Playgrounds - The Art Department

Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon is a four-time Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, BAFTA and Emmy nominated animation studio formed by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. From award-winning shorts to feature films and TV series, Cartoon Saloon has carved a special place in the international animation industry.

The creation of Wolfwalkers
Partner & Creative Director of Cartoon Saloon Tomm Moore is joining The Art Departement with a talk about their latests animated feature Wolfwalkers. Apple’s Wolfwalkers is the third animated feature from two-time Academy Award-nominee Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea) and Ross Stewart, and made its world premiere as an official selection of the 45th Toronto International Film Festival this September.

He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like imagery, widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Artist, writer and film-maker Shaun Tan has published over 16 picture books and is the recipient of an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing. He also received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden and the Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK. His works have inspired multiple theatre productions, and have been translated all over the world. He has worked as a concept artist for Pixar's WALL-E and designed contraptions for Blue Sky’s adaptation of Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss.

Interview Shaun Tan by Playgrounds' director Leon van Rooij
Playgrounds' founder and director Leon van Rooij will do a live interview with Shaun Tan. They will discuss high lights in his career and focus on his working process.

Loish (Lois van Baarle) has been drawing since the day she could hold a pencil. Nowadays Loish draws almost always digitally using Photoshop to create expressive characters that consistently promote female beauty in all shapes and forms. A true inspiration for all artists, an emblem for girl power, a mastermind in terms of creating and managing communities, not to mention a social-media savvy.

Online presence
Loish will elaborate on her interaction with her audience and fans on social media and how she really connects with her community.