Jessica Ashman | Animator, Arts Educator & Artist

Jessica Ashman is a #BAFTA award winning animator and art educator. We spoke with Jessica about her incredible journey so far.  You'll learn how to select your next project & manage costs, start (and maintain) a career as a freelance creative, make any job help you reach your goals, work with people you admire and more. As an educator she explained what key messages she passes on to young people studying creative subjects. As a woman of colour she talked about how she uses this to make ground-breaking work, collaborate and support other #woc in the industry. She also reveals her next project that combines her interdisciplinary skills with new mediums - aka future proofing her craft. We also share how YOU can suggest what we talk about on the show!  Enjoy your show. - Culture in the Craft We’re a #poc #podcast by a collective of creative experts talking about animation, games, VR/AR/MR +, digital design (motion graphics etc), VFX, Prod Mgmt (aka the biz side) and more as people of colour. Join our mission to boost #diversity in creative spaces so we smash skills gaps, share our successes and showcase talent in our communities.  FOLLOW | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE: #culturexcraft www.facebook.com/culturexcraft @culturexcraft GUEST DETAILS: Jessica Ashman (Artist, Animator & Arts Educator) @jessiola www.jessicaashman.com GEMS/MENTIONS: Secret Power (Jessica’s Band) Octavia Butler (Author) Yero Timi Biu (Author) Flat Pack Festival  (Event) Black Star Festival (Event) Brooklyn Women's Film Festival (Event) ENSEMBLE/COLLECTIVE: El | Lead Animator - modern industry veteran   twitter: @elsuliman insta: elsuliman Esther | Designer - 2D animation ambassador twitter: @artsybuki insta: artsybuki Kenny | Motion Graphic Artist - aspiring educator twitter: @kenaddeh ‏ insta: kennys_lab Lor | Resident Head of Production/Producer (at large) - creative evangelist & doyen twitter: @_gal_lor   CREW/SUPPORT: Thanks go out to: Jade "JDWasabi" Leamcharaskul (Composer & Sound Designer) @JDWasabi www.wasabi-playground.com Attributions: Robbero | The Power of Will c/o CCMixter ABSRDST | Say Goodbye c/o Free Music Archive © 2019 Culture in the Craft