In January 2015, we started our first classes with The Animation Course. We had about 40 students and offered two Level 1 Animation classes. I taught them at night while I was still working at Sony Pictures Animation. Class sizes and offerings quickly grew and within the year I left Sony and we ventured into running the Animation Course as a full time endeavor, something we never expected to do.
So much has happened between now and then, our kids growing up, going to college, we’re even grandparents now, and the Animation Course, more importantly, the thousands of students who have taken classes with us, have been with us through it all. We are so thankful to all of you: students, parents, educators, who have helped us and been a part of this journey.
We hear occasionally from some of our early students. One had an internship with Pixar, one has 167 thousand subscribers on YouTube, one just got a credit with National Geographic as a videographer. Many have gone to college to study all kinds of things: dance, medicine, and of course, animation.
It’s so exciting to know that in a very small way, we’ve been a part of so many young people’s lives and helped them as they ventured out into the world. If you are reading this and took a class with us a few (or many) years ago, would you mind reaching out and letting us know what you’re doing? We’d love to hear from you!
And if you’re still taking classes with us, we can’t wait to see what happens in the next 10 years!