Atia Newman
Associate Professor
Atia Newman
Associate Professor
Education
BFA, National College of the Arts (Pakistan); MFA, Pratt Institute
Bio
Atia Newman (Quadri) is an award-winning international 3D animator with roots in Pakistan. She is one of the first women to ever work in the Pakistani animation industry. Hired as a 2D animator straight out of school, she made the shift into 3D animation when she discovered the added challenge of combining technology with the aesthetic value of animation art.
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In the News
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March 21, 2023
RIT faculty senate and administrators gather in Dubai for Global Governance Summit
Representatives from RIT’s campuses in the U.S., China, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo recently gathered in Dubai to increase communication and collaboration around RIT’s academic policies and shared governance model.
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August 19, 2022
President Munson calls on RIT community to reinvigorate the campus this academic year
RIT President David Munson welcomed the community for the start of a new academic year with a call to re-energize the campus’s atmosphere to its pre-pandemic level. During his annual President’s Address in Ingle Auditorium this morning, Munson encouraged all RIT faculty, staff, and students to make a new academic year resolution to spend more time face-to-face with one another.
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January 2, 2018
RIT project addresses dearth of minority characters in 3D animations
Discouraged by an underrepresentation of minority characters in 3D-animated works, two School of Film and Animation faculty launched the Character Mosaic Project. The initiative aims to build a library of ethnically diverse, well-built characters that are free of charge to independent animators/filmmakers and students around the globe.
Featured Work
The Character Mosaic Project
Atia Newman
A joint collaboration with professor Mark Reisch.
Iroquois Creation Story
Atia Newman
A huge collaborative project combining 3D animation, 2D animation and live action shoots into a short film chronicling the origin story of the Iroquois nation.
3D Lighting and Rendering
T Mazzaglia