Pamela Taylor Turner is an Associate Professor of animation and media arts studies in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her scholarly work focuses on an expanded inquiry into independent animation in the United States, following connections to visual effects and new media practices. She has presented her extensive research on the animated films of Adam K. Beckett at REDCAT in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in DC, and at numerous conferences and film venues. She is the director of the Adam K. Beckett project at the iotaCenter in LA. The interdisciplinary nature of animation is integral to her studio work, which is situated in cultural introspection and individual experience of natural space and phenomenon. Her films have been exhibited both nationally and internationally at galleries and film festivals.

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• 1. Auspicious Beginnings: The Young Artist in 1950s Los Angeles and Abroad. 2. Transitions: Adam in Motion. 3. The "Idealistic Young Mystic" at Antioch College. 4. Two Letters and a New School. 5. The Evolving Artist in Eden. 6. From the Carnal to the Cosmic. 7. Sausage City and Adam's Music. 8. Bridging Art and Effects: A New Generation Emerges. 9. A Star Adrift.

Pamela Taylor Turner is an Associate Professor of animation and media arts studies in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her scholarly work focuses on an expanded inquiry into independent animation in the United States, following connections to visual effects and new media practices. She has presented her extensive research on the animated films of Adam K. Beckett at REDCAT in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in DC, and at numerous conferences and film venues. She is the director of the Adam K. Beckett project at the iotaCenter in LA. The interdisciplinary nature of animation is integral to her studio work, which is situated in cultural introspection and individual experience of natural space and phenomenon. Her films have been exhibited both nationally and internationally at galleries and film festivals.

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• 1. Auspicious Beginnings: The Young Artist in 1950s Los Angeles and Abroad. 2. Transitions: Adam in Motion. 3. The "Idealistic Young Mystic" at Antioch College. 4. Two Letters and a New School. 5. The Evolving Artist in Eden. 6. From the Carnal to the Cosmic. 7. Sausage City and Adam's Music. 8. Bridging Art and Effects: A New Generation Emerges. 9. A Star Adrift.