Assistant Professor
Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
Blodgett Hall 318
516.877.4312
alondon@adelphi.edu
Master of Fine Arts, Paris American Academy (1995)
BFA, Pratt Institute (1990)
Character Design
Senior Thesis Project I `
Visual Narrative I
Senior Thesis, Sound Design, Foundation Drawing, Motion Graphics, Painting, Photography, History of Media Design, Modern Art, Stop Motion Puppet Making and Intro to Game Design
Animation, visual narrative and storytelling
My number one objective as a teacher is to make sure my students walk away with actual skills that will help them with whatever path in life they choose to pursue. And I’m not just talking about vocational skills. I’m also talking about the less tangible skills such as personal expression, abstract thinking, the penchant for reinvention and creative problem solving. As a teacher, I believe in task driven activities. I keep lectures to a minimum because I feel strongly students should do most of the talking and doing. Whenever I can, I try to create actual jobs for my students in order to better prepare them for the real world.
July 2018, (4 Articles // Pages 38-46)
June 2018, Testkammer (German Film Magazine) with Andy London and their of his film “149th and Grand Concourse.”
Can bologna be educational? Absolutely. TED-Ed shows how.
(Interview with Andy London that starts at 9:18)
BRIC Stoop Series “Animation for Adults” Screening and Panel [April 2015]
Was a panelist for this televised event held at BRIC House located on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn
EXHIBITS
Transit Museum - On Time / Grand Central at 100 - Grand Central Diary [2013]
Animated video installation at the Transit Museum’s “On Time / Grand Central at 100” exhibit commissioned by the MTA Arts in Transit.MOMA - Talk To Me – Lost Tribes of New York City [2012]
Animated video installation at the MOMA’s “Talk To Me” exhibit.Met Opera , 30 Secs, 2018
1st Place Commercial Films, ASIFA East
, 21 mins 2017
Audience Award, Supertoons, Croatia
, 3 mins 2016
Best Experimental Film, Golden Movies Award, London, UK
Best Documentary Film, the 15th Arouca Film Festival, Portugal
Best Film, Chhatrapat Shivaji International Film Festival, India
, 9 mins 2016
Audience Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival, New York
Best Animated Short, 16th Coney Island Film Festival
, 7 mins, 2014
Excellence in Writing Award, ASIFA East
Jury Award, Iron Mule Comedy Festival
, 4 mins, 2013
Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design for the exhibition
“On Time/Grand Central at 100”.
, 3 min, 2008
MOMA “TALK TO ME” July-2011- November, 2011
Vimeo Staff Pick
YouTube Spotlight Film
, 8 minutes 2007
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Best Animation -- Trenton Film Festival & Holly Shorts
Award for Writing and Humor -- ASIFA East Film Festival
Programmed in Annecy Animation Festival, Ottawa Animation Festival & and Raindance.
, 6 mins 2004
Grand Prize in Animation - New York Television Festival
Jury Award for Best Animation - Woodstock Film Festival
Best in Show – Animation Block Party
Programmed in Ottawa and the Tribeca Film Festival.
, 8 mins 2003
Audience Award for Best Short Film - Florida Film Festival
Best in Show – ASIFA Hollywood Film Festival
Best Animation – Sedona Film Festival
Award for Writing and Humor; ASIFA East Film Festival
2023 Adelante Grant Awardee, $10,000
2022 New York State Council of the Arts Grant Awardee, $10,000
2017 PSC-CUNY Cycle 46 Research Award Recipient, $3,000
2015 PSC-CUNY Cycle 46 Research Award Recipient, $3,000
Voting member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2020
Founding Member & Co-Director of , an interactive, in-person event where three guest speakers each share an animated short that inspires them, followed by a lively audience discussion. We've been operating since 2022.