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Lynn Tomlinson
Lynn Tomlinson
Education	Cornell University (BA, English); University of the Arts (MA, Art Education); Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania (MA, Communication); Towson University (MFA, Studio Art);
Occupation(s)	Animator, artist, professor
Employer	Towson University
Notable work	The Elephant's Song, The Ballad of Holland Island House
Website	lynntomlinson.com

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Lynn Tomlinson is an animator and artist. She is a professor at Towson University.^[1] She lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband, Craig J Saper, and her family. She has taught at Cornell University, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Delaware College of Art and Design, Richard Stockton College, and Tufts University. Her films have been screened at 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 Individual Artist Fellowships from the State Arts Councils of Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maryland.

Education

Tomlinson holds degrees from Cornell University (BA, English), the University of the Arts (MA, Art Education), the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania (MA, Communication), and Towson University (MFA, Studio Art).^[2]

Work

Tomlinson's animation work involves the use of a "clay on glass animation technique", involving the use shifting perspectives and the animation of the moving clay.^[2] Her work explores environmental themes, examining the human impact on the environment.^[3] Tomlinson has created animations for PBS Kids, Sesame Street, and MTV. She has also exhibited her films internationally.^[4] Tomlinson's works have been cited for "expand[ing] the horizons of contemporary animated form"^[5] as well as "convey[ing] the enormity of permanent loss".^[6]

The Elephant's Song received multiple awards, including Best of Festival from the Peekskill Film Festival and Best Animation from the University Film and Video Association. The Ballad of Holland Island House was awarded a prize from Greenpeace.^[7]

Selected filmography

Both Sides Now (Clay-on-glass, 1998) – 1 min. Segment for A Little Curious on HBO Family
P's Please (Clay-on-glass, 1996) – 45 secs. Short film for Sesame Street
WHYY-TV – In the 1990s she created numerous short station IDs for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and other shorts for ITVS that have been televised nationally, e.g., Frog Harmony
MTV Fishbowl (Clay-on-glass, 1989) - 20 secs. Produced and animated a 20-second bumper for MTV, 1989–1991
MTV Free Your Mind Spot (Clay-on-glass, 1994) – 30 secs. Produced, directed and animated a 30-second spot for MTV
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
Paper Walls (1993) – Mixed live action and multi-media animation, 6 mins. Spotlight film for WHYY, based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died – 1.5 minutes, based on Emily Dickinson's poem of the same name
The Ballad of Holland Island House (2014) – 04:20
The Elephant's Song (2018) – 07:40

Media art projects

Hannibal Square Community Mosaic Project – 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. Tomlinson is the videographer and editor.^[8]
Girls of the World – Five fifth grade girls made animated stories from the history of girlhood. 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. 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-foot (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.

References

^ Hovis, Kathy (29 November 2018). "Alumna animator earns festival awards for newest film". Cornell University. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Lynn Tomlinson, M.F.A." Towson University. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Lynn Tomlinson Animator". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Lynn Tomlinson". dceff.org. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ Pallant, Chris (2021). Animation Critical and Primary Sources. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 9781501305719. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ Shobeiri, Ali; Munteán, László; van Gageldonk, Maarten (20 August 2020). Animation and Memory. Springer International. p. 87. ISBN 9783030348885. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Lynn Tomlinson". Interlochen Center for the Arts. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ Congdon, Kristin G. (2006). "Folkvine.org: Arts-Based Research on the Web". Studies in Art Education. 48 (1): 36–51. doi:10.1080/00393541.2006.11650498. JSTOR 25475804. S2CID 142274381.

[cornell-1] Hovis, Kathy (29 November 2018). "Alumna animator earns festival awards for newest film". Cornell University. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[towson-2] "Lynn Tomlinson, M.F.A." Towson University. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[freeway-3] "Lynn Tomlinson Animator". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[dceff-4] "Lynn Tomlinson". dceff.org. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[animation-5] Pallant, Chris (2021). Animation Critical and Primary Sources. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 9781501305719. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[memory-6] Shobeiri, Ali; Munteán, László; van Gageldonk, Maarten (20 August 2020). Animation and Memory. Springer International. p. 87. ISBN 9783030348885. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[inter-7] "Lynn Tomlinson". Interlochen Center for the Arts. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[8] Congdon, Kristin G. (2006). "Folkvine.org: Arts-Based Research on the Web". Studies in Art Education. 48 (1): 36–51. doi:10.1080/00393541.2006.11650498. JSTOR 25475804. S2CID 142274381.

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+{{Short description|American animator and artist}}
-'''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.
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+*[[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], English)
+*[[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], Art Education)
+*[[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania]] (MA, Communication)
+*[[Towson University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]], Studio Art)
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+'''Lynn Tomlinson''' is an animator and artist. She is a professor at [[Towson University]].<ref name="cornell">{{cite web | url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/11/alumna-animator-earns-festival-awards-newest-film | title=Alumna animator earns festival awards for newest film |website=[[Cornell University]] |last=Hovis |first=Kathy |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> She lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband, [[Craig J Saper]], and her family.  She has taught at Cornell University, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, [[Maryland Institute College of Art]], and [[Delaware College of Art and Design]], [[Richard Stockton College]], and [[Tufts University]]. Her films have been screened at 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 Individual Artist Fellowships from the State Arts Councils of Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maryland.
-== Filmography ==
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=DzK0mQER28A I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died]
-.5 minutes, based on Emily Dickinson's poem of the same name.
+== Education ==
-'''Paper Walls'''
-Mixed live action and multi-media animation, 1993, 6 mins.
-Spotlight film for WHYY, based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story.
+Tomlinson holds degrees from [[Cornell University]] (BA, English), the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]] (MA, Art Education), the [[Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania]] (MA, Communication), and [[Towson University]] (MFA, Studio Art).<ref name="towson">{{cite web | url=https://www.towson.edu/cofac/departments/mediafilm/facultystaff/ltomlinson.html | title=Lynn Tomlinson, M.F.A. |website=[[Towson University]] |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>
-'''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.
+== Work ==
-'''[[MTV]] Free Your Mind Spot'''
-Clay-on-glass, 1994, 30 secs.
-Produced, directed and animated a 30-second spot for MTV.
+Tomlinson's [[animation]] work involves the use of a "clay on glass animation technique", involving the use shifting perspectives and the [[Clay animation|animation of the moving clay]].<ref name="towson" /> Her work explores [[natural environment|environmental]] themes, examining the [[human impact on the environment]].<ref name="freeway">{{cite web | url=https://filmfreeway.com/lynntomlinson | title=Lynn Tomlinson Animator |website=[[FilmFreeway]] |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> Tomlinson has created animations for [[PBS Kids]], [[Sesame Street]], and [[MTV]]. She has also exhibited her films internationally.<ref name="dceff">{{cite web | url=https://dceff.org/filmmaker/tomlinson-lynn/ | title=Lynn Tomlinson |website=dceff.org |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> Tomlinson's works have been cited for "expand[ing] the horizons of contemporary animated form"<ref name="animation">{{cite book |title=Animation Critical and Primary Sources |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |last=Pallant |first=Chris |date=2021 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_NaEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lynn+Tomlinson%22+animation&pg=PA7 |isbn=9781501305719 |page=7 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> as well as "convey[ing] the enormity of permanent loss".<ref name="memory">{{cite book |title=Animation and Memory |publisher=[[Springer International]] |last1=Shobeiri |first1=Ali |last2=Munteán |first2=László |last3=van Gageldonk |first3=Maarten |date=20 August 2020 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcD4DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22lynn+tomlinson%22&pg=PA87 |isbn=9783030348885 |page=87 |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
-'''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., [http://youtube.com/watch?v=H7byQLA5CLQ Frog Harmony]
+''The Elephant's Song'' received multiple awards, including Best of Festival from the Peekskill Film Festival and Best Animation from the [[University Film and Video Association]]. ''The Ballad of Holland Island House'' was awarded a prize from [[Greenpeace]].<ref name="inter">{{cite web | url=https://www.interlochen.org/person/lynn-tomlinson | title=Lynn Tomlinson |website=[[Interlochen Center for the Arts]] |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
-'''Picking Pea Pods'''
-Clay-on-glass, 1996, 45 secs.
-Short film for ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
+=== Selected filmography ===
-'''Both Sides Now'''
-Clay-on-glass, 1998, 1 min.
-Segment for ''[[A Little Curious]]'' on [[HBO-Family|HBO Family]].
+*''Both Sides Now'' (Clay-on-glass, 1998) – 1 min. Segment for ''[[A Little Curious]]'' on [[HBO-Family|HBO Family]]
-== Media Art Projects ==
+*''P's Please'' (Clay-on-glass, 1996) – 45 secs. Short film for ''[[Sesame Street]]''
-'''[http://communitymosaic.blogspot.com Hannibal Square Community Mosaic Project]'''
+*''WHYY-TV'' – In the 1990s she created numerous short station IDs for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and other shorts for [[ITVS]] that have been televised nationally, e.g., Frog Harmony
-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.
+*''MTV Fishbowl'' (Clay-on-glass, 1989) - 20 secs. Produced and animated a 20-second bumper for MTV, 1989–1991
+*''MTV Free Your Mind Spot'' (Clay-on-glass, 1994) – 30 secs. Produced, directed and animated a 30-second spot for MTV
+*''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
+*''Paper Walls'' (1993) – Mixed live action and multi-media animation, 6 mins. Spotlight film for [[WHYY-TV|WHYY]], based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story
+*''I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died '' – 1.5 minutes, based on [[Emily Dickinson]]'s poem of the [[I heard a Fly buzz—when I died|same name]]
+*''The Ballad of Holland Island House'' (2014) – 04:20
+*''The Elephant's Song'' (2018) – 07:40
+=== Media art projects ===
-'''[http://www.folkvine.org Folkvine]'''
-Film and interactive documentaries of Florida folk artists. Ms Tomlinson is the videographer and editor.
+*Hannibal Square Community Mosaic Project – 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.
-'''[http://girlsoftheworldanimation.blogspot.com Girls of the World]'''
+*''Folkvine'' – Film and interactive documentaries of Florida folk artists. Tomlinson is the videographer and editor.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Congdon|first=Kristin G.|date=2006|title=Folkvine.org: Arts-Based Research on the Web|journal=Studies in Art Education|volume=48|issue=1|pages=36–51|doi=10.1080/00393541.2006.11650498 |jstor=25475804 |s2cid=142274381 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25475804}}</ref>
-Five fifth grade girls made animated stories from the history of girlhood. Ms. Tomlinson was the producer and creative director of the project.
+*''Girls of the World'' – Five fifth grade girls made animated stories from the history of girlhood. 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. 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 {{convert|25|ft|m|adj=on}}-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.
+== References ==
-'''[http://lynntomlinson.blogspot.com 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.
+<references />
-'''[http://lynntomlinson.blogspot.com/2006/04/boxed-in.html Boxed In]'''
-ArtFronts project funded a storefront installation in center-city Phila., Sept.-Nov. 1996.
-Collaboration with sculptor Bill Tomlinson.
-A {{convert|25|ft|m|sing=on}}-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.
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