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We Dig: 200 Years of Extraction in the Anthracite Fields of Pennsylvania
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Video & Press
All News, Artist at LCPIf you're not able to visit the Library Company to see the exhibit, you can watch the finished animation on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/librarycompany/rebelliousbird
Also, I'd like to share some recent press. This project was mentioned in the…
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Reception & Talk!
All News, Artist at LCPThis Thursday we'll screen the animation and I'll discuss my creative process. Civil War re-enactor Wendy Ramsburg, the subject of my animation, will also speak. Please join us!
Thursday, June 2, 2011—Reception at 5:30 p.m., Program at…
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Finished
All News, Artist at LCP1,676 still photographs of 42 painted backgrounds + dozens of puppets = 1 completed 9-minute animation!
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Repeats
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I thought I'd show you some shots of my animation backdrops and puppets. To animate facial expressions, hand gestures, and other motion sequences, I make series of replaceable parts. I place each piece on a painted backdrop, snap a photo,…
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Laying Out Exhibition Cases
All News, Artist at LCPReference Librarian Linda August and Curator of Prints and Photographs Sarah Weatherwax are collaborating on a small exhibition to accompany Jennifer Levonian's animated video. Women not only fought as men in the Civil War, they also concealed…
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Busy
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March is flying by and I've been busy painting the backgrounds for my animation.
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Wendy in Disguise
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As I continued to read about the topic of women soldiers in the Civil War, I learned that there are a number of women that disguise themselves as men to portray male soldiers in Civil War re-enactments. This discovery led me to the panhandle…
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Choosing a Topic
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When I began to visit the Library Company’s Print Room to view the McAllister Collection of Civil War ephemera, I was both fascinated and overwhelmed by the collection and the scope of the subject. Not only did the Civil War seem much…
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Illustrating the Civil War
All News, Artist at LCPJennifer recently visited the Library Company to look at some of our printed material, including Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Leslie’s was a heavily illustrated American literary and news serial founded in 1855. It portrayed the…
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Introductions
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I’m Jennifer Levonian, a Philadelphia artist working in painting and cut-paper animation. The above self-portrait is a still from an animation I made last winter. Currently, I’m making an animation inspired by the Library Company’s…