Ever feel like your life is more like a cartoon? This roundtable of Black animation artists create virtual worlds to build story. Multimedia artists and animators create images that appear to move and visual effects for various forms of media and entertainment. This industry is on fire with the opportunity to create across a spectrum of industry sectors.

My Hero Is You
Skip and the Hops
The Box Assassin
Flame

ANIMATORS Showcase & ROUNDTABLE Talkback time: 3:30 PM
Talkback Host: James

PANELISTS

Chaz Bottoms – Chaz Bottoms is a director, animator, writer and owner of CBA Studios. His 2017 film All Kids Go to Hell premiered at Cannes Short Film Corner, Chaz has collaborated and produced content for Springhill, Adult Swim, Steve Harvey Global, John Legend, TBS, Sony Music, Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Snapchat, Footlocker, and Nike SB.

Dominick Bedasse- Dominick Bedasse is a 2D illustrator and animator who enjoys storytelling. Currently he serves as a storyboard artist for Titmouse Inc. in New York. He’s worked as a children’s book illustrator, was selected to participate in a Pixar Story Workshop, and completed his first independent animated short, Run Little Boy.

Jaylen Herod – Jaylen is 16-year-old animator from York, Pennsylvania hoping to make her way into the animation industry. She is the founder and president of her high school’s animation club, teaching students who are interested in the subject twice a week to bring projects to various competitions and festivals