Lynn Tomlinson
Encyclopedia
Lynn Tomlinson is an award winning animator, documentarian and sculptor focusing on community arts. She is the director of Summer Kitchen Studio, and lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Craig J Saper
, and her family. She holds degrees from Cornell University (BA, English), the University of the Arts (MA, Art Education) and from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania (MA, Communication). She has been a professor at Cornell and the University of the Arts, an instructor at Richard Stockton College and Tufts University, and a guest lecturer at Harvard College, Loyola University, the University of Central Florida, RISD, the University of Hawaii, Temple University and numerous other institutions. Her films have been screened at numerous film festivals around the world over the past two decades. She has received awards and grants including several Mid-Atlantic Emmys, an ITVS production grant and the 2006 Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.
Mixed live action and multi-media animation, 1993, 6 mins.
Spotlight film for WHYY, based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story.
Cauldron
Clay-on-glass, 1994, 5 mins.
Funded by Pittsburgh Filmmakers Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and PIFVA Subsidy Grant. Screened at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and the Festival of Independents.
MTV
Free Your Mind Spot
Clay-on-glass, 1994, 30 secs.
Produced, directed and animated a 30-second spot for MTV.
Picking Pea Pods
Clay-on-glass, 1996, 45 secs.
Short film for Sesame Street
.
Both Sides Now
Clay-on-glass, 1998, 1 min.
Segment for A Little Curious
on HBO Family.
WHYY-TV
In the 1990s she created numerous short station ID's for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and other shorts for ITVS
that have been televised nationally, e.g., Frog Harmony
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
1.5 minutes, based on Emily Dickinson's poem of the same name.
A community-based art project working with children and artists from the Crealde School of Art, to celebrate the history of Hannibal Square in Winter Park, FL.
Folkvine
Film and interactive documentaries of Florida folk artists. Ms Tomlinson is the videographer and editor.
Girls of the World
Five fifth grade girls made animated stories from the history of girlhood. Ms. Tomlinson was the producer and creative director of the project.
Shopping for Utopia
Elementary school kids give animated tours of utopian societies that they designed. Ms. Tomlinson was the producer and creative director for this project. One of the tours features work by her son, Sam Saper.
Boxed In
1996 ArtFronts project funded a storefront installation in center-city Phila., Sept.-Nov. 1996.
Collaboration with sculptor Bill Tomlinson.
A 25 feet (7.6 m)-long man crouched in the store window, holding a television monitor that captured the images of the passers-by. Reviews appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, The City Paper, and the Philadelphia Forum.
Craig J Saper
Craig Saper is Professor of Language, Literacy, & Culture at the University of Maryland Baltimore County . He is the author of Networked Art and Artificial Mythologies .-Books:...
, and her family. She holds degrees from Cornell University (BA, English), the University of the Arts (MA, Art Education) and from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania (MA, Communication). She has been a professor at Cornell and the University of the Arts, an instructor at Richard Stockton College and Tufts University, and a guest lecturer at Harvard College, Loyola University, the University of Central Florida, RISD, the University of Hawaii, Temple University and numerous other institutions. Her films have been screened at numerous film festivals around the world over the past two decades. She has received awards and grants including several Mid-Atlantic Emmys, an ITVS production grant and the 2006 Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.
Filmography
Paper WallsMixed live action and multi-media animation, 1993, 6 mins.
Spotlight film for WHYY, based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story.
Cauldron
Clay-on-glass, 1994, 5 mins.
Funded by Pittsburgh Filmmakers Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and PIFVA Subsidy Grant. Screened at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and the Festival of Independents.
MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Free Your Mind Spot
Clay-on-glass, 1994, 30 secs.
Produced, directed and animated a 30-second spot for MTV.
Picking Pea Pods
Clay-on-glass, 1996, 45 secs.
Short film for 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...
.
Both Sides Now
Clay-on-glass, 1998, 1 min.
Segment for A Little Curious
A Little Curious
A Little Curious is a children's television show which has aired on HBO Family since 1998, lasting for just two seasons , and...
on HBO Family.
WHYY-TV
In the 1990s she created numerous short station ID's for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and other shorts for ITVS
ITVS
Independent Television Service is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries and dramas on public television, new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly series Independent Lens and Global Voices on PBS....
that have been televised nationally, e.g., Frog Harmony
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
1.5 minutes, based on Emily Dickinson's poem of the same name.
Media Art Projects
Hannibal Square Community Mosaic ProjectA community-based art project working with children and artists from the Crealde School of Art, to celebrate the history of Hannibal Square in Winter Park, FL.
Folkvine
Film and interactive documentaries of Florida folk artists. Ms Tomlinson is the videographer and editor.
Girls of the World
Five fifth grade girls made animated stories from the history of girlhood. Ms. Tomlinson was the producer and creative director of the project.
Shopping for Utopia
Elementary school kids give animated tours of utopian societies that they designed. Ms. Tomlinson was the producer and creative director for this project. One of the tours features work by her son, Sam Saper.
Boxed In
1996 ArtFronts project funded a storefront installation in center-city Phila., Sept.-Nov. 1996.
Collaboration with sculptor Bill Tomlinson.
A 25 feet (7.6 m)-long man crouched in the store window, holding a television monitor that captured the images of the passers-by. Reviews appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, The City Paper, and the Philadelphia Forum.