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| Mark Andrews at The Glasgow School of Art |
Disney•Pixar’s Oscar®-winning director, Mark
Andrews, has arrived at the internationally renowned Glasgow School of Art at
the start of a two-week mentoring project, the first occasion on which one of
Pixar’s senior creatives has undertaken a mentoring project in the UK. During
his two weeks at the GSA Mark Andrews will work with students from across the
creative disciplines in Fine Art, Design and Architecture and at the Digital
Design Studio. He will also give a lecture on storyboarding to students from
art colleges across Scotland and undertake an intensive project with 15
students from the GSA and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, supporting them
as they each create a 3-minute show reel.
Joining Andrews at the GSA was Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop. She
said: “I am delighted to welcome Mark
back to Scotland following ‘Brave’s’ Oscar success, and exactly a year to the
day since I visited Pixar’s Studios during Scotland Week 2012. This mentoring
and skills sharing programme is a fantastic opportunity for emerging Scottish
animation and film-making talent to learn from one of the very best in the
business, and is a direct result of Brave and Scotland’s strong relationship
with Disney Pixar
Encouraging new generations of talent is an important commitment for
Disney• Pixar. “I have found my lecturing
and mentoring work with students in the USA incredibly satisfying,” says
Andrews “and I’m now looking forward to
working with the students across the many different disciplines here at The
Glasgow School of Art.”
Disney• Pixar. “I have found my lecturing
and mentoring work with students in the USA incredibly satisfying,” says
Andrews “and I’m now looking forward to
working with the students across the many different disciplines here at The
Glasgow School of Art.”
GSA Digital Culture students who will be
mentored by Andrews during his visit showed Mark and the Cabinet Secretary
examples of their work. “Being given the
opportunity of meeting and working alongside Oscar-winning Mark Andrews is
incredible,” says 19-year old Katy Gilchrist from Inverness. “His skills can be applied to any creative
mind regardless of the creative field, and I am looking forward to applying
them as source of inspiration in my own work.”
mentored by Andrews during his visit showed Mark and the Cabinet Secretary
examples of their work. “Being given the
opportunity of meeting and working alongside Oscar-winning Mark Andrews is
incredible,” says 19-year old Katy Gilchrist from Inverness. “His skills can be applied to any creative
mind regardless of the creative field, and I am looking forward to applying
them as source of inspiration in my own work.”
“I’ve
been most looking forward to learning about the important aspects of telling a
story in motion graphics,” adds
18-year old Mairi Blyth from Falkirk, “how
to build plots and character, and how to engage audiences with that character
or idea.”
been most looking forward to learning about the important aspects of telling a
story in motion graphics,” adds
18-year old Mairi Blyth from Falkirk, “how
to build plots and character, and how to engage audiences with that character
or idea.”
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| Katy Gilchrist, Mark Andrews, Mairi Blyth |
A highlight of Mark Andrews’ time in Glasgow will be a visit to a primary
school to see outcomes of The Glasgow School of Art’s ongoing widening
participation work. Over the last few weeks GSA students have been working with
two classes of pupils at Pirie Park Primary in Govan on an animation project.
The school pupils will present the characters they have developed to Mark and
he will then give a talk to the whole school.
“Widening participation is a
key commitment at The Glasgow School of Art,” says Director, Professor Seona Reid. “We are delighted that as well as mentoring
our students Mark will experience the work that we undertake encouraging
creativity and raising aspirations of pupils who historically
have not gone on to higher education. His visit
will be an inspirational experience for the young people.”
key commitment at The Glasgow School of Art,” says Director, Professor Seona Reid. “We are delighted that as well as mentoring
our students Mark will experience the work that we undertake encouraging
creativity and raising aspirations of pupils who historically
have not gone on to higher education. His visit
will be an inspirational experience for the young people.”
Andrews will also give a public talk and Q&A on his work in a free
event jointly hosted by the GSA and the Glasgow Film Theatre. Tickets for the
event, at 6pm on Tuesday 16 April, will be available from the GFT Box Office
from noon on the day. For further information see http://www.glasgowfilm.org/player/whats_on/5081_an_audience_with_pixar_s_mark_andrews
event jointly hosted by the GSA and the Glasgow Film Theatre. Tickets for the
event, at 6pm on Tuesday 16 April, will be available from the GFT Box Office
from noon on the day. For further information see http://www.glasgowfilm.org/player/whats_on/5081_an_audience_with_pixar_s_mark_andrews
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9 April 2013
Notes for Editors
Mark Andrews’ contribution to Pixar’s film
catalogue ranges from storyboard artist to screenwriter and director. He was previously
nominated for an Academy Award® for his work as a director on Pixar’s short
film, “One Man Band.” Andrews’ ancestors on his father’s side of the family
came from Torridon in the Highlands, and he became the company’s “go-to” man
for all things Scottish during the making of “Brave.”
catalogue ranges from storyboard artist to screenwriter and director. He was previously
nominated for an Academy Award® for his work as a director on Pixar’s short
film, “One Man Band.” Andrews’ ancestors on his father’s side of the family
came from Torridon in the Highlands, and he became the company’s “go-to” man
for all things Scottish during the making of “Brave.”
The Glasgow School of Art is internationally recognised as one of
Europe’s foremost university-level institutions for creative education and
research in fine art, design and architecture. It is a creative hothouse, a small
concentrated community of committed, creative people bound together by a shared
visual language and a concern for visual culture. At the heart of one of
Europe’s most influential and creative artistic communities the GSA provides an
energetic environment in which new ideas can flourish. Its Researchers produce work
that influences world culture by generating new knowledge through creativity
and conceptual thinking, and
the GSA supports economic growth through knowledge exchange and the application
of creativity and innovation.
Since the School was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of
Design, as a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing
industries, the GSA’s role has continually evolved and been redefined to
reflect the needs of the communities of which it is part of, embracing in the
late 19th century fine art and architecture education and today, digital
technology.
Europe’s foremost university-level institutions for creative education and
research in fine art, design and architecture. It is a creative hothouse, a small
concentrated community of committed, creative people bound together by a shared
visual language and a concern for visual culture. At the heart of one of
Europe’s most influential and creative artistic communities the GSA provides an
energetic environment in which new ideas can flourish. Its Researchers produce work
that influences world culture by generating new knowledge through creativity
and conceptual thinking, and
the GSA supports economic growth through knowledge exchange and the application
of creativity and innovation.
Since the School was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of
Design, as a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing
industries, the GSA’s role has continually evolved and been redefined to
reflect the needs of the communities of which it is part of, embracing in the
late 19th century fine art and architecture education and today, digital
technology.
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio
with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art
of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved
animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters,
Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,”
“WALL•E,” “Up,” “Toy Story 3” and “Brave,” the
Northern California studio has won 29 Academy Awards® and its films have
grossed more than $7.7 billion at the worldwide box office to date. “Monsters
University,” Pixar’s fourteenth feature, will open in theaters in the United States
on June 21, 2013.
subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio
with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art
of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved
animated films of all time, including “Toy Story,” “Monsters,
Inc.,” “Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,”
“WALL•E,” “Up,” “Toy Story 3” and “Brave,” the
Northern California studio has won 29 Academy Awards® and its films have
grossed more than $7.7 billion at the worldwide box office to date. “Monsters
University,” Pixar’s fourteenth feature, will open in theaters in the United States
on June 21, 2013.