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As fall approaches (can you believe it's almost mid-August already?), FableVision is looking for new interns for the upcoming semester. We've had some terrific help over the past few months, and we're very grateful that they've chosen to spend their summers with us? If you're interested in an art or marketing internship at FableVision, you can find more information about them here. Meet our current interns below and see what kind of work they've been doing!
FableVision Studios was honored to have Commander Chris Hadfield and his lovely wife Helene in the studio last week. Chris Hadfield was the Commander of the International Space Station for expedition 35. He was the first Canadian to Command an ISS expedition, and spent nearly six months aboard the ISS. While traveling in low-earth orbit, he achieved a remarkable level of international popularity through social media. Commander Hadfield was tweeting, and streaming, and sharing as much as he could of his experience with the world below. His "Space Oddity" YouTube video has been viewed more than 100,000,000 times since its posting back in May on various social media feeds.
Welcome, new people!
Sarah Ditkoff, Marketing Coordinator
From a very early age my favorite thing was being told a wonderful story. After growing up in suburban New Hampshire, I went to three different colleges for my undergrad: one in Vermont, one in California, and one in New York. I graduated from Purchase College in 2009 with my BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry. I returned to New England in 2009 to get my MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. I’ve worked in the past for the Boston Book Festival, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the Salem Literary Festival, and the author Brunonia Barry. I really like to give book recommendations and poke around cooking blogs. What I love most about FableVision are the stories we help others tell, and the unique way that we tell them.
Samantha Bissonnette, Marketing Intern
Greetings FableVision blogger readers! My name is Samantha Bissonnette and I am an enthusiastic Intern for the Marketing Department! I am from Bridgewater, Massachusetts and I am a senior at Tufts University, where I double major in Art History and Child Development, as well as minor in Communications and Media Studies. For my senior project, I am creating a media literacy program for first and second graders to help them better understand the effects of advertising. For fun, I enjoy running for the Tufts track and field team, taking pictures, traveling, and playing tag with my favorite niece and nephew. I can be reached at samantha.j.bissonnette@gmail.com.
Holly Thompson, Art Intern
My name is Holly Thompson and currently an Art Intern here at FableVision.I blame being born and raised in a rural part of Maryland for my creative nature and quirkiness. Having been forced to play outside until dark transformed an imagination beyond control filled with dinosaurs, robots, and crazy characters at a young age. To fuel my artistic passion, I received a BA in Art with a concentration in graphic design and art history in 2003, and quickly started working with kids.
Getting further away from the creative realm over the years, I enrolled in animation classes while working at The New England Institute of Art in Brookline, MA. What started as a hobby is now slowly becoming a graduation reality; I will graduate with a BS in Media Arts and Animation in March 2013. 2D animation is my passion at heart but I have fallen in love with the science and mechanics of the 3D world. I don’t know which one to choose! When I’m not in front of the computer you can usually find me on the backside of a mountain hiking, snowboarding, or playing lacrosse.
My current work can be seen at www.stripedthumb.blogspot.com.
Jillian Ferrari, Marketing and Office Management Intern
My name is Jillian Ferrari, and I’m thrilled to be joining FableVision as an intern with the Marketing and Office Management team! Growing up in Franklin, Massachusetts (home of America’s first public library), I always had a book in hand. My love for storytelling flourished, and now I am studying English at Northeastern University. When I’m not reading, I enjoy watching movies, playing volleyball, and kayaking. My obsessions include Coldplay, Gouda cheese, and my Australian Silky Terrier, Toto.
Val Toukatly, Art Intern
Though originally from upstate New York, I am currently living and working in Beverly, Massachusetts. I'm in my final semester at Montserrat College of Art where I am making my graduation film, a stop-motion short about childhood. I approached FableVision about an internship because I love kids and am pursuing a career where I can entertain and educate through art. When I'm not working or studying, I can be found playing with my guinea pigs and geckos, watching really terrible B-movies, or obsessing over Nintendo games with my boyfriend.
I also have a website, the appropriately titled ValToukatly.com!
We recently had our annual Open House and it was undoubtedly one of our best. With the number 13 having an openly unlucky reputation we thought, “Why not do a twist on that? Why not give 13 a new life for a new year?”
We had custom-colored FableVision Lucky Pennies and Lucky Fable Fortune Cookies. We also had a FablePhoto Booth where guests could stop in, have their soul portraits taken, and pose with background stills by FableVisionaries.
Our lucky-themed Open House featured a fortune teller (who was totally awesome and eerily on-target for those of us who had a reading). We had a ton of people come, and so many fresh faces that we were nearly dizzy by the time everyone left. Of course we always want old FableFriends to come to these shindigs, but seeing new faces with new talents and newly-acquired curiosity about what we do here at FableVision Studios is really what it’s all about.
Metallic stars shimmered in our windows overlooking the harbor and candles glimmered on hi-top tables. There were sliders. So many delicious sliders. And our signature cocktail, as always, did not fail to amaze (how can you not be amazed by edible gold stars?). Thank you, again, to everyone who came out. We had a great time. Make '13 Your Luckiest Year Yet!
