Ruth C Hayes papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: PP-0013

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Teaching portfolio including program descriptions, student work release forms, teacher training, governance work. Includes material from the following programs (1994 – 2020):

Narrative Structures in Amination (1994); Mediaworks (1997-1998, 2000-2001; 2003-2004, 2005, 2007-2008 2014-2015); Imagining Movement (1998-1999); Building Character (1999-2000); Making Time (2001-2002); Patterns (2002-2003); Emerging Order (2005-2006); Animated Visions (2006); SOS Media (2006-2007); Image and Sequence (2008-2009); Drawing Outside the Line (2009-2010); Animation Boot Camp (2010); Nonfiction Media (2010-2011); Animal Morphology, Motion, and Mind (2011-2012); Animal Others (2012); Picturing Plants (2013); Trajectories (2012-2013); Fine Art of Handmade Animated Film (2013); Nonfiction Media (2013-2014); Visualizing Microbial Seascapes (2015-2016); Arts of Urgency (2019-2020)

Dates

Creation: 1994 - 2020

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public.

Biographical / Historical

Ruth C Hayes began teaching at The Evergreen State College in 1997. She received her BA in Animation from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges in 1978. In 1992 she received her MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. Hayes taught classes in animation, film and media studies and visual arts and visual studies. Her interests were in Experimental Animation, Nonfiction Animation, Film and Media, and Media Arts. Hayes’ personal creative work has included making films, flipbooks, and other animation toys.