Black In Animation

Jul 18

On Sunday July 15, 2018 I was granted the opportunity to curate and moderate a “Black in Animation” panel for Blerd City Conference at St. Francis College in Brooklyn.

I reached out to a few of my former coworkers at Blue Sky Studios and asked if they would be willing to be a panelist for this event. Thankfully they were all down for cause.

Blerd City is a two day conference of panels, workshops, film screenings, gaming, comic books, sci-fi/hottot/fantasy book readings and more. You can learn more about the confrence at their site , on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram

Panelists

Matt Munn (Animator)
Brian Vincent Rhodes (Director)
Lauren Stevens (Editor)
Andre Rodriguez (Modeler)

The video below is only a short recap of what the panel consisted of.

Simply Robotix Presents "Black In Animation" Panel Curated and moderated by Monique Henry-Hudson of Simply Robotix. This panel was brought to Blerd City to highlight Black people that work in the animation industry, learn about their career journey and the importance of visibility in the industry.

If you enjoyed this clip and think that this panel should be at other conferences in the New York tri-state area, in a college, high school, middle or elementary school please contact me at monique@simplyrobotix.com so that we can coordinate bringing this panel to you.