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Emily Myers

Animation professor

Education

  • B.F.A., animation, Savannah College of Art and Design

Credentials

Academic experience

  • Professor of animation, Fall 2023–present
    Alumni atelier program, Spring Quarter 2013, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Mentor, 2021–present, Rise Up Animation
  • Part-time instructor, 2021–present, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
  • Part-time instructor, 2018–20, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
  • Part-time instructor, 2016, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

Professional experience

  • Lead armaturist, 2021–22, Bix Pix Entertainment
  • Puppet fabricator, 2019–21, Wooden Boy Productions- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  • Puppet fabricator, 2019, freelance
  • Model maker, 2017, My Brother the Time Traveler
  • Puppet fabricator, 2010–17, Laika Studios
  • Animation generalist, 2009–present, Bent Image Lab

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Emerging Alumna Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2015
  • Kimberly Gales Emerging Artist Scholarship, Portland Open Studios, 2014
  • Project Grant Recipient, Regional Arts and Culture Council, 2014
  • Portfolio Scholarship Recipient, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2005–07

Organizations

  • Member, ASIFA Hollywood
  • Member, ASIFA Hollywood's Animation Educator's Forum
  • Member, Women in Animation
  • Member, Catalyst Film Collective

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • Animation Career Development Lecture, Guest Lecturer, Savannah College of Art and Design, May 2023
  • Stop Motion Career Development Lecture, Guest Lecturer, Maine College of Art and Design, October 2022
  • Women in Animation, Panel Participant, Animation Resources Community, Wacom Experience Center, November 2016–18
  • Career in Digital Media Lecture, Guest Lecturer, Clackamas Community College, October 2016
  • Alumna Guest Speaker, Savannah College of Art and Design, April 2015

Exhibitions

  • Hidden Worlds, Laika Studios Exhibit, Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, WA, March 2023- July 2024
  • Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio, Stop Motion Film Exhibit, Museum of Modern Art, NY, December 2022–April 2023
  • A Call/or Light, group show, Past Lives Gallery, Portland, OR, December 2022
  • Overgrow the System, group show, Alberta Street Arts, Portland, OR, July 2022
  • Birds of the Elliot, group show, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, February 2018
  • Animating Life, Laika Studios Exhibit, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, October 2017–May 2018
  • When Ruby was Blue, Basil Hallward Gallery at Powell's City of Books, Portland, OR, September 2014

Selected productions

  • Crossroads, short play, Haywire 24 Hour Playfest, August 19, 2018
  • Cut and Run, sketch comedy show, March 2018
  • Cat Patrol, sketch comedy show, September 2017
  • Femme Fatale Wannabe, short play, Ten Minute "Mystery" Play Festival, March 2017
  • The Final Exam, sketch comedy show, September 2016
  • Super Sandwich, short play, Ten Minute "Super Heroes" Play Festival, November 2015