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Ruah Edelstein Faculty, School of Film/Video Character Animation redelstein@calarts.edu
Monica Ekabutr Faculty, School of Film/Video Character Animation mekabutr@calarts.edu
Eric Elrod Faculty, School of Film/Video Character Animation eelrod@calarts.edu
Dan Forgione Faculty, School of Film/Video Character Animation dforgione@calarts.edu
Katie Gately Faculty, School of Film/Video Experimental Animation kgately@calarts.edu A112B
Neil Graf Faculty, School of Film/Video Character Animation ngraf@calarts.edu
Thomas (James) Heelis Faculty, Character Animation theelis@calarts.edu
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