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Hello and welcome to our last episode for the 2021 Season of the Spotlight Podcast from Nice Moves. We did it. We made it through another year of pandemic times. It's been a hard road, but we did it and we're here. Yeeeyyyy.

Now - it's time to take a trip down the Minneapolis Animation Industry's memory lane with Scott Gaff as we chat about how he got into this industry, all the talented folks he's crossed paths with and everyone's favorite show in town, the Minnesota Electronic Theater, aka the MET or M-E-T.

In this episode we chat with the creative duo, Gretchen & Eric, as they share their path to Minnesota and all the wonderful life events leading up to the formation of their Studio eg (eeg-gee.com). They talk about their recent massive collaboration, with 25 artists working across 6 countries on an animated music video called “Words” co-directed with Mike Owens. And, like all our guests, they offer sage advice for fellow creative professionals and key-friends.

In this episode we sit down and chat with the insanely talented Prashan Subasinghe who's amazing 3d creations you may have spotted on our own, Nice Moves Instagram Stories, as a Feature Friday - once, twice or a bazillion times. Prashan is a 3D artist specializing in digital sculpting and modeling with a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Sit back and enjoy his thoughts on getting loose and thinking like a sketcher in 3D, the importance of focusing on the fundamentals, and a useful way of looking at skill building as exercise in this captivating episode.

In this episode we sit down and chat with two wildly talented and creative minds working at one of the most respected studios in motion graphics, Ordinary Folk located in Vancouver Canada. Grace Pedersen and Greg Stewart share their how their paths have interwoven with Nice Moves’ community, and then how they crossed together, and then they also offer advice to future creative folks.

In this episode we chat with Peter Steineck and Michael Van Swearingen the minds behind the Hellavision television Network. I'm not going to describe this episode. But I will warn you. Just when you think things couldn't get weirder... they do. So make sure to listen all the way through in this extra special epsiode. Happy Friday the 13th!

In addition to studying Muay Thai and building her own Animal Crossing oasis, Betty Chin-Wu has been building a long and successful career in the world of motion graphics here in Minneapolis for over a decade. So grab a La Croix and a DQ cone, pull up a chair and listen as we talk with Betty about career longevity, fighting imposter syndrome and navigating large projects through the pandemic - all while kicking ass on cool projects like her work for Target Headquarters both for International Women's Day Animation & Asian Pacific Islander Month.