ANIMATING ACTIVISM
Ages 16-29
Summer 2022, JHU-MICA Film Centre
In this workshop fellows will create activist animations and GIFs addressing the social, political, and environmental issues that most matter to them. Their purpose may be to protest, educate, persuade, or inspire, and subjects may be local or global in scope. In group discussion they’ll share interests and sources of information, challenging each to think both critically and creatively, then, working with Adobe Animate, they’ll devise fresh angles on their chosen subjects. They’ll develop striking visuals—characters, objects, settings, graphics; add sound effects and music; and end with work ranging in tone from earnest to satirical to lyrical. In addition they’ll create an anijam, a collaborative animated project devoted to a single, agreed upon issue. Their animations will be shared on Instagram, at a virtual screening, and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Alfonzer Harvin is a graduate of the Screenwriting and Animation program (SWAN) at Morgan State University. He is Media Specialist and Web Designer at NorthBay Education Inc., and has created animations for Comcast and the Baltimore Parking Authority. He is skilled in all phases of production, and believes that knowledge is all we need to change the world.
Alisha Mona'e Coates graduated from Morgan State University with a B.S in Multi-Platform Media Production. A BYFA participant since 2016, she started her photography career at Edmondson Westside, and hopes to eventually open an art/photography studio.
Kerstyn Myers is a member in the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society at UMBC, where she is pursuing computer science. She believes technology and art are the connections to the future.
