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| The TAAFI Education Panel |
On Monday 16 June TAAFI - the
Toronto Animation Art Festival International
- hosted a panel talk on the subject of
“An Animation Education”. The
sub-title of the talk was “Do you need to go to university to learn
animation?”. In other words, given all the opportunities now available to study online, should
students still commit to the expense and time of a full undergraduate
education?
On the panel to discuss the question were
Richard Arroyo – head of Games at iAnimate.net,
Mark Jones, chair, School of Creative Arts,
Aubrey Mintz, Head of Animation, California State University Long Beach,
Brooke Keesling, Manager, Animation Talent, and
Tony Tarantini, Sheridan College Professor of Animation. The first question was this:
