Category: Sisler High School
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…
Students from CREATE are contributing content for the Nov. 8 Jets home game. The theme of the game is Filipino Heritage Night. Filipino CREATE students are collaborating with the Winnipeg Jets game presentation team on…
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…
CREATE post-high animation students are working with Nelvana again this year. Nelvana has provided mentors and salaries for 7 post-high CREATE students. During their post-high year, students work full time for Nelvana, while receiving mentorship…
CREATE Department Head Jamie Leduc, along with CREATE post-high graduate Jasper Leduc and current post-high student Sam Balanial travelled to Ottawa Sept 23 to participate in the Ottawa International Film Festival Toon Apprentice Day for…
A group of CREATE students are contributing animation to a feature film being directed by Arnon Manor and Kelsey Bascom. The film Quarter is a live action film that features animation components. It follows a…
CREATE has joined forces with the CBC Creator Network to train our post-high students in visual storytelling. The aim of the partnership is to empower students to create original content for CBC. In September, CBC’s…
Two projects created as part of the Orange Tree Project (CREATE’s mentor partnership with Nickelodeon) will air on the Pencilish Animation Studios YouTube Channel. ‘Roots on the Run’ was created last school year (2022) by…
A short doc by CREATE students Angelina Javier, Takyra Molloy and Margaux Jonson is being presented by CBC Creator Network. ‘The Three Sisters’ features an interview with Sisler’s Indigenous Graduation Coach Julie Delorme about how…
CREATE student Micaella Langit was interviewed on CBC radio during the CREATE showcase June 22 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery about our partnership with CBC Kids. All year, students worked with CBC’s Jeff Santos and…
Animator Mark Galez will speak at Sisler CREATE’s showcase at the Winnipeg Art Gallery June 22. Mark Galez is a filipino american director, storyboard artist, and illustrator based in Los Angeles. Graduating from the Academy of Art University…
CREATE students in both the high school and post-high programs came in first in Safe Work Manitoba’s ‘Norm the Safety’ contest. The contest includes students to create projects that promote safe work to young Manitobans…
Trevor Dineen from CBC Radio’s Now or Never show visited Sisler’s CREATE program to chat with post-high student Kiara Hare. Kiara is the lead on an Indigenous virtual reality project called ‘Off Trail’ – a…
CREATE’s 2D Character Computer Animation and 3D Digital Game Art teams have won Gold at Skills Canada! After winning Gold and Skills Manitoba, 3D Digital Game Art artist Dana McCoy travelled to Vancouver to compete…