William Bailey is an Australian-Canadian animation student in West Vancouver, BC, Canada and we met while completing the lauded 2D Animation Fundamentals Citation at Capilano University in North Vancouver last summer.

Before my return to NYC for more grad school (never a dull moment over here), I interviewed William as we both wanted to found our own production studios at age 20. In this podcast, we discuss how William remains positive and engaged in art production, learning new techniques, networking and further understanding an ever-shifting moving pictures industry on the wet west coast of Canada. I briefly share my experience creating and materializing the now dormant Gilded Players Group & Gilded Arts Productions theatre & film companies for 6 years from 21-27 when the jobs dried up in town in the Vancouver and Surrey, BC areas of Canada. 


Most of all, William and I speak to how to stay connected to your soul, and to be a kind and present friend to other creatives so you don't become consumed by anxiety, that you are your day job, and that your artistic tendencies are leading you down a road of hoaxes and illusions!

William is planning on applying to the 2 year diploma programs in animation at Capilano University in the coming months. I'm rooting for him and know he will make some fantastic shows. I will continue to draw and animate Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss fanart, as is my wont in between writing and composing musicals in NYC. That's right, kids, you really can have it all. And if you're listening Vizpop, I'm not as experienced as Andrew Underberg and Sam Haft, but by golly, I am a good composer and animator so one day I'm going to do both for my own show. Even if it's only on instagram. Because that's still the practice of art-making, folks!