Libraries of Eastern Oregon will present a 90-minute presentation from an award-winning animator on the principals and history of stop-motion animation on Wednesday, April 20 at the Hermiston Public Library.
Animator Teresa Drilling will give the presentation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. After her presentation, she and those attending will make a short animation.
The event is free and open to the public.
Drilling is an Emmy Award-winning stop motion animator and director who works in features, television, commercials, and short films. Trained as a graphic designer and painter, Drilling’s animation curiosity blossomed into a career that splits her time between coasts and continents. She’s contributed to animation books, been quoted in print from the London Times to Time magazine, and her work has been displayed in the Smithsonian.
She was nominated for an Annie Award for her Tumble Leaf series work, and animated on Chicken Run, Elf, Curse of the Wererabbit, Coraline, and Anomalisa. Personally invested in a culture of learning, she crafted curriculum and taught stop motion for Portland State University, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and the Art Institute of Portland, as well as presented workshops at institutions like Cal Arts and The Walt Disney Family Museum. Drilling has called Portland home for nearly 30 years, where she teaches stop motion studies.
Funding for this program is provided by the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO) through an ArtPlace America grant. LEO is a nonprofit organization that serves libraries in its 15-county service area with programs, online services, and advocacy. Funding from the ArtPlace America grant aims to provide arts-based programming at libraries through various hands-on workshops, presentations, and art exhibits for patrons of all ages.
For more information, call the Hermiston Library at 541-567-2882
