MENTORship & MASTERCLASSES

Work develops through close, sustained engagement with each artist. From this, a strong, original body of work takes form with clarity, direction, and independence.

Areas of development

The fields open into one another, allowing the work to move, expand, and take form beyond fixed boundaries. This includes visual storytelling, experimental film, and multimedia practice as part of the broader field.

Character ANimation

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

Illustration & Drawing

Fine Art

GAME DESIGN

Screenwriting & Creative Writing

MENTORSHIP & ARTIST DEVELOPMENT

Advanced mentorship and portfolio development for artists seeking clarity, direction, and authorship in their work.
  • 1:1 mentorship and long-term guidance
  • Portfolio development for BFA, MFA, and professional pathways
  • Artistic direction and project development
  • Artist statements and articulation of personal voice
  • Preparation for applications, residencies, and career entry
Work is developed through close dialogue, with attention to both structure and intuition, supporting each artist in arriving at a distinct and independent practice.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & LECTURES

Lectures, masterclasses, and intensive programs developed across academic and independent contexts.
  • Guest lectures and institutional engagements
  • Masterclasses and short-term intensives
  • Workshops for emerging and advanced artists
  • Curriculum development and collaborative programs
  • Educational collaborations
Educational initiatives have included the Lumen Animae School of Visual Arts, Ukraine (on pause) and the Lumen Animae School in Uganda (on pause), developed as part of the studio’s extended work.
Animation Masterclass — Beijing, China
"The attention to each artist’s individual strengths and direction has had a lasting impact on our students. With gratitude.”
— Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea

THE USE OF ABSTRACT THEATER

As part of our broader approach, we invite professional mime performers into the studio, bringing live movement directly into the learning process. Artists draw from performance as it unfolds, capturing gesture, rhythm, and transformation in real time, allowing drawing to develop as a way of thinking in time.
Each sequence emerges through direct engagement, forming a continuous relationship between perception and image. This method opens a living connection between body and form, where animation develops through experience and carries a sense of presence into the work.

Eugène Ionesco — Exit the King

performed during a SIX-HOUR DRAWING SESSION
Julien Heron performing Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco — live drawing session
Julien Heron performing Exit the King — live drawing session
LEARNING AS EXPERIENCE
This work unfolds as a continuous engagement rather than a fixed structure. Each process integrates observation, making, reflection, and dialogue, allowing the work to develop through direct encounter.
Structure and openness exist together, providing clarity while leaving space for discovery. The aim is not only to produce outcomes, but to create conditions in which the work can be experienced, understood, and carried forward in a lasting way.

Online format

GROUP & INDIVIDUAL STUDY
We understand the benefits of learning remotely. Each artist remains in their own environment, where the work stays close to daily life and unfolds with continuity.
The process is carried through dialogue and sustained feedback. Each stage is clarified in real time, giving the work direction so it develops as a lived experience.
The work remains in a focused and attentive connection, unfolding continuously and supported at each stage as it comes into form, with clarity and presence.
Remote masterclass — Los Angeles to Seoul Institute of the Arts
Live remote session — Seoul Institute of the Arts
Cross-location masterclass — Los Angeles / Seoul
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If this way of working resonates, you are welcome to enter into dialogue.

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