"An Evening With..." Fabrizio Arzani on 15 Oct 2026

Calling all Escape Studios students - come and join us on a journey to Pandora on October 15th for "An Evening With..." Fabrizio Arzani, lead VAD (Virtual Art Development) artist on "Avatar Fire & Ash". 

Fabrizio Arzani is a visual effects artist who has worked on multiple VFX hits, including James Cameron's 2025 blockbuster movie Avatar Fire & Ash, which won the Oscar this year for Best VFX. 

This event with WETA Digital's Fabrizio Arzani takes place online via zoom, and is open to all our currently enrolled students at Escape Studios. 

Where and When 

Online via Zoom at 6pm on Thursday 15th October. 

"An Evening With" Avatar's Kim Sinclair 24th Jan

On Tuesday 24th January at 5.30pm we welcome Oscar and BAFTA-award-winning Avatar Art Director Kim Sinclair, for our latest "An Evening With..." event.

Kim Sinclair was the Lead Art Director of ‘Avatar’ (2009), for which he won an Oscar for "Best Achievement in Art Direction" as well as a Bafta for "Best Production Design".

The event will be held at Escape Studios in rooms 1.11 / 1.12 on Tuesday the 24th of January at 5:30pm.

Kim will give us a talk about his work on the first Avatar followed by a Q&A in which our students can ask questions about his life, work and career.

Kim started his career as a Set Designer in 1982.  Since then, he has art directed movies for many Hollywood directors including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Bob Zemeckis, James Cameron, Zack Snyder and Peter Jackson.