FUTURE CHARM CITY: ANIMATED VISIONS OF TOMORROW
Ages 16-29
Winter 2025, JHU-MICA Film Center
In this workshop student fellows will imagine a future Baltimore, exploring possibilities for landscapes, architecture, people, societies, animals, and technology. What will arts and music, politics and sports, food, clothes, and communication look like? Through brainstorming and discussion, fellows will work together to envision a tomorrow that is uniquely, recognizably Baltimore, and at the same time new and surprising. It might be welcoming or scary, fun or challenging, or all of the above. They'll work collaboratively as an animation studio on world-building, storytelling, and style-blending, and create a cohesive narrative that highlights individual perspectives. They'll enhance skills in animation, voice acting, editing, and storytelling; and deepen their understanding of the animation pipeline and the creative possibilities of teamwork. Their animation will be shared on the program website. Limited to 10 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 Netflix. He is skilled in all phases of production, and believes that knowledge is all we need to change the world.
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.
