Rise Up Animation is a movement. This program has given me a chance to have a voice in the animation industry with tools to move forward and tell my own story.

RUA is like a treasure chest to me! It is filled with opportunities that I would never know about otherwise, and as a student trying to get into the animation industry, I am so grateful for it.

Rise Up Animation brought the global artistic community altogether and I can’t be grateful enough to be a part of this amazing family. It helped me to grow as an artist and provided a platform to get advice from the talented artists that we all admir...

To me, Rise Up is coming together to support and inspire fellow creatives and to create a safe and humbling experience to get them started in the industry. It is a platform that recognizes that art and artists come from everywhere and advocates that ...

The strive for diversity and inclusivity is always welcome and great to see. The mentor/mentee program has been an amazing opportunity for younger artists to get direct communication and feedback from active industry professionals.

It has played really a big role, in gauging myself in an international context- in terms of where I am in my skills and creativity as well as how people around my age are faring in terms of achievements. A really amazing memory I have with RUA is the...