Animation Workshop
with
Emmy Award Winner
Hayley Morris
Saturday January 9, 2027
12:00- 3:00pm
$250 per person
Ages: 10 +
Adults welcome
Animation Workshop
Max: 10 people
Jan 9, 2027
3.5 hours.
12pm- 3:30
$250/person
Rundown
15-20 minute presentation about my work
30 minute demo on making cut paper puppets with joints.
40 minutes - Students make their puppets and props
15-20 minutes - Animation demo
1 hour - Animate
Workshop Description
In this hands-on workshop, students will explore the creative process of artist and animator Hayley Morris, gaining insight into her work and approach to bringing everyday materials to life through animation. Hayley will guide students through designing and building their own paper jointed puppet, introducing the fundamentals of character movement and construction. Students will then learn the basics of stop-motion animation, discovering how to bring their creations to life one frame at a time. Working in small teams, they’ll put their new skills into practice by collaborating on a short, playful animation featuring a simple character interaction. The workshop is a fun, collaborative introduction to the magic of stop-motion, combining hands-on making, experimentation, and storytelling.
Hayley Morris is an Emmy Award-winning artist and animation director based in Vermont, working under the studio name Shape & Shadow. Her practice explores the intersection of fine art, sculpture, and mixed media through stop-motion animation, bringing physical materials to life through movement, texture, and inventive storytelling.
At the heart of Morris's practice is a deep appreciation for the handmade moving image and the expressive and poetic possibilities of stop-motion animation. Working with paper, clay, fabric, fibers, found objects, and natural elements; she embraces the tactile qualities of materials. Her work utilizes in-camera effects, lighting, and the imperfections of physical processes to create images that feel alive and distinctly human. Her work often blurs the boundaries between the real and the imagined, the tangible and the intangible, revealing unexpected connections between objects, nature, and the world around us.
