Bowie State University and LAIKA To Build First HBCU Stop-Motion Animation Studio
The Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning feature film animation studio LAIKA is best known for animated films like Coraline, Kubo, and the Two Strings, Missing Link. They are partnering up with Bowie State University to fund the first in the nation a stop-motion animation studio at Historically Black College and University (HBCU). This partnership is meant to improve the university’s animation program and provide a clear goal of creating a path to the industry. LAIKA’s contribution would finance renovations to Bowie State’s green screen studio to enable stop-motion animation development. “Laika is thrilled to be partnering with as