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Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist’s academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist’s academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist’s academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Animation at Marist: Where Technology Meets the Arts
As an Animation student at Marist, you’re ready to use your curiosity to explore the heritage and future of creative media. Marist has the tools, resources, facilities, and technology to help you do just that. By studying at a leading institution for the integration of technology and the arts, you’ll have the knowledge and hands-on experience to ensure your success in animation upon graduation.
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An Animation Curriculum
Focused on Your Goals
The Animation concentration, through Marist’s major in Digital Media, provides training in a wide range of new media, along with an understanding of their historical background in traditional media. You’ll take courses like:
Along with your major and concentration coursework, you’ll also round out your education with additional classes in art or a related field, take a professional internship, or combine all three!
As a Marist Animation student, you’ll be learning firsthand from faculty who are experts in their field. Our faculty are recognized working artists, designers, and animators who will teach you not only the theory and practice of animation, but also the ins and outs of the animation industry.
Students have access to numerous digital labs for animation production and post-production such as video and sound editing. In addition to the digital labs, students have access to the Steel Plant Maker Lab to experiment and investigate 3D printing, laser cutting, and other methods of digitally fabricated art making to support their studies in animation. In addition to studio experience, students may also participate in local events hosted at Marist like the Hudson Valley Game Conference, while honing your animation skills, learning from other participants, and presenting your work to other animators.
Understand the difference between simply making things move to bringing your art to life by exploring the fundamentals of animation and gaining hands-on experiences with advanced tools.
Explore several techniques for producing animation such as 2D pencil and vector drawing, 3D modeling and computer-generated animation, motion graphics, and experimental video.
You will develop your personal sense of story and visual aesthetic by developing concepts and storyboards.
Learn to be critical of your sense of experimentation or storytelling and develop the ability to confidently present and communicate your ideas.
You will learn to produce an animation through team projects both in the class and internship opportunities.
Graduate with a portfolio and demo reel that showcases a unique point of view that is marketable for entering the animation, gaming, and entertainment industries.
Marist cultivates the intellectual growth and well-being of its students through unique and personalized combinations of coursework and experience in and out of the classroom. These experiences provide valuable personal growth and occupational expertise to reflect students' individual passions.
