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Claymation at Bryker Woods

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Claymation movie projects created by students at Bryker Woods Elementary School in Austin , TX as part of an after-school program with Austin Film Festival’s Young Filmmakers Program and the Bryker Woods PTA. Classes, led by filmmaker Jeanne Stern, were held once a week for six weeks from September – November 2008.

For more information on the Young Filmmakers Program click here

For more information on Bryker Woods Elementary click here

Instructor Bio:
Jeanne Stern creates fantastical microcosms using film-puppetry and animation. Her work investigates the extraordinary potential of the everyday, from her use of old books to create moving spaces, to her forays into the realm of stereoscopic (3D) filmmaking. Her work has screened in a variety of festivals and galleries including Heather Henson's traveling film festival "Handmade Puppet Dreams," South by Southwest, Dallas PBS, and the Smithsonian. She recently completed her MFA in Film at UT, Austin, and received her BA in Studio Art from Connecticut College. Jeanne lives in Austin and works as an animator and visual artist, and has taught classes in the arts for nearly a decade. She is currently animating a short documentary about Holocaust memories.