- Hench-DADA Graduate student Amanda Tasse wins the Gold Student Academy Award in the Alternative Category for her thesis animation ‘The Reality Clock’.
- Fellow graduates Juan Camilo Gonzalez (‘SiSiSISiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSi’) and Tianran Duan (In Between the Shadows) are also nominated for their thesis animations in the same category assuring that three Hench-DADA animations are finalists in this one category alone.
- Li Gang Visiting Artist and Professor from China takes up residency at Hench-DADA for 2012.
- Mike Patterson and Candace Reckinger release the ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ music video for Jeff Lynne of ELO. Animation by DADA students and alums.
- MFA Student Einar Baldvin’s film “Baboon” was accepted into the 2012 Annecy International Animation Festival Graduate competition.