Congratulations are also long overdue to Jonathan Popper, who won a DIGIE Award in 2020 for his animated short “The Silk Road.” Jonathan produced the piece as a school assignment, then worked with the Animation Workshop to add sound and finalize the piece.

The DIGIES is an annual digital media conference and festival run by the School Library System, a program of the Genesee Valley BOCES. The mission of The DIGIES is to strengthen the digital media continuum between PreK-12 schools, higher education and professional institutions. The DIGIES recognizes student potential in an annual festival format and draws student entries from all throughout the region and the Upstate New York area.

Jonathan has been attending our workshops for a few years now, and continues to tell his stories through comic art and animation. Congrats!