2009/2010 Faculty and Sequential Arts News by maxthemutt

We are very sorry to announce that Ty Templeton is leaving us. We all appreciate his expertise and the tremendous contribution he made to Max the Mutt. Ty will be teaching private workshops and has emailed me that he continues to recommend the Sequential Arts Diploma program.

On the positive side, this week we will be putting together a list of faculty teaching in each diploma with a small bio of each instructor. This will be emailed to all students and also will be posted on the blog. The faculty is growing and I think you’ll share my excitement at the depth of their backgrounds and achievements.

Here’s some of the news!

As previously announced, award winning editorial illustrator and children’s book illustrator,  Dusan Petricic will be teaching year 3 Sequential Arts  students, and will conduct  an editorial illustration workshop later in the year.

We are happy to announce that Scott Caple,  environment designer for Disney and Pixar,  is returning  to Max the Mutt and is designing a Concept Art course for us that he will teach in September.

The programs at Max the Mutt continue to develop.  Concerning Sequential Arts,  our commitment to a solid skill base that will be applicable to mainstream comics and  graphic novels but will also provide graduates with the ability to apply that skill base to advertising and children’s books, remains.

Dave Ross, one of Canada’s best known comic artists, and illustrator/comic artist Kent Burles will be working together to pilot our first industry evening and graduation for Sequential Arts students. Kent will be the co-ordinator, and he and Dave together will look after the smooth functioning of all aspects of that program.

See you all soon!

Maxine

More changes: see new post on Ken Steacy, major Canadian comic book artist, who will be joining our faculty!  Scott Caple has decided that he prefers to teach a more concept oriented course and will not be teaching first semester, but we expect that he will mentor the year four advanced CA final project in the 2010/2011 academic year.

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