Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25 where Visual Arts student Luke Ferguson will screen his video, "The Longfellow Hill".

In this 49 second self-portrait animation two siblings go sledding at their neighborhood hill and a sequence of funny gags ensue. As they slowly carve a path down the hill a series of mishaps hinder their progress. Will they even make it to the bottom? I chose the activity of sledding due to its potential as an encouragement for perseverance as each time you go down you carve out more of a path allowing you to go further the next time. 

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25, Visual Arts major Ezra Pailer will screen his video "The Poetry of Jordann Allen: An Animated Documentary".

Baltimore and D.C. are home to remarkable communities of writers and artists who use poetry as a powerful tool to explore personal inner narratives. I’ve collaborated with D.C. area poet Jordann Allen to create an animated documentary that presents a selection of her writings and reveals how an artist’s intimate realms of imagery can be expressed across both visual and spoken mediums. 

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25, Courtney will screen her animation "Color of Me".

Color of Me is an abstract animated short, representing how I felt about my cultural identity as a child and how I embraced it as I grew up. In the story, a young girl notices the color of people around her and her lack thereof, so she embarks on a mission to obtain a color for herself. Only after several failed attempts does she realize that there are many people like her without color and is happy to belong.

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 26 to see animator Shelly Ryan's short film “Shifting Dimensions for Dummies”. Screenings will be shown in the PAHB Rm. 216.

Shelly's film was created by combining three different types of animation: trata stencil, stop motion, and progressive drawing. Her goal was to see if these techniques would mesh together into one bigger, more fascinating world. Synopsis: a ninja-in-training must break different dimensional barriers in order to save a poster board from an unknown foe.