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VanArts Photography Dept. Produces Video for Project Limelight

January 6th, 2012

VanArts is very proud to have recently contributed our skills and resources to help promote Project Limelight Society, a new organization that has developed an artistic community program for youth living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.  Their vision is to support kids as they pursue their passion and education in the performing arts.

Project Limelight was founded by sisters Donalda Weaver and Maureen Webb  (pictured above, left to right, with Board Member Carmen Amos), who each have substantial experience as Casting Directors for our local film & theatre industries.  Maureen has been connected with our Acting Department through the William Davis Centre for many years, and through this connection she was introduced to key members of our Digital Photography department: Program Director Christa LeCraw, Studio Manager Jeff Bell, and DSLR Video Instructor Scott Hastings.  These three joined forces to direct and produce promotional videos for Project Limelight in our professional top-floor studio space overlooking the Vancouver skyline.

A top-notch line-up of actors, musicians, politicians, and various professionals across many industries were brought into the studio to be filmed for this project, including Vancouver Park Board Chair Constance Barnes, legendary folk-singer Valdy and his daughter, actress Chelah Horsdal (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Supernatural) Sweatshop Union hip-hop artist Kyprios, D.O.A's Joe Keithley, and actors Cory Monteith (Glee, Final Destination 3), Kacey Rohl (V, Red Riding Hood), and William Davis Centre at VanArts alumnus Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Bridge), along with many others.

Here is one of the videos that was produced by our VanArts team:

We also produced a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot, with cinematography by Andy Matheson, a part-time student from our DSLR Video Production course.

Huge thanks to everyone who made this production possible!

Read more about Project Limelight, see more videos, and offer your support to them by visiting http://www.projectlimelightsociety.org/

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Head of Photography featured in Documentary Series

November 16th, 2011

Ian McGuffie, Head of our Digital Photography Department, has been featured as an interviewee in a series of documentaries entitled Snapshot: The Art of Photography II, produced by the Knowledge Network.

Each episode of this six-part series put focus on a different photographer, and Ian is included in the episode about Fred Herzog.  The interview clips were shot here at VanArts on the balcony of our top-floor studio overlooking the Vancouver skyline.

The entire episode can be watched here: www.knowledge.ca/program/snapshot-the-art-of-photography-ii

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  • Digital Photography
  • Faculty Stories

Photography Instructor wins NAPCP Competition Award

November 4th, 2011

Congratulations to one of our esteemed Digital Photography instructors, Vairdy Andrew, for placing 2nd in the International Image Competition run by the NAPCP (National Association of Professional Child Photographers)! We at VanArts are proud to have professional instructors of Vairdy's caliber mentoring our students.

According to their press release, "The NAPCP Image Competition called for images across a range of category subjects, including maternity, newborn, baby, child, sibling, tween, seniors and family.

Andrew competed against thousands of image entries which were carefully judged by a blue-ribbon panel of experts based on impact, technical merit, composition and creativity. Vairdy specializes in candid lifestyle portraiture for families and says she is committed to working closely with each of her clients on clearly understanding their creative vision and producing original imagery."
 
For a closer look at Vairdy's award-winning photo and more details, visit her blog.

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  • Digital Photography
  • Faculty Stories

Podcast Interview with Head of Animation Wayne Gilbert

October 6th, 2011

Force verses Form, an animation-related podcast, has featured an interview with our Head of Character Animation, Wayne Gilbert.  The podcast is led by Animation Mentor graduates Charles Spencer, Faisal Naqvi, and Thomas Qui Nguyen. They asked Wayne to talk about his career, his education, his views of educating the animators of tomorrow, and much more.

Wayne Gilbert’s animation career spans 35 years; he has two Clio awards and has worked on productions ranging from commercials, television to feature films like Star Wars, Mummy 2 and award-winning video games. Wayne has worked for Disney, Industrial Light & Magic and Electronic Arts where he worked as Senior Animation Director on the award-winning games Skate and Skate II.

Click HERE for the official page to listen in or download the podcast.

Click HERE for a Featured Animation Mentor video interview with Wayne.

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  • 2D Animation
  • 3D Animation
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Dept. Head Bill Dwelly interviewed by Production HUB

September 1st, 2011

VanArts' Department Head for Visual Effects and Game Art & Design, Bill Dwelly, was interviewed at our SIGGRAPH 2011 booth by Production HUB.

Hear what he has to say about VanArts by clicking on the image below. 

William (Bill) Dwelly’s film credits include multiple Oscar-winning Avatar as Lead Technical Director at Weta Digital; I Robot & King Kong as Senior Animation Technical Director and Oscar-winning animated short Ryan. Bill has worked in the film and entertainment industry since the late 1980’s and is the author of two books; Modeling in Maya and Character Rigging in Maya.

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Location Lighting in Digital Photography

August 18th, 2011

Our junior class of Digital Photography students recently went out to one of our favorite locations last month to work on location lighting with Canon & Nikon speedlights.

The workshops were run through demos and exercises by lead instructor and lighting master Christopher Morris. (www.christophermorris.com)

Great models, great location, great weather, great day!

(For a closer look at another location shoot we did recently with Christopher in Stanley Park, check out this special episode of our 'Inside VanArts' web video series HERE.)

 

 

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  • Digital Photography
  • Faculty Stories

Animation Students Skype with L.A. Animator Ken Duncan

August 17th, 2011

Students in our 2D & 3D Character Animation program received a grand opportunity today to have a Q&A session with legendary animator/director Ken Duncan today via Skype from Vancouver to Los Angeles.

Ken serves on our Advisory Board for Character Animation, and his animation career has included several years at Walt Disney Feature Animation (supervising and animating "Jane" from Tarzan, "Meg" from Hercules, "Belle" from Beauty & the Beast, and "Jafar" from Aladdin), Dreamworks Feature Animation, and now his own production house Duncan Studio.

Our Senior Instructor Mark Pudleiner worked with Ken at many of these studios and they had a great time sharing their own stories & experiences for the students. Our students also got to personally ask Ken questions about animation technique, acting, demo reels and working in the industry.

Thanks Ken for taking the time to speak with us today! 

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  • 2D Animation
  • 3D Animation
  • Events
  • Faculty Stories

Professional Broadcaster Bill Courage speaks to Students

August 3rd, 2011

Students studying Broadcasting for Radio & Television with Columbia Academy at VanArts received a special visit, presentation and Q & A session today with professional broadcaster Bill Courage.

Bill Courage has over 30 years of experience in voice-over and broadcasting for radio, television, film, video games, and concert spots, and was the voice for the 2010 Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium of stations for Bell Media and Rogers Media (CTV Olympics) including Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, Omni, OLN, V, The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and several channels owned by the Asian Television Network. 

Listen to Bill Courage's work at www.billcourage.com

Thanks Bill for taking the time to speak to our students today!

Interested in a Broadcasting Career?  Register for our Free Broadcasting Workshop coming up on Saturday, August 20th! 

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  • Broadcasting for Radio & TV
  • Events
  • Faculty Stories

Game Art & Design Program welcomes Frederick Fowles to Staff

August 3rd, 2011

The Game Art & Design Department at VanArts is proud to welcome Frederick Fowles to our staff of instructors, to teach technical mentoring to our graduating students in Term 4.

Frederick Fowles is a 10-year veteran of the animation and visual effects industry, most recently working at Industrial Light & Magic on Rango, followed by his current position as Creature Department Supervisor at Rainmaker Entertainment.  After starting his career as a freelance effects artist at TV stations in the UK and USA, his further experience involves working as Senior Creature TD at Pinewood Film Studios, producing character effects for Disney's The Wild at Toronto's C.O.R.E. Feature Animation, and visual effects work at Electronic Arts.

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Mobileography Exhibition at Photohaus Gallery

July 14th, 2011

MOBILEOGRAPHY, a special exhibition of mobile phone photography, opens tomorrow, Friday July 15th at Photohaus Gallery.

The show is curated by our instructor Marc Koegel of Vancouver Photo Workshops, along with VanArts colleague Syx Langemann and graduate Madhava Musterer. This show of 120 printed images by 40 photographers also includes work by current photography student Ronnie Lee Hill and graduate Kira Oujonkova.

 

 

Where: PhotoHaus Gallery, 14 W. 7th Ave.

When: July 15, panel discussion from 6 to 7 p.m.; show 7 p.m. till late. On until Aug. 20.

Info: photohausgallery.com

Read more: Article in The Province

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