{"id":2447,"date":"2013-03-17T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2013-05-05T10:39:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T15:39:26","slug":"tap1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/tap1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Animation Project and 3ds Max to Help At-Risk Youths Create Public Service Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York based Brian Austin spent many years working as a\"brian-austin\"<\/a> 3ds Max artist on commercials (most recently at Spontaneous Combustion) but felt the need to follow what some might consider a higher calling. In 2008, after having left the commercial animation industry and receiving a Masters in Art Therapy, he created the non-profit organization known as The Animation Project<\/a> (TAP)\u00a0 . TAP uses digital art technology, and 3ds Max in particular, as a tool to change the lives of youth. His program capitalizes on youth\u2019s natural interest in new media to engage them in group therapy sessions, cultivating self expression, improving self \"logo\"<\/a>esteem, enhancing social and emotional coping skills, while simultaneously fostering the development of practical computer competencies that transfer to many career and education paths.
\nOver 1,100 youth have participated in TAP\u2019s signature 3D Computer Animation Therapy Group. In these hands-on, direct service groups, youth work as a team to produce an original, computer-animated video. These sessions are an environment where youth practice self-governance and learn social skills through making creative decisions as a group. Simultaneously, \"1B\"<\/a>they learn professional-level animation skills and use them as an expressive means of revealing and managing their aspirations and frustrations. As group participants feel increasingly safe within the sessions, they reveal personal issues to one another through open discussion about their animation\u2019s theme. Simultaneously, they develop proficiency with a computer animation program used throughout the industry, which provides a tremendous sense of accomplishment. The group cycle ends with the completion and public screening of their animated video, allowing for the full expression of their emerging identities as digital artists.
\n\"beats\"<\/a>Most recently TAP announced that The Osborne Association has signed a contract with TAP to provide their innovative 3D Computer Animation Groups for youth enrolled in The Osborne Association\u2019s Justice Community program. The participants will create a Public Service Announcement about a community issue. The PSA will be shown and disseminated in various ways to raise awareness of the issue and be used as an advocacy tool to think of ways of addressing it. The Osborne Association’s Justice Community program offers environmental literacy, job readiness training and career exploration opportunities for court-involved young adults between 18 and 24 years old residing in the Bronx.
\n“We need volunteer 3D Max artists.” says Austin “Volunteers can come for as little as one time for an hour, or come to each group. We teach the youth box-modeling, so all skill levels are welcome.”
\nIf you are interested in volunteering, you can email TAP at info@theanimationproject.org<\/a> or call (646)621-4212<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York based Brian Austin spent many years working as a 3ds Max artist on commercials (most recently at Spontaneous Combustion) but felt the need to follow what some might consider a higher calling. In 2008, after having left the commercial animation industry and receiving a Masters in Art Therapy, he created the non-profit organization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lmnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/photo-2a3-940x390.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions\/2467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyc3d.org\/3dwp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}