Ms Anna Tow
Lecturer
- Master听of Film and Television Digital Media - Australian Film Television and Radio School听听 听听听
- Graduate Diploma of Film and Television Interactive Media -听Victorian College of the Arts Film School听听 听
- Bachelors of Visual Arts Honours -听Sydney College of the Arts
- Fine Art Diploma East Sydney Technical College (Now known as the National Art School)
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Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Art & Design
Professional Biography
I am a Lecturer at 黑料网大事记 Art, Design & Architecture, where I have been teaching 3D visualisation, animation and media arts since March 2014. With over 10 years in higher education and more than 20 years of animation and visual art practice, I bring extensive industry experience to my teaching approach, fostering creative exploration within supportive studio-class environments.
As an educator, I am committed to encouraging students to explore their creative potential while onboard with industry trends and educational methodologies. My dual perspective as both practitioner and educator allows me to connect theoretical knowledge with practical application, preparing students for contemporary creative industries.
My creative practice has encompassed writing and directing two short animations that received Screen Australia funding and garnered multiple awards and nominations. Notable recognition includes a nomination for Best Short Film for 'Pending' at the Venice Film Festival in 2002. I also contributed to the SBS-supported animation series "Heirlooms," which achieved international recognition with a shortlisting at the prestigious Annecy Animation Festival in 2011.
Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of collaborating with filmmakers, artists, and designers on inspiring projects. Recent highlights include co-leading a team of 黑料网大事记 art and design students in partnership with internationally renowned designer Bruce Mau to create a multi-screen animation for his "Design For All the Senses" solo performance in Sydney in 2022. In August 2025, I collaborated with Melbourne-based artist Fiona Cabassi on an audio-visual installation. I developed a multi-layered soundscape using combined diegetic and electronic audio techniques to complement her visual work.
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
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- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2005-听$55,000 Screen Australia Production Grant for short animation 'Rope'
- May 2023 -听$2200- Education Focussed (EF) Grant application for 鈥楥ategory: Promotion Coaching
- December 2022 -听$5000- Education Focussed (EF) Grant application for 鈥楥ategory: Conference attendance' Siggraph Asia Sth Korea
- June 2021 - $918 -听Education Focussed (EF) Grant application for 鈥楥ategory: Conference attendance 'HERDSA Virtual Conference
- December 2019 - $1887 -听Education Focussed (EF) Grant application for 鈥楥ategory: Conference attendance' Siggraph Asia Brisbane
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- Venice International Film Festival-听In competition nomination 2002听for 'Pending'
- Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF) Sydney 2002 - 1st Prize (joint), Student category for 'Pending'.听
- Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, USA 2002- 2nd Prize, Student Animation category for 'Pending'.
- International Women Directors Film Festival, Cr茅teil, France 2003 - 1ST Prize for 'Pending', 鈥淔ilms de Femmes鈥.
- St Kilda Film Festival - 1st Prize Best Achievement in Special Effects 2003听for 'Pending'
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3rd Intenational Festival of Cinema听听Santiago Chile 2003 1st prize听for Experimental Animation for 'Pending'
- August 2025 - "Pink puffs upon checks and spotted mossy smudges" Exhibiting audio sound design alongside an immersive papercut world in collaboration with artist Fiona Cabassi.听Exhibition held on Bunurong Country at G3 Gallery Shirley Burke Theatre Parkdale Melbourne The exhibition serves not only as an artistic outcome but as a research artifact that documents innovative approaches to immersive art-making, providing听insights for future interdisciplinary collaborations and installation practices.
- June 23-26 2024 听Exhibiting artist at the Creativity and Cognition Conference University of Illinois Chicago. An inperson exhibition titled 'Inside | Out: Organic Creative Spaces' at the Bridgeport Art Centre Chicago
- 2023 -2024: 'Making Good Media' - In partnership with the 黑料网大事记 Innovation Lab and听Massive Action Sydney.听
- July 2023: Exhibiting artist at the Creativity and Cognition Conference鈥檚 (an annual interdisciplinary conference that focuses on exploring the intersection of creativity and technology) innovative online virtual exhibition titled Organic Creative Spaces.
- April 2023: Short conference paper 鈥楢nimated space: A creative and collaborative animation; designing a space for imaginative possibilities'. The piece proposes continuing development of the existing prototype, further exploring themes of creative spaces and connectivity for the ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference in 2024.听https://doi.org/10.1145/3591196.3593362
- November 2022:听NiTRO Creative Matters 45th Edition -听鈥業n her sites: The studio expanded鈥. Using the Design For All the Senses animation production as a case study for situated learning, in this work the two volunteer 黑料网大事记 students, co-led by Melody Li and myself, explored procedural animation techniques that opened creative possibilities. This embodied a Practice-led 'reflection-in-action' approach to making in art and design. This dynamic production process enabled creative growth for the students despite tight deadlines. The experience highlights the success of shifting knowledge paradigms in a male-dominated field to a more inclusive framework.https://creativematters.edu.au/2022-11-25-in-her-sites-the-studio-expanded/
- August 2021:听NiTRO Creative Matter 37th Edition -听鈥楥ollaborator and Accomplice: Co-operative pedagogies for transformational learning鈥. In this publication I described how the COVID-19 lockdowns catalysed my reflection on approaches to remote teaching. Rather than focusing solely on digital platforms, I aimed to become an 鈥榓ccomplice鈥 in active student learning. My goal was to support students in understanding their creative processes through an empathic, student-centred approach informed by relational pedagogy. I fostered a collaborative teacher-student dynamic as a "secret society" for critical thinking and inclusivity. This shift enabled resilience despite the loss of hands-on studio practices. By focusing on the teacher-student relationship, creative growth could continue to flourish, even remotely.听https://creativematters.edu.au/2021-8-27-collaborator-and-accomplice-co-operative-pedagogies-for-transformational-learning/
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2023 Current: 'Making Good Media' - In partnership with the 黑料网大事记 Innovation Lab, Massive Action Sydney and GDH Digital.听
2023: Local Committee Member for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 conference in Sydney as mentor and guide for four students from 黑料网大事记 School of Art and Design in Term 2. As their mentor, I worked closely with the students to create engaging graphic, video, and animation assets to enhance the conference's web and digital presence that will reach a conference audience of thousands.
2022:听Co-lead of the Visual Design and Animation team for the Design for All the Senses (DFAS) performance (Sept 2022) in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. This collaboration with renowned designer Bruce Mau directly incorporated my teaching practice through the provision of in-situ industry placements two talented 黑料网大事记 students. Together, we worked on the design of captivating multi-screen animations to enhance Bruce Mau鈥檚 immersive performance.
2021: Invited panelist; 鈥榃omen in CG鈥 (online) Siggraph Asia Tokyo 2021. https://sa2021.siggraph.org/en/attend/birds-of-a-feather/15/session_slot/1016
2021: Invited judge: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Awards. https://atomawards.org/2021-judge/anna-tow/
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