Animation

Amanda Almon

Title Associate Professor / Chair of Biomedical Art / Chair of Animation
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7454

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Courses  3D Bioforms: Intro to 3D Modeling | 3D Texture Mapping, Lighting, and Rendering | BFA Thesis Research | Biomedical Art: BFA Thesis | BMA: Intro to 3D Animation

Degree MFA, University of Michigan; BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology

Amanda Almon, C.M.I., is associate professor and chair of the Biomedical Art Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in anatomy at Case Western Reserve University.She also operates, completing animation and illustration work for publishers, pharmaceutical companies and medical device firms.

Knut Hybinette

Title Assistant Professor/Chair of Game Design
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7945

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Courses  3D Bioforms: Intro to 3D Modeling | 3D Texture Mapping, Lighting, and Rendering | Game Production II | Intro Game Design

Degree BFA, University of Georgia; MFA, Art Institute of Chicago

Knut LSG Hybinette was born in Enkoping, Sweden and is an Assistant Professor at The Cleveland Institute of Art where he teaches game design and digital foundations. He works in multiple mediums including game design, photography, animation, video and sound. Knut has exhibited his work at galleries in Sweden, Portugal, Germany and the United Sates. Additionally, Knut has been published in the American publication Oculus and others. In 2003, he was sponsored/commissioned by January to create a portfolio of the Night Chicago. Knut has shown a series of photographs that tell us of the process of aging through examining each individual story at Arts Atrium Gallery in New York and at Jet Artworks Gallery.

Sarah Paul

Title Assistant Professor/Chair of TIME-Digital Arts
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7945

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Courses  Experimental Video | Experimental Video | Freshmen Environmental Elective | Introduction to Media Production and Integration

Sarah Paul is chair of the TIME-Digital Arts Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Courses  Freshmen Environmental Elective | Visual Organization & Media

Kristen Baumliér-Faber

Title Associate Professor
Department Animation
Phone 216.421.7938

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Courses  BFA Thesis and Exhibition | Hybrid Approaches to Drg & Ptg: Digital Media | Moving Images in Space: Media Installation | String, Felt, & Thread | Video Basic Tools I

Degree MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts

Kristen Baumliér-Faber’s work spans the full spectrum of mixed media practice, often incorporating performance, video, installation, sculptural objects, and audio. Her work has shown throughout the U.S, in Serbia and in New Zealand. She was the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship in performance and interdisciplinary art in 2004, and an ArtsLink project grant in 2005.

Courses  Environmental Sculpture | Experimentation in Electronic Arts II | Image, Narrative, & Sequence | Image, Narrative, and Sequence | Intro to Electronic Arts: Coding, Hacks, & Space | Sound Design | Video Basic Tools I

Nicholas Economos is an artist and educator living in Cleveland, Ohio. His art practiceincludes work in interactive media, sound, video, animation and prints. In addition to his art practice, he has contributed as a writer to Net Art Review, The Squealer and Aspect Magazine. He was a Site Editor for Rhizome.org at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC for 6 years, editing content for the web site and the Rhizome Rare email list earning the title of Editor Emeritus. His awards include an Individual Artist Project Grant in Film, Media, and New Technology Production, from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Newcomer Award at the Darklight Film and Video Festival in Dublin.

Courses  Acting & Directing