Call Lindsay Shaw, 401-421-6970, ext. 17, to reserve a space (M-F, 9a-5p).
Step 2. Fill out the registration form attached HERE.
Step 3. Registration form must be accompanied by payment by check ($20 for Animation A to Z; $35 for Cut Paper Animation) before Friday, February 13, to secure the space:

Providence Children’s Film Festival
c/o The Providence Athenaeum
251 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903

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Workshop I:
Animation from A to Z (2 sections)
Annie LaVigne, Instructor

Ages: 8-11
Date: Sat, Feb 18
Section 1: 10am-12pm
Section 2: 2-4pm
Fee: $20 (for materials and equipment)
Location: RISD Auditorium (Market Square entrance)
Up to 12 participants

What do Bananagrams, Bendaroos, Pasta, Pennies and People all have in common? They can be animated! In this class students will animate under the camera and in the hallway using their choice of a wide variety of materials including: Bananagrams, Bendaroos, pasta, Skittles, coins, paper and themselves. We’ll also watch a selection of short animations.

About the Instructor:
Annie LaVigne is the founder of Harriet and Mickey, Ink., a creative studio focused on storytelling through illustration, writing, and animation. She teaches animation at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Workshop II:
Cut Paper Animation
Amy Lovera, Instructor

Ages: 10-14
Date: Sun, Feb 19
Time: 9am-1pm
Fee: $35 (for materials and equipment)
Location: RISD Auditorium (Market Square entrance)
Up to 12 participants

Come learn the technique behind the quirky and fantastic animations of Monty Python's Flying Circus! This stop-motion technique uses flat backgrounds and puppets made from 2D materials, like paper and photographs. In this intensive 4-hour workshop, students will make a short animation where they are the main characters in a fantastic world of their creation! We will learn how to make jointed paper puppets and animate under the camera. For inspiration, we will watch several animated films which use the cut paper technique in innovative and unique ways.

Students should bring: 5x7 photograph of yourself to cut up and make into a jointed puppet (keep in mind you will be cutting this up!), magazines, patterned scraps of paper, bits of fabric, other photographs or interesting things to cut-up. A snack.

About the Instructor:
Amy Lovera is a Providence-based artist whose work explores the interplay between biography and fiction. Working primarily in between photography, animation and drawing, she has recently been awarded grants by LEF Foundation and by Rhode Island State Council of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally. Amy holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. She is currently a faculty member in the Animation department of the Massachusetts College of Art and in the Visual Arts department of Roger Williams University.

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The RISD Museum of Art is offering the following workshops during the festival. For more information visit www.risdmuseum.org.

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
Ages: High school students
Date: Thurs, Feb 16
Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm
Cost: Free, but space is limited
Location: RISD Museum of Art

Family See + Sketch Workshops: Little Dramas
Ages: 6+ with an adult companion
Date: Sat, Feb 18
Time: 2pm-3pm
Cost: Free, but space is limited.
Location: RISD Museum of Art

Family Open Studio: Artful Animations
Ages: 4+ with an adult companion
Date: Sunday, Feb 19
Time: 11pm-1pm (drop-in)
Cost: Free
Location: RISD Museum of Art


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Film Club

A special monthly program at the Providence Athenaeum. Ages 10 and up. For more information and to register please CLICK HERE.