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Tom Gasek

Professor

School of Film and Animation
College of Art and Design
tdgpph@rit.edu
585-475-7403
Office Location
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Tom Gasek

Professor

School of Film and Animation
College of Art and Design

Education

BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; MFA, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

tdgpph@rit.edu
585-475-7403
Areas of Expertise
Animation
Stop-motion Animation

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Shows/Exhibits/Installations
Gasek, Tom. TRAIN. 29 Oct. 2020. Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival, Chicago. Exhibit.
Gasek, Tom. TRAIN. 29 Oct. 2020. VIN312, Chicago. Exhibit.
Gasek, Tom. TRAIN. By Tom Gasek. 7 Sep. 2019. Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard Haven. Exhibit.
Gasek, Tom. Ain't No Fish. By Miki Cash, Tom Gasek. Jan. 2017. Bridgetown Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados. Exhibit.
Gasek, Tom. Ain't No Fish. Director. Tom Gasek & Miki Cash. 17 Apr. 2015. George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Exhibit.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Gasek, Tom. "Product/Object Stop Motion Animation." Summer (online) Workshops. Maine Media College and Workshops. Rockport, Maine. 1 Jul. 2020. Lecture.
Gasek, Tom, et al. "The Value of Photographic Reality in the World of Animated Imagination." UFVA annual conference. UFVA. Minneapolis, MN. 31 Jul. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Gasek, Tom. "Non-Puppet Photographic Animation." Fulbright Grantee. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Lima, Peru. 18- 4/3 Mar. 2016. Lecture.
Invited Article/Publication
Gasek, Tom. "Animation at the Jilin Institute." ASIFA East. (2019). Web.
External Scholarly Fellowships/National Review Committee
5/9/2018 - 6/17/2018
     Fulbright Specialist Program - World Learning
     Amount: $10,000.
3/17/2016 - 4/3/2016
     Fulbright (US Government)
     Amount: Flight / Housing and $200 per day
Full Length Book
Gasek, Tom. Frame by Frame Stop Motion; The Guide to Non-Puppet Photographic Animation Techniques. second ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Group, 2017. Print.
Gasek, Tom. Frame by Frame Stop Motion;The Guide to Non-Traditional Animation Techniques. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Focal Press (Routledge Publishing), 2011. Print.
National/International Competition Award Winner
Gasek, Tom. San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival. Director's Award. San Francisco, CA, 2014.
Published Review
Beck, Jerry. "Books Books Books." Rev. of Frame by Frame Stop Motion, ed. Focal Press. Frame by Frame Stop Motion 1 Oct. 2011: 1. Web.
Published Article
Gasek, Thomas.“Flying the Flag at Se-ma-For.” ASIFAEast Exposure Sheet. Association Internationale du Film d’Animation East Chapter. 13 September 2010. Web. ^
Installation/Exhibit/Performance
Gasek, Thomas. “Off-Line,” 2010, a dozen film festivals including South by South West (SXSW), ASIFA East, Black Maria Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Imagine Science Film Festival, Animation Block Party, The Big Easy, and Stop Motion Montreal. Exhibition. É 

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