The 6th Annual NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB call for applications is now open. The lab is sponsored by A+E Networks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Kung Fu Monkey Productions. The NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB is a five week intensive scriptwriters program that prepares Native Americans for writing careers at major television networks. The lab… Read more »
Blake Brown is a Cherokee/Chickasaw multidisciplinary filmmaker from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She currently works for FireThief Productions as a producer, editor, animator, and director. She has worked for projects such as Inage’i, Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People, Broad City, Louie, Vice, High Maintenance, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, and more.
The Native American Youth Animation Workshop is a five day interactive and educational workshop for indigenous teens and youth. The goal is to encourage Native American youth to explore careers in animated film, television and new media. The Native American Youth Animation Workshop inaugurated in December, 2019 and hosted 12 participants. The Native… Read more »
The Native American Youth Animation Workshop is a multi-day intensive workshop that offers Native American youth new opportunities in animation. This lab is designed to offer genuine access for Native Americans interested in learning and entering the field of animation. The LA SKINS FEST partners with studios, streaming services and tribes to execute this groundbreaking… Read more »
In 2019, the LA Skins Fest launched the Native American Animation Lab. The animation lab is a multi-day intensive that provides creative development of a current project, meetings with our corporate partners and pitching opportunities. This is an intensive workshop for Native American writers, filmmakers and artists who have an animated film, script, treatment, comic… Read more »
In 2019, the LA Skins Fest launched the Native American Animation Lab and Native American Youth Animation Workshop. In partnership with several studios, networks and tribes, the animation program is a multi-day intensive that provides creative development for Native Americans seeking professional and educational opportunities in the field of animation. Due to the success of… Read more »
The LA SKINS FEST, in partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Animation, Crunchyroll, Cartoon Network, the Cherokee Nation Film Office and Women In Animation, hosted the 2nd Annual Native American Animation Lab. The 2nd Annual Native American Animation Lab was an intensive workshop that featured guest speakers, mentors and an incredible pitching opportunity. This year’s… Read more »
Chad Martin is a Native Hawaiian multimedia artist and life-long resident of Hawai’i. A graphic designer by trade, Chad refocused his energies in 2014 from freelance to creating engaging content that aligns with his passion for Hawaiian history and culture. Together with his wife, Chad created the Maka’iwa Keiki Youtube Channgel, which teaches basic Hawaiian… Read more »
Alana Tiikpuu Walker is a non-binary Niimiipuu and Diné animator and writer. They are a 2019 graduate of The Institute of American Indian Arts where they majored in Cinematic Arts & Technology. At IAIA Alana won the award for Best Broadcast production in 2016 and attended the 2017 Sundance film festival. Their short films have… Read more »
Arigon Starr is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. She is the creator of Native American superhero “Super Indian,” which began as a radio theater project commissioned by the Native Radio Theater Project and Native Voices at the Autry in 2007. Arigon honed her art skills and transformed “Super Indian” into comic… Read more »
