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Digital Animation is a free summer program at Ohio State for young women currently in 7th-8th grade and currently living in the Columbus area. For two weeks, the select group of young women works with women mentors using problem-solving skills and collaborative learning to create digital animation projects at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD).

Questions?
614-292-2406
womenandtech@accad.osu.edu

If you prefer a paper application, please download this PDF document.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONTH DAY, YEAR

There are NO instructional or program fees.
Participants must secure their own transportation to and from the program.

Directions
 

  • Students: please complete the Student Information section and have your parent/guardian complete the Parent/Guardian Information section.

     
  • Students are required to complete BOTH essays:
  1. Essay on a Woman Artist or Craftmaker
  2. Essay on "Why You Want to Attend"

 

  • Students are required to submit ONE Visual Problem:
  1. Redesign a Backpack
    OR
  2. Draw a Musical Sound

 

  • Students please make sure to ask your teacher for a recommendation.

Your teacher can complete the recommendation at this link:
https://accad.osu.edu/teacher-recommondation-for-digital-animation

 

Student Information
Columbus City School?
Current Grade Level
OPTIONAL Ethnicity Identity for Statistical Purposes Only
OPTIONAL Race Identity for Statistical Purposes Only
Parent/Guardian Information

Please enter your name. This will serve as your official signature.

Please select the Visual Problem you are solving (only choose one)
Visual Problem (Option 1 - Redesign a Backpack)
  • Backpacks usually have little personality. Some are more stylish than others. Some are purely designed for function; and some are decorated with commercial cartoon imagery. But with time and use, some backpacks begin to take on the character of their respective owners, just as worn shoes or jeans do. Redesign a backpack to communicate your personality.
     

  • You may use any medium you wish (i.e. you may draw, use images, or photos).
     

  • Please include a short (2-3 sentences) written description that explains your choices.

You may upload a document or submit your solution by mail. 

Please be sure to INCLUDE YOUR NAME in your uploaded or mailed-in document.

Visual Problem from Visual Workout Creativity Workbook, by Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella

Upload requirements
Mailing Your Visual Problem?

 

Please mail your original work to:

Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women
ACCAD
The Ohio State University
331 Sullivant Hall
1813 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210-1307 

Visual Problem (Option 2 - Draw a Musical Sound)
  • For many people, especially those involved in the visual arts, it is almost impossible to listen to music without imagining images. Sound has “color,” rhythm, emotion, style, personality.
     

  • Draw an image of a musical instrument. Abstract its form to represent the sound that the instrument creates.
     

  • Please include a short (2-3 sentences) written description that explains your choices.

You may upload a document or submit your solution by mail. 

Please be sure to INCLUDE YOUR NAME in your uploaded or mailed-in document.

Visual Problem from Visual Workout Creativity Workbook, by Robin Landa and Rose Gonnella

Upload requirements
Mailing Your Visual Problem?

 

Please mail your original work to:

Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women
ACCAD
The Ohio State University
331 Sullivant Hall
1813 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210-1307 

Essay on an Inspirational Woman Artist or Craftsperson

Topic:

Please choose a woman artist or craft maker whose work you admire and write a one page essay describing the kind of work she does and why her work is inspirational to you. This could be an artist you discover by doing this research or one that has been a long time favorite.

Please take time, before you write, to think about what you want to say and the best examples to use to support your writing. Be as detailed as possible and cite specific works of art whenever possible.

Note: This question is meant to reflect your own synthesis of the material you are researching and should never be direct quotes from published materials.

Here are some resources that may help get you started. The books are all available in the Columbus Metropolitan Library system:

  • Heller, Nancy. Women Artists: An Illustrated History. New York: Abbeville Press, 1997.

  • Concise Dictionary of Women Artists. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.

  • Harris, Ann Sutherland. Women Artists: 1550-1950. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.

  • Dictionary of Women Artists. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.

  • Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Koln; New York: Taschen, 2001.

  • ArtNet’s Artist Index: http://www.artnet.com/ag/artistindex.asp?N=1

  • National Museum of Women in the Arts: http://www.nmwa.org/

  • Artcylopedia’s Listings of Women Artists: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/women.html

Essay on "Why You Want to Attend"

The nature of this program is collaborative, which means all participants must be willing to work in groups, be willing to share their ideas and accept the ideas of others. Please tell us, in 1-2 paragraphs, why you want to attend this program, about your willingness to work in a group and what successful collaborative experiences you have had.

Please enter your name. This will serve as your official signature.
*This signature indicates that I am the sole creator and writer of all submitted application materials.

Parents—we ask that each student complete the activities independently.