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Since: October 2012Location: Los Angeles
LUMEN ANIMAE STUDIOS – Driven by the spirit of artistic innovation, we share our sociocentric philosophy with the global community through film, art shows, and education. The studio has presented work at at the US Open Tennis Championship, Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, Museum of Jurassic Technology Los Angeles, Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, and numerous film festivals around the world, including Sundance and Tribeca. Our work in the film "Ashe '68” receiving the SIMA Award in 2020, an Emmy Nomination in 2019.
"Vita brevis, ars longa"
(Hippocrates, 460-370 BC)

What we do

Film
  • Animation: Traditional & Experimental
  • Directing
  • Storyboarding
  • Screenwriting / Consulting
SCHOOL
  • Lumen Animae School of Visual Arts in Ukraine
  • Lumen Animae School of Visual & Performing Arts in Uganda
Masterclasses
  • Character Animation
  • Experimental Animation
  • Sketchbook Creativity
  • Graphic Design
  • Screenwriting
EXHIBITIONS
  • Site-Specific Installations
  • Concept Art Shows
  • Multimedia
  • Design
  • Curation

Founded by filmmakers RUAH EDELSTEIN & MASHA VASILKOVSKY

photo credit: Jie Cao

Ruah Edelstein

Animation Director, ARTIST, Script Writer
Striving to be recognized, is the essence of the disorder, the end of an artist. All awards aside, what is left is the mark on a canvas, a film frame with light and darkness. Everything breathing and I, as part of the whole, show up every day to record, to document, to assist its emergence into the realm of physical forms. I was born at this time and I need to express this time. This is the deal. Outside of my world at Lumen Animae Studios, I am on the faculty of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). FULL BIO
photo credit: Stephanie Corral

Masha Vasilkovsky

Experimental & Traditional Animation Artist
I step back while inviting the force that created me to lead the process. Creating original art direction, I combine animation materials differently for each show. Each project feels like an assignment from the greater U. Eventually the vision for it comes to me in one piece. I don’t have to doubt as I trust my ambidextrous hands to transform the flow into image. My understanding is that everything that comes into existence a priori has social impact. Then comes the responsibility of an artist – to maintain the idea of constructive transformation through art. FULL BIO
Lumen ANimae Studios
Los Angeles
PRODUCTIONS
LUMEN ANIMAE STUDIOS
Internationally
MASTERCLASSES
LUMEN ANIMAE STUDIOS
Holocaust Remembrance Project
לתמיד
LUMEN ANIMAE STUDIOS
SCHOOL IN UKRAINE
LASVAU
Lumen ANimae Studios
GRAPHIC NOVEL
SEVEN CIRCLES
LUMEN ANIMAE STUDIOS
THE ART OF GIVING
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
CONTACT
redelstein@calarts.edu
Office Hours
Mon-Th: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM (PT) Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (PT)Sun: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PT)

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