Iron Mule Film Festival- The Eclipse

(Upcoming) October 2024. The animation film The Eclipse, from an astro-animation workshop at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Texas, has been accepted to be screened at the "Iron Mule" film festival in NYC in early October. The "animators" were all research astrophysicists, using printouts from the first film of an eclipse made in 1900 as a basis. The music is from the Chromatics, an A Capella group at NASA.

Balticon 58

May 25-26, 2024. Astro-Animation Workshop and MICA students film screening.

Astro-animation workshop at the Pratt Library

May 6, 2024. Flying by Pluto, an Astro-Animation family workshop. See the compelted animation here: Workshop Final Animation

Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center “Take your child to work day” 2024

April 30, 2024. Astro-Animation class of 2024 premiered their completed films to NASA scientists and their families. View Livestream Here: Astro-Animation Film Showing

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April 7-12, 2024. Astro-animation workshop for scientists: scientific introduction about the eclipse + animation workshop: Animating the eclipse! View complete animation here: Workshop Final Animation

Figuring the invisible conference: Luzern, Switzerland 2023

December 14-17 2023. Presentation with speakers Robin Corbet, Laurence Arcadias, and Emma Booth.
Presentation: Astro-Animation - How Artists and Scientists Envision The Universe. A NASA astronomer (Corbet), an Animator/Educator (Arcadias), and a Student (Booth) sharing different perspectives on how astrophysical phenomena can be depicted. Watch Presentation here: Astro-Animation Panel

Dot astronomy conference nyc 2023

October 5-7, 2023. See the collaborative animation created during the conference workshop here: Workshop Final Animation

Animafest Zagreb: Scanner x 2023

June 7, 2023. Visit Animafest presentation page here: Workshopping Art/Science Activities for a Traveling Astro-Animation STEAM Exhibition

Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center Take your child to work day 2023

April 27, 2023. Watch livestream premiere of 2023 Astro-Animations by MICA students in collaboration with NASA scientists: TYCTWD NASA 2023.

High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society

Hawai’i 2023. See the poster presentation here: Workshopping Art/Science Activities for a Traveling Astro-Animation STEAM Exhibition

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Take Your Child to Work Day 

April 28, 2022. Watch livestream premiere of 2022 astro-animations and group project presentations: TYCTWD NASA 2022

BALTICON 2022

May 29, 2022. Balticon 56; The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention premiered the 2022 astro-animations at 5:30-6:30pm.

SAS conference 2021

June 2021. Animate Energies- Tulane

Panel: Astro-Animation, An Astronomy Experience in an Animation Classroom. With Laurence Arcadias, Robin Corbet, Isaac Ewart, Gabby Garcia, Declan McKean, and Vy Phan

5-CAP 2021

 Animation and Astronomy Collaboration: Optimizing Artistic, Educational and Outreach Outcomes. Presenters - Robin Corbet, Laurence Arcadias

BALTICON 2021

May 28-31, 2021. BALTICON 55, The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. Watch here: AstroAnimation 21 Explore our Animated Cosmos

NASA GSFC Bring your child to work day

April 22, 2021. Watch the event here: Astroanimation 21

Animation Practice As Research Symposium

April 21, 2021. Astro-animation - A Case Study of Art and Science Education

Presentation: Astro-animation - A Case Study of Art and Science Education; With Laurence Arcadias, Robin Corbet, Bella Potenziani, Declan McKenna

Published Accepted for publication in Animation Practice, Process & Production

AAS 2021

January 2021. 237TH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY- 15 JANUARY 2021 ; Astro-animation and Informal STEM Learning

Speaker at the American Astronomical Society conference: Education and Public Outreach, January 21.

Paper: Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 5, 119. 

NEA (National Endowment for the Arts): Animation and astronomy collaborations: optimizing artistic, educational, and outreach outcomes 2017-2020

We conducted a study examining whether animation and astronomy, when taught together in college classrooms, can inspire new art forms, enhance scientific public outreach, and promote both arts and science education. More Information Here

BALTICON 2020

May 24, 2020. BALTICON 54, Astro Animation 2020 To Explore and Boldly Animate the Universe. Watch the Astro-Animation students talking about their film and process.

Balticon 2019

May 27, 2019. 11:00am.. Balticon science fiction festival at Baltimore. The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Come and watch animations about the Moon and High-Energy Astrophysics and talk with the animators and scientists!

NASA Goddard 2019

April 25, 2019. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center at 12:30 pm. Students from the 2019 class and their scientist collaborators will be screening their latest animations on the Moon and the rest of the Universe at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This is part of Take Your Child to Work day. No badge is needed for access.

Fermi Symposium 2018

September-October 14, 2018. Painting the Sky with Gamma-rays. Brown Center MICA, Baltimore at 7:00pm. Scientists and animators will be presenting animations to help celebrate 10 years of the Fermi satellite!

Escape Velocity 2017

September 2, 2017. Several animators and scientists talked about this project and presented animations at the Escape Velocity "STEAM" meeting in Washington DC.

PG COUNTY STEAM FESTIVAL

On Nov. 4 we presented the animations at the Prince George's County STEAM Festival

November 6, 2017