Yvonne Grzenkowicz
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Creative Technologist | Create, Curate, and Connect. | Founder of Animation Nights New York / ANNY Exchange + Co-Owner of Animation for Adults + Interim Co-Director of the Hubs Foundation | VES Member at Animation Nights New York (ANNY)
Location: New York, New York, United States 69 work roles 11 schools
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Yvonne Grzenkowicz previously worked as Organization Founder / Executive Director at Animation Nights New York (Anny) and ANNY Virtual Events, Production and Development Director at Animation Nights New York (Anny). Yvonne Grzenkowicz holds Diploma In Advanced Character Animation Studies, Character Animation from Animation Mentor.

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🚀 About MeMy work revolves around elevating animation as a medium. With experience in Animation, Full-stack Development, Unity, Unreal Engine, AWS, and webXR, I strive to craft experiences that go beyond traditional media.I am also dedicated to building communities where creators and audiences can meet, share, and grow. Through innovative storytelling and immersive technology, I aim to make animation and tech more accessible and enjoyable for all.💡 My MissionI am passionate about leveraging the potential of animation and technology to enhance learning and entertainment. I seek to explore new ways to tell stories, connect people, and push the boundaries of digital experiences.🌟 Let's ConnectI’m on the lookout for opportunities to collaborate with professionals, organizations, and educators who are excited about making an impact in the fields of animation, technology, and education. Whether it's through creating immersive XR experiences, producing engaging events, or developing educational content, I'm ready to dive in.Feel free to get in touch if you're interested in discussing collaborations, sharing industry insights, or simply to connect!Specialties: 2D/3D Animation, Editing, Content Curation, Talent Connect, Talent Acquisition Partner, XR Production & Development, Website Development, Webmaster, Fundraising, Events, Technology Consulting, Digital Transformation, Innovation Management, Student Engagement, Emerging Technologies, Creative Solutions, Strategic Planning, Technical, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Prototyping and Testing, Digital Ecosystems, Market Analysis, Trend Forecasting, Virtual Reality (VR), Extended Realilty (XR), WebXR, Immersive Technologies, 3D Content Creation, Interactive Design, Data Visualization, Presentations, Website Management, Content Management Systems (CMS).Organizations: VES, WIA, NYWIFT, Tech:NYC, XR GuildTechnical Expertise: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, WebXR, Docker, Kubernetes, Mozilla Hubs Cloud, Blender, NoSQL, Javascript, Node.js. Airtable API, Stripe API, Trello, Zapier, Nextjs, Tailwind, Dynamodb, Gatsby, Amplify, Axios, Fetch, React, HTML, & CSS, A-Frame, Three.js, Artificial Inteligence API integration, Unity/C#, Unreal Engine, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Audition, Autodesk Maya, 3d Studio Max, Toon Boom, Procreate.

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Animation Nights New York (ANNY)
Animation Nights New York (Anny)
Creative Technologist | Create, Curate, and Connect. | Founder of Animation Nights New York / ANNY Exchange + Co-Owner of Animation for Adults + Interim Co-Director of the Hubs Foundation | VES Member
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Organization Founder / Executive Director

Current

New York, NY, US

We curate and connect.Animation Nights New York (ANNY) is a monthly screening event and festival based in NYC. We show the best animated short films and virtual reality animation experiences from all around the world.(animationnights.nyc)NYC SBS Certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)RESPONSIBILITIESSince 2015, I have co-curated animation, games.

Sep 2015 - Present

Anny Virtual Events, Production And Development Director

Current

New York, NY, US

ANNY Virtual Events - Animation Nights New York monthly screening events ONLINE happen in the ANNY Virtual Space on the third Sunday of each month. We offer limited VOD screenings and ANNY Exchange mixer events in webXR and VR. (anny.media)RESPONSIBILITIESI have developed and produced over 15 webXR events and an annual festival on our web-based virtual.

Mar 2020 - Present

Anny Exchange Talent Connect Initiative, Animation Talent Consultant

Current

New York, NY, US

Epic MegaGrant Recipient NYCEDC Founder Fellowship RecipientANNY Exchange connects people to people. We connect creators to opportunity via both in-person and online events. (annyexchange.nyc)RESPONSIBILITIESSince 2017, I have co-produced our talent connect initiative with program management assistance from our team to connect animation talent from all.

Sep 2017 - Present

Exhibition Curator | Cathy And Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Rockefeller Arts Center

New York, NY, US

Independent Motion: Twelve Animated Films from Around the World | This original exhibition coordinated by the Marion Art Gallery and curated by Yvonne Grzenkowicz Founder and Executive Director of Animation Nights New York (ANNY), features animated films from nine different countries. Included are 2D, 3D, stop-motion, and virtual reality animated films.

Sep 2022 - Oct 2022

Co-Owner / Executive Director

Current

Animation For Adults - a site for the adult animation aficionado.http://www.animationnforadults.comRESPONSIBILITIESSince 2016, I have recorded, edited, and produced video and audio podcast programming for broadcast using adobe audition, premiere pro, and after effects. I co-host podcast episodes and interview directors, producers, and culture leaders.

May 2015 - Present

Animator / Director

Current

New York, NY, US

2d and 3d Animation / Interactive Design / Previz / Editing / Production / VR & WebXR / FullStack Development utilizing Maya, 3d Studio Max, Motionbuilder, Blender, Unity, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition, Flash, Procreate, Flipbook, Toon Boom Harmony, Illustrator, and Photoshop, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Mozilla Hubs Cloud, NoSQL, Javascript.

Mar 2011 - Present

Interim Co-Director Of The Hubs Foundation

Current

Interim co-director of the Hubs Foundation. Hubs is the open-source web-based virtual world platform that enables artists, creatives, and you to create 3D spaces and publish them online for anyone to visit. With just a click of a button, anyone around the world can enter and explore your scene, from almost any modern device. Use your scenes to effortlessly.

May 2024 - Present

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

World of Animation talk on International Animation, Animation Nights New York, ANNY Exchange, and New Platforms for Animation.

Apr 2024 - Apr 2024

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Guest Lecture on Animated Short Films, Animation Festivals, and Emerging Platforms.

Dec 2023 - Dec 2023

Founder

New York City, New York, US

ANNY Exchange is 1/21 startups selected to participate in 2023 cohort of the Techstars Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator by Stanley Black and Decker.

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

Guest Lecturer

Queens, NY, US

Guest Lecture on Animation, Animation Festivals, and Emerging Platforms.

Nov 2023 - Nov 2023

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Talk on ANNY Exchange, Animation Nights New York, & Animation for the Monochromatic Arts Class

Oct 2023 - Oct 2023

Entrepreneur In Residence | Project Director (Tiqc Innovation Lab Project)

New York, NY, US

Pilot Program for the Technical Incubator Queens College Innovation LabProgram Director for technical development, project development, project coordination, and project prototype build.Highlights: AWS/WebXR/Mozilla Hubs Cloud, Project Leader

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

Founder Fellow

New York, New York, US

The Founder Fellowship program at TIQC, in partnership with NYCEDC, brings together a diverse mix of driven founders from around NYC to dive into the fundamentals of growing and scaling their business ventures through a fast-paced, interactive experience, brought to you by the Think8 Global Institute, WeLoveMentors, NYCEDC, and TIQC.

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

Guest Lecturer

Fredonia, NY, US

Visiting Artist ProgramGuest Lecturer & CuratorIndependent Motion: Twelve Animated Films from Around the WorldCathy & Jesse Marion Art GalleryRockefeller Arts CenterSUNY Fredonia

Sep 2022 - Sep 2022

Event Speaker

Santa Clara, California, US

Event Speaker2022 Global Metaverse Conference Topic: WebXR for Virtual Events

Sep 2022 - Sep 2022

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Guest Lecture on Animation, Festivals, and XR for the World of Animation.

Apr 2022 - Apr 2022

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Lecture on Animation, Animation Nights New York, and web-based Virtual Reality Events.

Dec 2021 - Dec 2021

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

World of Animation Guest Lecture on ANNY and the Future of Festivals

Apr 2021 - Apr 2021

Ves New York Board Member

Sherman Oaks, California, US

VES New York Section Board of Managers

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Guest speaker for Animation History Class

Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Guest Speaker Animation Class

Nov 2019 - Nov 2019

Guest Speaker

New York, NY, US

Guest Speaker for World of Animation Class

Apr 2019 - Apr 2019

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Highlights of European Animation (Fall 2018)

Dec 2018 - Dec 2018

Panelist

Santa Barbara, California, US

Inspiration, imperatives & Insights: Light a spark under your festival!

May 2018 - May 2018

Panelist

New York, New York, US

Producing ​Animation for​ ​VRWith the recent releases of tools which facilitate content creation for animated VR experiences like AnimVR, Google's Blocks and prosumer motion capture rigs, producing animation for VR is more approachable than ever. Join these pioneers in the VR animation industry for a lively discussion on how animated VR content is pushing.

Sep 2017 - Sep 2017

Presenter

Nyvr

NYVR Meetup at the NYC Microsoft Office

Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

Animation Panelist

Nyc Independent Film Festival

Animation Panelist for the NYC Independent Film Festival with Andy London, Signe Baumane, and Tucker Klein at The Producers Club.

May 2017 - May 2017

Animation Panel Judge

New York, NY, US

Judge for the Dusty Film and Animation Festival (Animation Category)

Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

Panelist

New York, NY, US

School of Visual Arts for invited Animation Nights New York, ASIFA East and Women in Animation to be part of a panel for their CG Animation Sophomores.WIA-NY President Lisa Goldman, ASIFA East President Katie Cropper Klein and ANNY Founder Yvonne Grzenkowicz participated in the panel discussion. John McIntosh, chair of the BFA Computer Art, Computer.

Mar 2017 - Mar 2017

Guest Lecturer

New York, NY, US

Guest lecturer for A World of Animation, Spring 2017.

Feb 2017 - Feb 2017

Visiting Artist Lecturer

Fredonia, NY, US

State University of New York, Fredonia Visiting Artist Program. All exhibitions made possible by the Fredonia College Foundation's Cathy and Jesse Marion Endowment Fund.

Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

Animator / Instructor / Co-Leader

New York, NY, US

The Animation Project nurtures the social, emotional and cognitive growth of at-risk teenagers, using digital art technology as a therapeutic medium and a workforce development tool.Project: Teaching box modeling and animation techniques to at-risk youth and young adults

Apr 2015 - Sep 2016

Freelance Animation / Motion Graphics

New York, US

Freelance After Effects Animation / Motion Graphics

Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

Co Producer

Third Annual Out To See Festival

Co-Producer for the South Street Seaport District Third Annual Out to See Festival (Jan-Apr), sponsored by Little Water Radio with generous support from the Howard Hughes Corporation.

Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

Freelance Motion Graphics (Remote)

New York, NY, US

After Effects / Premiere Pro Motion Graphics for various fashion, beauty and lifestyle video series.Project: WetPaint

Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

Lead Animator (Remote)

Dreamworkstv

Animation, asset build, compositing for the animated children's comedy webisode series "Public Pool" (Episodes 3 - 13) created by David Fremont and Jimbo Matison

Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

Freelance Animator (Remote)

Robots And Cupcakes, Llc

Animation for iOS apps and digital publishing

Mar 2014 - Nov 2014

Freelance 3D Animator

Napoleon Group

3d Animation and Motion Capture integration for commercial spots (previz) utilizing Maya / Vicon Blade

Jun 2012 - Dec 2013

Lead Animator / Interactive Designer / Compositor

New York, NY, US

Flash / After Effects Asset Creation, Character Animation, and Premiere Pro / Adobe Encoder Video Compositing / Rendering for a Merchant Presentation Video / Explainer Video.Project: Merchant Video

Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

Freelance Lead Animator / Compositor (Remote)

New York, NY, US

After Effects/Illustrator rig build, scene design, asset build, character animation, and compositing for a promotional video spot. Project: Socialcast by vmware DWTW campaign

Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

Freelance 3D Animator

Edit One

3d Animation and Motion Capture integration for commercial spots (previz) utilizing Maya / xsens MVN Studio

Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

Freelance Animator (Remote)

Brooklyn, New York, US

Hand drawn digital animationProject: Portugal. The Man 2013 Evil Friends Tour (Live Visuals)

Apr 2013 - May 2013

Freelance Animator

Brooklyn, US

Maya 3d Creature Animation for Feature FilmProject: "The Starving Games"

Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

Freelance Animator

Brooklyn, New York, US

Maya 3d animationProject: LEGO

Feb 2013 - Feb 2013

Animator / Interactive Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

2d and 3d Animator / Interactive Designer utilizing Maya, 3d Studio Max, Motionbuilder, After Effects, Flash, AS2/AS3, Flipbook, Sketchbook Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop

Mar 2011 - Feb 2013

(Freelance) Lead Animator

New York, US

Commercial Broadcast Spot 3d animation utilizing 3d Studio Max and BipedProject: YMCA Commercial Broadcast Spot-----Recommendation from Vincent Mei Founder, Bajibot Media, Inc.I had the pleasure to work on an intense project with Yvonne. Not only she quickly adapted to a 3D package that she wasn't familiar with, but applied her extraordinary character.

Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

3D Animator

New York, NY, US

3d Animation and Mocap Cleanup for commercial spots and commercial previz utilizing Maya and Motion Builder.

Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

Animator

Animation, Rig Development, Prototype Development, and Prototype Testing for children's digital publishing (ipad/iphone/itouch devices).Project: Sesame Street's "The Great Cookie Thief... Starring Cookie Monster"

Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

3D Animator

New York, NY, US

3d Animation and Mocap Cleanup for commercial spots utilizing Maya and Motion Builder.

Dec 2011 - Feb 2012

Animator - Project Hire

New York, NY, US

Animation for social apps utilizing FlashProject: Denny's social app

Dec 2011 - Dec 2011

Interactive Designer

US

Development, design, animation, and presentation of interactive flash iDetails / flash banners.

Oct 2006 - Mar 2011

Flash Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

Flash timeline and AS animation for banner ads and interactive presentations.

2005 - 2007 ~2 yrs

Website Design And Development

Freelance

Website design and development using HTML/Dreamweaver and Flash/Actionscript

2001 - 2007 ~6 yrs

Flash Designer

Medsite

Design, animation, and presentation of interactive flash iDetails / flash banners

Feb 2006 - Oct 2006

Flash Designer

US

Design and animation of flash banners and interactive website games

2005 - 2006 ~1 yr

Flash Designer

Design and animation of flash banners

2005 - 2006 ~1 yr

3D Artist (Project Hire)

New York, NY, US

Product modeling and rendering in Maya

2005 - 2006 ~1 yr

Html

Jesse James Creative

Website management and maintenance

2005 - 2006 ~1 yr

Architect'S Assistant

Loftworks Design

Assisted architect with ongoing design and construction of penthouse rooftop extensions.

2004 - 2005 ~1 yr

Cad Designer

Rga Architects & Planners

Architectural drafting in AutoCAD and model building in 3D Studio Viz

2000 - 2004 ~4 yrs

Executive Assistant

Rga Architects & Planners

401(K) Plan administration, bookkeeping, payroll processing, and secretarial responsibilities.

1998 - 2000 ~2 yrs

Columnist

Athens, Georgia, US

Responsible for Art column art show listings and articles for Flagpole Magazine.

1991 - 1993 ~2 yrs
11 education records

Yvonne Grzenkowicz education

Diploma In Advanced Character Animation Studies, Character Animation

Animation Mentor

Certificate Of Completion, Animals & Creatures Master Class Program, Advanced Animal And Creature Animation

Animation Mentor

Workshop Refresher, Animation

Ianimate

Animation & Story Development

Pixar Artist'S Masterclass Nyc

Alumni Refresher Courses, Advanced Character Animation

Animation Mentor

Certificate, 2D Short Film

Bill Plympton Animation Class

Continuing Education, 3D Studio Max Adv. Class

School Of Visual Arts

Certificate In Autocad, Certificate In Adv. 3D Studio Viz, Autocad, 3D Studio Viz

Consulting For Architects

Painting And Drawing

Art Students League Of New York

Painting And Drawing

School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts

Painting And Drawing

The University Of Georgia
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Yvonne Grzenkowicz is listed as Creative Technologist | Create, Curate, and Connect. | Founder of Animation Nights New York / ANNY Exchange + Co-Owner of Animation for Adults + Interim Co-Director of the Hubs Foundation | VES Member at Animation Nights New York (ANNY).

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Yvonne Grzenkowicz is based in New York, New York, United States while working with Animation Nights New York (ANNY).

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Yvonne Grzenkowicz has worked for Animation Nights New York (Anny), Animation For Adults, Eyesnare Inc, Hubs Foundation, and School Of Visual Arts.

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Yvonne Grzenkowicz holds Diploma In Advanced Character Animation Studies, Character Animation from Animation Mentor.

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