Meet the Parents part 2

Parents of students have a lot to say about the workshop. In this APWnetwork video, Fatima Merpouya speaks about her son Bahador. She shares her excitement about the progress that she witnessed in Bahador's animal and room/perspective drawing when he was a student with the Animation Portfolio Workshop. Bahador went on to study at Seneca Animation Arts Centre and presently works in the animation industry in Toronto, Canada In addition to his work as a Drawing for Animation instructor with the Animation Portfolio Workshop, Bahador's professional visual effects resume includes work on the feature film "The Incredible Hulk".

Drawing at the Museum

On a recent Animation Portfolio Workshop class session held in the Royal Ontario Museum, APW instructors Myke Bakich and Bahador Merpouya demonstrate drawing exercises and ideas to our students.
These visits have long been a staple of the APW and have benefited from the newly designed spaces and more display areas in the newly renovated and redesigned ROM.

Photos are by former APW student Iven Simoetti.

Lisa Wang's sketches

Former Animation Portfolio Workshop student Lisa Wang is currently studying animation at Sheridan's Animation program. Lisa is also a teacher's assistant with the APW. Here are a few of her sketches from the Metro Toronto Zoo. Check out more of Lisa's drawings and animation on her blog: http://lwangg.blogspot.com/

Animation Portfolio Workshop videos on the APWnetwork!

Tune in to the APWnetwork (link below) to watch all of the Animation Portfolio Workshop videos. Students talk about their experiences taking the workshop, learning how to draw from animation professionals and getting prepared for animation school. Parents of former APW students share their perspective on the confidence and learning that they witness in their daughter or son. Animation education professionals talk about the need that the Animation Portfolio Workshop fills in preparing students for animation schools and postsecondary programs.
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/user/APWnetwork

Meet The Parents part 1.

Parents of Animation Portfolio Workshop students have a lot to say about the workshop. In this interview, Laurie-Anne Yager talks about her son Mitch's experience as a high school student taking the workshop. She also touches on her son's enthusiasm for drawing and some of the ways that Mitch benefted from the Animation Portfolio Workshop classes in addition to the art classes he was recieving in high school. Mitch was accepted into Seneca Animation Arts Centre.

New Extended 38 week Session!

We are now offering an extended nine month session.
That's 38 six hour classes bringing the total to 228 instructional hours.
We still offer classes one day a week with the same excellent student-to-teacher ratio that APW students have come to enjoy.

The new Spring Session will start on Saturday, May 1, 2010, with the final class of the session falling on Saturday, March 10 2011. Classes will run from 11am to 6pm.

We've made the change to our program thanks to suggestions from many of our graduate students. The aim is to have the end of the program coincide with the submission deadline for animation portfolios for Sheridan College and Seneca Animation Arts Centre.

Registration for the 2010 Spring Session has begun so now's the time to register!

Look forward to seeing you there!

2009/10 Fall/Winter Session

The 2009/10 Fall/Winter Session of the Animation Portfolio Workshop is now underway. All of the 28 six hour classes take place on weekends. The Fall/Winter Session began on Saturday October 3, 2009 and finishes on Saturday February 20, 2010 - just as portfolios are due.
We have a great group of focused students working hard on their Life Drawing and their Drawing for Animation. Life Drawing Instructors Myke Bakich and Jose Rivas and Drawing for Animation Instructors Bahador Pouya and Vince Peets are working closely with each student in the group as they plan to eventually complete their animation portfolios.