Workshops

Sometimes a book is not enough! Guided instruction can help students (or professionals) get beyond the initial intimidation of a new material. Author Corrie Francis Parks is available for hands-on workshops, curated screenings, and lectures. Below see a list of upcoming workshops and lectures. Please use the contact form to ask about hosting your own Fluid Frames workshop or screening. 

Recent Events

7 March, 2026
Sand animation Workshop, Howard Community College
Columbia, MD

9 February, 2026
Artist’s Talk, Howard community College
Columbia MD

13 November
Visiting Artist Lecture, Monmouth University,
West Long Branch, NJ

10 November, 2026
Visiting Artist Lecture, Parsons, The New School
New York, NY

16 October, 2026
Sand Animation Workshop, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

19 April, 2023
Artist’s Talk, Museumsquartier,
Vienna, Austria,

29 August, 2022
Masterclass, Neum Animated Film Festival
Neum, Baosnia-Herzogovina

18 February 2022
Virginia Commonwealth University, (Online)

4 Feb, 2018
Workshop, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

18 October, 2017
Workshop, Vermont Animation Festival
Screening: Fluid Frames
Lyndon, VT

25 Sept, 2017
Workshop, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

18 September, 2017
Screening: Sweaty Eyeballs Presents: Fluid Frames
Baltimore, MD

6 March, 2017
Visiting Artist, Pixar University
Pixar, Emeryville, CA

19-20 November, 2016
ChengDu Animation Research Centre Conference
ChengDu University and Animation Research Centre, Chengdu City, China

17 November, 2016
Sand Animation Workshop
PiXan Art Center, PiXan, China

11- 13 November, 2016
Sand Animation Workshop, 56 Moon Festival
Chengdu City, China

3 November, 2016
Book Signing and Curated Screening: Fluid Frames
6:00pm, PAHB 132, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Free and open to the public
Event Page

2 & 14 September, 2016
Curated Screening: Image Power Beijing

9 June, 2016
Animafest Zagreb
Book Presentation: Fluid Frames
6:00pm, French Institute’s Mediatheque, Zagreb, Croatia
Free and open to the public
Event page

18 May, 2016
Women in Film and Video DC
Demonstration: Sand Animation
6:30pm, Interface Media Group, 1233 20th Street NW, Washington DC, 20036
Free and open to the public
Event page

15 April, 2016
Under the Radar Symposium, Vienna, Austria
Lecture: Light Through Sand
2pm, MuseumsQuartier – Raum D
Curated Screening: Process and Substance
9pm, Metro Kinokulturehaus

15 March 2016
Workshop: Sand Animation – Rochester Institute of Technology
2-4pm, SOFA Rm A140

14 March 2016
Lecture: A Brief History of Sand Animation – Rochester Institute of Technology
6-7:15pm, Webb Auditorium

29 February 2016
Workshop: Sand Animation- Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
12-3pm, MICA Brown Center