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Animatus Studio Lecture Today


The Leroy V. Good Library (Brighton campus) will be hosting a lecture today, Monday, March 14, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Fredrick W. Armstrong, President and Founder of Animatus Studio and The Animation Workshop, will be speaking on “Animatus Studio: Creating Animation in Rochester.” The lecture will be located on the 4th floor of the library, outside of room 2-452.

Mr. Armstong began his professional film career in 1975 creating animated segments for the House of Guitars. In 1980 he moved to NYC where he apprenticed and worked as an Oxberry animation cameraman under Francis Lee of Film Planning Associates. In 1989, Armstrong founded Animatus Studio, Rochester’s only full-service animation studio that specializes in 2D and Flash animation. He also founded The Animation Workshop in 1992, which continues to teach the joys of animation to students of all ages.

Armstrong produced and co-directed “The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway,” an award-winning documentary on the smallest city in America to build and abandon a subway. (Title is available in the MCC Libraries.)  He has also been instrumental in the 360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival for several years and has taught “Business in Animation” at RIT. 

Armstrong currently serves as Vice President of RAVA (Rochester Audio/Visual Association), a renowned organization of professional filmmakers and media industry people founded in 1956, and continues to be involved in all aspects of filmmaking and animation for commercials, documentaries, music videos and businesses throughout the region.

Please join us for what promises to be a very fascinating event! If you have any questions, please contact Lori Annesi, Reference/Special Collections Librarian ("mailto:lannesi@monroecc.edu").

Lori Annesi
MCC Libraries
03/14/2011