Office: RM 722
e-mail: jasonkhopkins2000@yahoo.com
Courses Taught
Teaching focus: Animation, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation
Jason Hopkins received his BA from Amherst College in Fine Arts and also holds
a BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his academic
career he completed several independent animated shorts, including "Chushingura:
The Tale of the Loyal Retainers" which earned him "Best Animated Short"
in the "Five-College Film Festival, and his Master's Thesis "Peristalsis"
which was exhibited at the Gene Siskel Theater in Chicago. He has worked at
Anzovin Animation Studios in Massachusetts, Noodlesoup Productions in New York
City on the "Venture Brothers" cartoon series, and at Calabash Animation
in Chicago on various commercial endeavors.
Jason has been teaching for over three years as an instructor in Art and Technology
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an emphasis in 2D and 3D
animation, in addition to special topics including digital compositing, lighting,
rendering, rigging, and dynamics. He is also currently a professional instructor
of ballroom dance at Fred Astaire Studios in downtown Chicago.