Creativity has always been the center of my world.
From the moment I was born I have had a very active imagination. The majority of my childhood was spent making art, creating stories, playing piano, and shooting fun videos with my friends. I was lucky to be able to express my creativity through multiple outlets and find a community that embraced it. The Charles River Creative Arts Program helped me realize that I could define my own success using my art and it didn’t have to be based on grades or academic abilities. It was at this very camp where I spent the past eight summers teaching video and animation to kids ages 8-15. In addition to teaching, I designed my own classes and organized and led the Animation department. I was drawn to this camp because of the art, but I stayed and became a teacher because of the kids. Being a once struggling kid artist, I saw the immense potential in my campers and took every opportunity to help them find their own creative personal fulfillment. After leaving my job as an art teacher, I started my career in digital marketing. In my current job, I am using both my animation and video skills to create content for a local company. Although I will continue working in digital marketing, my heart lies in teaching art, and that is the exact reason why I started Barrett’s Studio.
Skills
Animation
Stopmotion Animation: 9 years
Dragonframe software: 6 years
iStopmotion software: 8 years
Video Production
Video editing: 12 years
Final Cut Pro: 10 years
Adobe Premiere: 4 years
iMovie: 10 years
Computer Animation
Adobe Photoshop: 4 years
Adobe After Effects: 3 years
ToonBoom: 2 years
Experiences
Animation Teacher
2012 – 2021
In the past eight years of teaching animation, my classes have included the subjects of: claymation, stopmotion, 2d animation, and live-action animation. I have taught Dragonframe for over 6 years.
Computer Animation Teacher
2018 – 2021
In the past two years I have taught private lessons in computer animation. My students were trained in the basics of animation and how to navigate computer animation software.
Video Teacher
2013 – 2020
Among the video classes I have taught, include: video comedy, experimental film, mock-documentary, movie making and video news. I have taught kids how to film, edit, read scripts, and record and create audio. My favorite class to teach was apocalypse style!
Digital Marketing
2017 – Present
While teaching animation and video at a summer camp, I also ran the program’s social media. I created weekly documentary-style videos and created graphics for intros to educational video segments. I am currently producing video and animated content for a local company while managing their social media and website.
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