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CREATE post-high animation students kicked off the 2023 instalment of the Orange Tree Project Nickelodeon Animation mentorship on Sept 11! We started everything off with a Producer Masterclass from experienced Nickelodeon Producer and Mentor Paulina…

Artists from Jam Filled Entertainment will a group of CREATE post-high student animators throughout the 2023/2024 school year! The students will receive instruction and masterclasses from the mentors, as well as monthly feedback meetings on…

The 2023 CREATE Showcase was hosted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on June 22. Students, families, industry, stakeholders and mentors gathered to view student work on the big screen, and learn about project in a…

On May 25 2023, 12 CREATE students travelled to Los Angeles to pitch their projects to Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon has been mentoring CREATE students since 2018 as part of The Orange Tree Project, an initiative where…

Students in the Winnipeg School Division’s CREATE program at Sisler High School are embarking on the field trip of a lifetime.  On May 25, 2023, 12 students in the post-high CREATE program will travel to…

Teams from CREATE’s film cohort took first and third place in this year’s Safe Work Manitoba Norm the Safety contest. Sisler students Laura Gross and Erin Tierney took first place for their film ‘It All…

On April 20, 109 students gathered at Sisler High School for the 2023 Anijam in honour of Earth Day. CREATE students mentored students between the ages of 9 and 21 in creating a short animation.…

Sisler CREATE teams dominated the animation categories for the 2023 Skills Manitoba animation competitions. CREATE 2D animation teams took bronze, silver and gold, while a CREATE 3D animation team took gold. 2D Bronze: Sam Nunes…

The CREATE program will host an Animation Jam April 20 at Sisler High School. Our keynote speakers this year include Mike Barth and Michael Hunter from Jam Filled Entertainment. Toon Boom Animation and Wacom are…

Students in the Winnipeg School Division’s CREATE program at Sisler High School will have access to post-secondary opportunities and media production training thanks to a new partnership between IATSE 856 and CREATE. The partnership was…

More CREATE students than ever have been awarded scholarships to Vancouver Film School (VFS) thanks to contributions from The Schroeder Foundation and VFS. The organizations have donated over $677,000 worth of tuition. The recipients will…

On February 2, 2023, CREATE welcomed over 100 middle years students to Sisler to learn the basics of filmmaking and video game creation. CREATE’s post-high students mentored their younger counterparts in the creation of short…

Please see a fantastic feature by CTV’s Michael D’Alimonte on how our students could turn Winnipeg into an animation hub! https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-s-a-snowball-effect-how-winnipeg-animation-students-could-make-the-city-an-animation-hub-1.6168972

Doug Morrow, a leading makeup and prosthetics creator in the Canadian film industry, donated his time by giving a masterclass workshop for our students! Doug has worked on productions like Reindeer Games, Godzilla, The X-Files,…

Connected Ink is an event hosted by Wacom that collects in person and online speakers around the world to discuss human creativity, imagination, and curiosity. It will take place in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Düsseldorf, and Portland…

CREATE students Jeremy Legaspi (Team lead on Motion Graphics) and Francesca Musni (co-team lead on Ice Projections) chat with CBC Radio’s Marcy Markusa about creating graphics and content for the Nov 8 Winnipeg Jets home…

Students from the Winnipeg School Division’s CREATE program at Sisler High School will receive mentorship and masterclasses in 3D animation from one of the world’s premiere animation studios. REEL FX Animation, which has studios throughout…

Canadian actor and Sisler grad Aleks Paunovic (Hawkeye, Van Helsing, Snowpiercer, Zero Contact) stopped by CREATE to tour the program and meet our students! The actor, originally from Winnipeg, was in town to host the…

A Sisler CREATE team placed 1st in the High School category of this year’s 24 Hour Animation Contest, and 7th overall out of 300 teams. Three other CREATE teams placed in the top 10 in…

CREATE Department Head Jamie Leduc, along with CREATE students Xierra Cansino and Ivan Abrasaldo gave a webinar talk about how to prepare students for a career in the arts. The talk was part of Wacom’s…

On Oct 20 CREATE students will receive a masterclass workshop on ZBrush from illustrator Mike Thompson, a Clio Award winning Illustrator/Sculptor who has worked with Netflix, Marvel, Sideshow, WB, Nike and more. ZBrush is is…

This year Sisler CREATE is entering 9 teams in the 24 Hours Animation Contest, which will take place Oct 14 and 15, 2022. In 2019, CREATE entered just two teams. In 2020 we entered three…

Seven post-high CREATE students will work with Wacom and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on creative projects themed around social justice. The ‘Make the World a Better Place Through Art’ team will receive mentorship…