Expressive Lettering, Book Arts, Motion Graphics & Animation

About the films
Susanah Beckett
Riley
Rob Bekhurs
Neil Cox
Devon Damonte & Anna
Joan Gratz
Laura Heit
Deanna Morse
Mervi Pakaste
Joanna Priestley
Leisa ReFalo
Riley Rohrbacher
Barb Tetenbaum
Marilyn Zornado
Roosevelt Student?
LITTLE WORLD: A projection performance
Animator: Devon Damonte
Poet - Joanne Clarkson
Live Musician - Hathor Vergotis
Projection Performers - Anna Wederspahn & Devon Damonte
Projectionist Participation & Patience - NWFC Allstars, Shannon
Medium - 16mm & 35mm cameraless direct animation, approx 6 minutes
About the film maker:
Devon Damonte is an artist based in Tacoma, WA. He prefers handcrafted stuff, like cameraless 16mm & 35mm film animation, rubbings, printmaking, handmade papermaking, and book arts. Damonte is adjunct faculty at The Evergreen State College teaching experimental animation in the summertimes, and he believes we live smack dab in the golden age of adhesive tape.
About the poet:
Joanna has written poetry most of her life. She holds a MFA in library science and worked as a librarian, then switched careers and became a nurse. She lives in Port Townsend, WA.
THE SECOND COMING
Animator: Joan C. Gratz
Poet: William Butler Yeats
Medium: Clay painting
Length: 2:20
About the animator:
Joan Gratz is an Academy Award winning director of animated short films and commercials. She is the author of "My Tesla" and "Downward Facing Frog." She lives in Portland, OR.
About the poet:
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature 1865 – 1939. The Second Coming is one of his best know poems.
Rob Bekhurs
Laura Heit
Joanna Priestley
Marilyn Zornado