Yvonne Andersen

Yvonne Andersen (born September 7, 1932) is an American animated filmmaker, author, and teacher. She is most well known for co-creating the Yellow Ball Workshop with her husband, Dominic Falcone. The Yellow Ball Workshop was a school for both children and adults to learn about animation.

Andersen and her husband produced many of the films created by their students. Following the Yellow Ball Workshop, Andersen taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. Amy Kravitz, a former student of Andersen, stated: "When I was a child in her class, one of the most important things Yvonne did was take me seriously. She took all of us seriously."

Career Andersen shot her animated films on 16 mm film and used "pixillation, cutouts, and puppet animation" The gallery ran from 1955 to 1959, during which around 100 artists were promoted. Andersen would always have art supplies for her children to use, and she encouraged them to invite their friends over to use them as well. This led to children regularly coming to Andersen's home, sometimes when her own children were not there, to use these art supplies. Between 1963 and 1980, the Yellow Ball Workshop produced more than a dozen films. The animation program at the Rhode Island School of Design took inspiration from The Yellow Ball Workshop, and Andersen would go on to teach at this school.

Rhode Island School of Design Andersen was approached for a job opportunity at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1979. She worked part-time for 5 years before becoming a full-time teacher, she taught "flat animation, stop motion and film special effects." Later, she spent 9 years as the head of the Film and Video Department. Andersen worked at this school for a total of 23 years before retiring in 2002.

Filmography

Books

Make your Own Animated Movies (1970), Little, Brown and Company Teaching Film Animation To Children (1970), Van Nostrand Reinhold Make Your Own Animated Movies and Video Tapes (1991), Little, Brown and Company