KELLY BROOKS / Starting Stop Motion: Animating Sanpete
2021
Starting Stop Motion: Animating Sanpete is a project inspired by and designed for the rural community in Ephraim City, Sanpete County, Utah. Snow College time-based media students, Ephraim Elementary School 5th graders and Granary Arts participants learned about and experimented with the creative process of stop motion animation, created original and meaningful artwork that responded to the Sanpete Region, and made connections with their community. Animations were screened at a public outdoor event.
About the Project Coordinator
Kelly Brooks grew up in the Salt Lake Valley near the Cottonwood Canyons. She received a BFA in Drawing + Painting from Brigham Young University, a certificate in Art Teaching from Weber State University, and is currently working toward a Masters of Arts Teaching in Fine Arts at the University of Utah. Her artistic interests span several media but focus most on drawing, painting, installation, video and animation. Selected exhibitions include Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Rio Gallery, Finch Lane Gallery, Springville Art Museum, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Writ & Vision, SMartspace, Alice Gallery, Kimball Visual Arts Center, and CUAC. She directed the Museum School at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and is the co-founder and former Co-Director of Granary Arts Ephraim. She currently lives and works in central Utah with her husband and three children where she teaches for the Department of Visual Art at Snow College. kellybrooksart.com