David Brian Williams Visiting Artist Talk: Jim Rohn
Thursday, October 24 , 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CDT
Visiting Artist Jim Rohn will give an artist talk on Thursday, October 24 from 5-6 p.m. in Center for Visual Arts (CVA) 145. The talk is free and open to the public.
Jim Rohn will be on campus as a David Brian Williams Visiting Artist from October 24 – 25, 2024.
This talk is part of the David Brian Williams School of Creative Technologies Visiting Artist Series.
Jim Rohn is an associate professor in Columbia College Chicago’s School of Design. He teaches Computer and Traditional Animation Production and Preproduction.
Prior to Columbia, Jim worked for 9 years in the video game industry (Midway Games, Sega Midwest). He was involved in all aspects of game art: cinematics, character design, environmental modeling, character animation, and motion capture.
Jim also worked in the comic book and graphic novel field; writing and illustrating creator-owned comic series for Fantagraphics Books and DC Comic’s Paradox Press. He created cover illustrations for Dark Horse Comics and was senior instructor at The Screenwriter’s Group, a screenwriting workshop in Chicago.
Jim’s professional work while teaching at Columbia includes serving as animation supervisor for “Head Games”; the critically-acclaimed documentary on the effects of head injuries in school and professional sports. He is currently developing “AfterBlast”; a post-apocalyptic animated comedy.
Jim’s been a full-time instructor at Columbia since 2003. He has a B.A. in liberal arts from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, and attended The Joe Kubert School; a private art school focusing on illustration, cartooning and animation.
