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Jose Luis Silva

Animation professor

Education

  • M.F.A., computer art, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.A., graphic design, Universidad del Bajio

Credentials

  • Professor, animation, 2004–present
    Senior graduate coordinator, animation department, 2007–present
    Assessment coordinator, animation department, 2004–07
    Faculty, School of Film and Digital Media, animation department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Managing editor, Editorial Design Department at Refrescos del Bajio Azteca, Mexico, 1995–97
  • Faculty, Universidad Iberoamericana, Leon, Mexico, 1992–95
  • Faculty, Universidad de La Salle, Leon, Mexico, 1991–97

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • First place image/logo competition, Game Developers Conference, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Atlanta, 2010
  • Small Works exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2007
  • Scholarship gala auction participation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2006
  • Novel ideas exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2004
  • Scholarship gala auction participation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2004 
  • Commissioned work, A Lifetime Achievement: Reflections of Jane Fonda, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2001
  • First place, poster competition: Black History Month, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2001 
  • Grant recipient, Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Award Program, National Illustration Competition, Piscataway, N.J., 2000
  • Media tour: The Art That Moves Us, Miami. National media coverage on radio and TV featured on UNIVISION and Telemundo, 2000
  • Independent Creative Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2000
  • Filip Jozef Bouchet Memorial Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2000
  • First place, Poster Competition: Arts on the River, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2000
  • First place, National Painting Contest: The Art That Moves Us, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation, Los Angeles, 1999
  • First place, International Poster Competition: Protect Our Cultural Heritage, UNESCO. Paris, 1999

Publications and presentations

  • "Preproduction for Animation," Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017.
  • "Storyboarding for Animation," Mexico City, 2016.
  • "Mexican Folk Art. Concept Development for Animation," SCAD, Lacoste, France, 2014.
  • "Preproduction and Storyboarding in Animation," MIA ANIMATION, Miami, 2013.
  • "Storytelling and Storyboarding," Georgia Art Educator Association (GAEA), Valdosta, Ga., 2012.
  • "Teaching Animation in North America," Anigames Expo, Anigames and Naska Digital, Bogota, Colombia, 2010.
  • "Animation and Moving Media," Universidad DeLaSalle, Leon, Mexico, 2009.
  • "Animation and Broadcast Design," Design Week, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2006.
  • "The Process and the Short Animated Film. First Latin American Encounter of Animation," Universidad Veritas, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2005.
  • "Animation and the School of Film and Digital Media at SCAD," San Jose, Costa Rica, 2004.
  • "Natural Filters," Asia International Education Center, EC Multimedia Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002.