VanArts acquires New Campus
VanArts has moved!!! Ahead of schedule, we are in our new space and preparing to ring in the Fall term with our new campus.
Michael Venturini - Animation Director, Pixar Animation Studios
Michael Venturini has been working in the feature animation business since he studied classical animation in Vancouver BC under legendary animator Lee Mishkin.
Andrew Gordon - Animator, Pixar Animation Studios
Andrew Gordon has been animating characters professionally for over 12 years.
Bill Matthews - Manager of Artist Development, Ret'd, Walt Disney Studios
Bill Matthews has been a guest instructor and visiting industry professional at VanArts since 1996. He is one of the founding instructors and directors of the Sheridan College Animation Program and is recently retired as Manager of Artist Development and ongoing consultant for Walt Disney Feature Animation. Bill worked on effects animation for Disney's Sleeping Beauty and for NASA, and has been writing traditional animation curricula for public schools and colleges for over thirty years.
Cristian Cardenas
"One year after leaving Vancouver, within 2 months I got a job and I am now in Mexico City directing my own series at a new animation studio. It has been one year of hard work, in which I have been gladly applying all I learned at Vanarts."
-Cristian Cardenas, Animator, Mounstrito Federal
SIGGRAPH Events: L.A. & Vancouver
SIGGRAPH 2010 is currently happening in Los Angeles this week, and VanArts is proud
Animation Graduate finds Job Success in Games
Animation Graduate Cody Schroder first came to VanArts as a pre-teenager with ex