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Learning animation, making friends, and practicing storytelling skills at the Mid-Year Mentee Workshop!

February 11, 2020

We had an amazing time this past weekend at our 2019-2020 program year Mid-Year Mentee Workshop! We were joined by Anne Beal, an animation artist, filmmaker, and teacher, who led us through an activity to learn stop-motion video. Mentees worked together in groups to create short films using their new animation skills, and had the chance to bond with their other pod members in doing so.

We also had Amber and Tiffany Davis of Context & Co. join us as storytelling coaches to help prepare mentees to share their work at Girls Write Now Live this spring. Amber and Tiffany will be working with mentees all spring on public speaking and presentation skills, and we’re so lucky to have them!

And a huge shout-out to Liberty Bagels for providing bagels to fuel us throughout our day. They were delicious!

What do mentees have to say about the workshop? See below for some highlights!

“I never knew how to make animation, but it was truly an amazing experience. I got to meet new people and build a great piece together!”

“This was the best workshop by far! We made cool stop motion films and made new friends.” 

“I enjoyed everything about this workshop. I made a ton of new friends and will work further on my animation skills!”

“I’ve always wanted to direct a short film! This was an awesome experience and I got to meet some exceptionally creative girls!”

“I got to know my tablemates and really enjoyed working with them. I also really enjoyed working with Anne Beal. I loved her energy!”

“In this workshop especially I feel that I’ve really bonded and connected with the other girls in my group. This made the session a whole lot better!”

“It was a very fun and engaging activity, I loved it. Everything was so cool!”

“I had so much fun learning about both stop-motion and the other mentees in my pod! It was so cool to learn more about everybody while making stuff.” 

“Animations make me animated! I can’t wait to make video projects as a teenager, college student, adult, and forever.”

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