"Making Art in America, 2020-2021" by Angie Wang

I had the pleasure of watching Angie Wang's disquieting meditation on creating art in exile/isolation at the 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) this past December. I loved how the encroaching shadows harmonized with low, pulsating dread underneath Wang's immaculate illustrations and muted color palette.

Angie is a co-founder of Comic Arts Los Angeles, James Beard Award winner, and previously a prop/FX designer on Steven Universe. She teaches at the USC Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California.

"What I Had to Leave Behind" Official Selection at 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival

What I Had to Leave Behind will screen at the 2022 Los Angeles Animation Festival on December 10th. Founded in 2007, LAAF is the city’s only international film festival and symposium.

Earlier this week, Maggie Dave - Old You, the official music video animated by Cassie Shao for Christensen’s pop music project with Mark Christopher, was awarded Honorable Mention at LAAF. This honor is given "to work of an exceptionally high standard and worthy of festival praise." Shao is an alum of the festival, earning a nomination for her film There Were Four of Us as Best Student Experimental Short in 2019.