Women In Animation today set students Anya Butler, Laura Alejandra, Anna Dinh, Elena Fazio, Bekka Goldstein, Meghan Graham, Yulong Jones, Jennifer Nie, Nomin Ochir, Chelsea Ortega, Daphne Reynolds, Vanessa Schneider, Lou Thoby, Jennifer Wu, Kaiyun Yang, Olli Yao, Irida Zhonga and Joy Zhou as the recipients of its 2022 Wia Scholarships, with another, unnamed set of 18 coming in as Honorable Mentions.
This year’s scholarship recipients were selected from a pool of 170 applications from 72 schools across the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain and the Philippines. They will benefit from a scholarship pool totaling $28,000 and will also be offered workshops, tutoring opportunities, animation equipment and software packages from industry partners Animation Focus, Animation Mentor, Autodesk, Foundry, Laika, Toon Boom and Wacom. Honorable Mentions will likewise receive software and/or workshop packages to boost their animation skills, in lieu of cash scholarships.
This year’s scholarship recipients were selected from a pool of 170 applications from 72 schools across the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain and the Philippines. They will benefit from a scholarship pool totaling $28,000 and will also be offered workshops, tutoring opportunities, animation equipment and software packages from industry partners Animation Focus, Animation Mentor, Autodesk, Foundry, Laika, Toon Boom and Wacom. Honorable Mentions will likewise receive software and/or workshop packages to boost their animation skills, in lieu of cash scholarships.
- 2/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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