David Crawford (International)
http://www.stopmotionstudies.net
David Crawford (b. 1970, Riverside, CA) studied film, video, and new media at the Massachusetts College of Art and received a BFA in 1997. In 1999, his "Here and Now" project was commissioned by New Radio and Performing Arts with funds from National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000, Crawford's "Light of Speed" project was a finalist for the SFMOMA Webby Prize for Excellence in Online Art. In 2003, his "Stop Motion Studies" project received an Artport Gate Page Commission from the Whitney Museum of American Art and an Award of Distinction in the Net Vision category at the Prix Ars Electronica.
David Crawford is an internationally recognized artist, as well as a designer and teacher. As an artist, he has received numerous awards and commissions from institutions including the Prix Ars Electronica and the Whitney Museum of American Art. As a designer, Crawford has held posts at several preeminent organizations including WGBH Boston where he worked on projects funded by the National Science Foundation. As a teacher, Crawford has pioneered programs at both Pratt Institute and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art with filmmaker Mark Lapore and video artist Julia Scher.