Editor's Notebook
We should always remember education should inspire and not just train.
On a sad note, a true friend to students, Phyllis Craig, has passed away. A 45 year animation veteran, Phyllis was working at Film Roman in the color key department. Phyllis started the internship program there, and through her involvement with Women In Animation (WIA), headed up the Youth and Education Committee. Numerous students have been counseled by Phyllis, and as a result have found their way into studios all over town. She is a great example of how one individual can help students find the animation community more accessible. Every time we got together, we would all wait to hear Phyllis' most recent success story. Phyllis, always cheery, always helpful and always sincere, would tell of a student who now had an internship or had just been accepted into a wonderful university or art program; and always Phyllis would say it was because they were a great kid, not because she had arranged an interview or a tour or a lecture, etc. With a student addition here, and a student addition there, I think we are all better off thanks to Phyllis. Next month we will feature a tribute to her. If you would like to contribute a remembrance, photograph or drawing we would be more than happy to include it.
Please send us your materials by June 10th.
E-mail: editor@awn.com
Fax: 213-464-5914
Mail: Phyllis Craig Tribute
Animation World Network
6525 Sunset Blvd, Garden Suite 10
Hollywood, CA 90028
On a sad note, a true friend to students, Phyllis Craig, has passed away. A 45 year animation veteran, Phyllis was working at Film Roman in the color key department. Phyllis started the internship program there, and through her involvement with Women In Animation (WIA), headed up the Youth and Education Committee. Numerous students have been counseled by Phyllis, and as a result have found their way into studios all over town. She is a great example of how one individual can help students find the animation community more accessible. Every time we got together, we would all wait to hear Phyllis' most recent success story. Phyllis, always cheery, always helpful and always sincere, would tell of a student who now had an internship or had just been accepted into a wonderful university or art program; and always Phyllis would say it was because they were a great kid, not because she had arranged an interview or a tour or a lecture, etc. With a student addition here, and a student addition there, I think we are all better off thanks to Phyllis. Next month we will feature a tribute to her. If you would like to contribute a remembrance, photograph or drawing we would be more than happy to include it.
Please send us your materials by June 10th.
E-mail: editor@awn.com
Fax: 213-464-5914
Mail: Phyllis Craig Tribute
Animation World Network
6525 Sunset Blvd, Garden Suite 10
Hollywood, CA 90028
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