Emily Myers
Animation professor
Education
- B.F.A., animation, Savannah College of Art and Design
Credentials
Academic experience
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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