A Workshop for Teenagers: Paper Animation

Vladimir Averin is a photographer and art educator. He graduated in Contemporary Russian Literature, Literature Theory and Pedagogics from RSUH (2016) and taught art and literature at a secondary school. Averin currently collaborates with the online resource Takie Dela and develops his own independent projects. He runs the animation studio for children and teenagers Smotri u menya!, an animation studio for people with ASD, teaches at the Sunduk inclusive workshops, and delivers inclusive animation masterclasses.

Irina Svetlichnaya is an artist and pedagogue. Graduate of Moscow State University of Design and Technology (2009). Author and methodologist of various education programs for creative studios and laboratories, Svetlichnaya ran a theater lab for teenagers at the British Higher School of Art and Design in 2017/2018 and makes props for Moscow’s Theater Ten. She also works as an event host at family camps run by the Perekrestok Center for Social and Psychological Adaptation and Development. She has worked as a teacher and author of education and inclusive programs at Garage since 2017.

Anna Grositskaya is an art historian, teacher and host of inclusive programs and tours. She graduated from RATI GITIS in 2006 and from Russian State University for the Humanities in 2018. Since 2018, she has been working at Garage Inclusive Programs department, where she develops educational programs and adapted guided tours. She also works as a photo editor and coordinator in the online resource on contemporary Russian art Russian Art Focus.