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Laurence Arcadias is a French/American experimental animator working in the United States. She is the chair of the animation department at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore (but not this year while she is on sabbatical).  Her interest in space and the universe led her to develop and co-teach an astro-animation class along with astrophysicist Robin Corbet. It also inspired her to start her new animation project: "the Movements of the Universe".

Astro Animation class

As an animator, she has directed and written several short films. Her films have been exhibited and won awards at numerous international film festivals around the world. Arcadias and Juliette Marchand's stop motion film Tempête dans une chambre à coucher was short-listed for a 2013 César Award, the French equivalent of an Academy Award.

Her previous work includes being an illustrator and animator for French television programs, directing a TV animation show called Alex, awarded the prize for Best Short Animation TV show at the 1989 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. She was subsequently the recipient of a Lavoisier Scholarship from the French government and became Animator in Residence at Apple's Advanced Technology Group, where she directed Donor Party.  She taught at City College of San Francisco, California College of Arts, University of California- Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute, and the San Francisco Academy of Art University prior to joining MICA.