Lisa Crafts
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Lisa Crafts is an American artist, animator and painter. She is a self-taught artist that specializes in Surrealist animation
.
. She was also the recipient of the 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts
Fellowship.
Crafts has been a guest lecturer at several schools, including Harvard University
and Rhode Island School of Design
. She is currently a visiting Media Arts instructor on faculty at Pratt Institute
in New York City
.
Crafts' paintings have been exhibited at the La Luz de Jesus
gallery in Los Angeles
, California
and the Calvin-Morris Gallery in New York City
. Her independent animated films have been shown in festivals, museums, theaters, and on television in Europe, Japan, Korea, and throughout North America. She has also curated animation programs in the US and Japan. She has created animations for music television, Sesame Street
and the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel, as well as titles and animation for documentaries by Michel Negroponte and Cindy Kleine.
Her most recent work on documentaries include animation for Cindy Kleine’s Phyllis and Harold, Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen’s Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, and Michel Negroponte’s "I'm Dangerous With Love."
The Flooded Playground won the following awards:
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
.
Career
Crafts has received grants from the Jerome Foundation and New York State Council on the ArtsNew York State Council on the Arts
The New York State Council on the Arts is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell , with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961...
. She was also the recipient of the 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
Fellowship.
Crafts has been a guest lecturer at several schools, including Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
. She is currently a visiting Media Arts instructor on faculty at Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Crafts' paintings have been exhibited at the La Luz de Jesus
La Luz de Jesus
La Luz de Jesus Gallery is a commercial art gallery located in Los Angeles, California. It is closely associated with the Lowbrow Art Movement, Kustom Kulture, and pop surrealism.-History:...
gallery in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and the Calvin-Morris Gallery in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Her independent animated films have been shown in festivals, museums, theaters, and on television in Europe, Japan, Korea, and throughout North America. She has also curated animation programs in the US and Japan. She has created animations for music television, Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
and the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel, as well as titles and animation for documentaries by Michel Negroponte and Cindy Kleine.
Her most recent work on documentaries include animation for Cindy Kleine’s Phyllis and Harold, Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen’s Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, and Michel Negroponte’s "I'm Dangerous With Love."
Films
Crafts wrote and directed the award-winning The Flooded Playground, a 20-minute animated film released in 2005.The Flooded Playground won the following awards:
- Festival Prize, Best Animation, Reel Women International Film Festival, 2006
- Reel Frontier Award, Best Animation, Arizona International Film Festival, 2006
- Best High-Definition Experimental Film, HDFest, 2007