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Animation at Hillcrest Community School

For two weeks in December of 2016, I did a residency at Hillcrest Community School in Bloomington, MN through COMPAS. I worked with all three kindergarten classes. We discovered how to make Stop Motion Animation and created some movies. We also experimented with an early form of animation called the Thaumatrope, and even made some flipbooks.

Here is a documentary I made about the residency and some of the films created by the students.

Amazing Animation at Hillcrest

Thaumatropes

The Kindergarten class of Amy Gonzalez

Counting

Hillcrest School Song

Going to School is Cool

The Kindergarten class of Trista Hansen

Counting

The Great Kite Rescue

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

The Kindergarten class of Ally Martinez

Counting

The Dot

Snow Friends