Oregon's Animation Magic | Oregon Art Beat (full episode)

At just about any moment of any day in Oregon, someone is making animation. Home of Oscar-winning artists, Portland is considered one of the stop-motion capitals of the world. Meet the artists who have made Oregon an animation powerhouse, including Claymation creator Will Vinton, animation makers Rose Bond, Jerold Howard, Joan Gratz, artists at LAIKA, and more!
This story first aired April 2017
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[@Neelloc83]

This is amazing. I am old school, growing up watching Gumby and Pokey, and Davey and Goliath in the 1960s. Stop motion animation has always been my favorite, including Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Coraline. I had no idea Oregon was the base for the wealth of talented animators, starting with Closed Mondays by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner. Then to discover they are they ones behind the California Raisins? I loved those commercials specifically because they were stop motion. Thank you so much for producing this video and making the public aware (like me in Idaho) of all of the extraordinary artists that continue this form of animation.

[@User-uj7nz]

Can't wait to see Battlefield: Portland

[@Beschaulichkeit]

Thank you for this. It was exciting to put names and faces to the animators who filled my childhood with their visions!

[@brygos7436]

"like a bit of hollywood in the PNW" and then praises the long hours the animators have to work, which is a very SoCal thing to do tbh