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Rich Zim artist talk and workshop
Date: October 30 - October 31
Location: Various Venues
The Department of Visual Arts hosts Rich Zim, who is about to celebrate 40 years of professional stop motion animation, for an artist talk and claymation workshop. His notable credits include Gumby, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Coraline, and The SpongeBob Movie. He is currently the CEO and president of Zim animation, where he has been making psychedelic oozing dripping clay animation sequences in his own studio for projects such as Smiling friends, Rick and Morty, Middlemost Post and many other TV shows and movies.
Artist Talk — Moving Blobs of Clay: Thursday, October 30, 7 p.m., 030 Meyerhoff Building. Join Rich Zim as he looks back on clips from his 40 year clay animation career. See behind the scenes footage and hear amazing stories about one man moving a blob clay and pushing a button to shoot frames.
Spooky Claymation Workshop: Friday, October 31, 10 am. to 4 p.m., Fine Arts Building (register here for this event — space is limited). Explore wild transformations, exaggerated actions and otherworldly effects with clay in this spooky-themed animation workshop. Drawing on his years of experience on stopmotion productions like Gumby, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Coraline and Nightmare Before Christmas, Rich Zim will guide students in creative and spontaneous imaginings under the camera.
Admission is free.