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January 27, 2026
Brent Sievers, a designer/illustrator/animator who swears he was raised by oysters somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, recently graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and swept through the festival circuit with “The Divide,” his heavily caffeinated black comedy about what happens when “Man and nature try to coexist, but their boundaries are falling apart.”

School: RISD
Director/animator: Brent Sievers