I founded Supernova Digital Animation Festival in 2016 as a leading initiative of Denver Digerati, the first annual festival in the world dedicated exclusively to digital animation and motion art. Originally presented to the public through outdoor LED screens, the festival adapted during the pandemic of 2020 into a month-long celebration with limited outdoor activations and robust online programming. In 2022 the festival was noted as one of the ten Top International Animation Events You Should Plan to Attend by Business of Animation. I could not be more proud than this achievement and all the hard work and unfathomable challenges that went into building this program, one that ultimately was unable to prove financially viable due to the progressive nature of the concept dovetailing with the uncertainties derived from the pandemic that underscored the entire art scene. Supernova offered thousands of artists from all over the world a rallying point for their their work, an extraordinary and prestigious showcase in an exciting and profoundly innovative public context. It brought new life to the art scene in Denver in support of diversity and innovation, at a time when it was consistently on the wane and bereft of “out of the box thinking” and new modes of expression. The links below have limited information on the full scope of the festival, but offer a snapshot of the imagery and breadth of each year’s event through materials I took great pleasure in creating and that pushed my own creative development.
