Hand-Drawn Animation and
Soundtrack Workshop
with Karen Aqua and
Ken Field
Learn to create hand-drawn animations using a variety of drawing and under-the camera
techniques. Taught by award-winning local animator, Karen Aqua, the five session workshop will be hands-on and intensive, with the group creating an animation
together. During the final two sessions, renowned composer/musician Ken Field
will help the class create a soundtrack for the film.
Where: Somerville Community Access Television, 90 Union Square, Somerville
When: Mondays: October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17
Tuition: $75 for SCAT members, $125 non-members
For more information: 617-628-8826 or www.access-scat.org
“Aqua has a distinctive style and vision of her own ... coupled with a dancer’s sense of movement and a musician’s sense of rhythm.”
-Leah A. Sullivan, Animation Magazine
Karen Aqua has been making animated films since graduating from Rhode Island School
of Design in 1976. Her award-winning films have screened worldwide, at festivals in
Europe, Asia, North/South America, New Zealand, and Australia. She has been a juror
for film festivals in Japan, Canada, and USA. She teaches animation at workshops and
schools around the US, and has presented numerous one-person screenings of her work.
Saxophonist/composer Ken Field is a member of the modern music ensemble Birdsongs
of the Mesozoic and leader of the improvisational brass band the Revolutionary Snake
Ensemble. He has released several CDs of his solo music for layered saxophones, and
has composed music for dance, film, and video.
Aqua and Field have collaborated on numerous animation/soundtrack projects since
1976. Their work together includes both independent films and freelance work for “Sesame Street.” They have been teaching together for 10 years, with residencies in Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts (including at the ICA and Boston Museum of Fine Arts). Somerville’s Community Media Center
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