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Come along on this hike in Malibu with animation professor Katie Smith! Solstice Canyon is a 3-mile trail that with beautiful views of the pacific, small waterfalls, and even the ruins from a wildfire.
PACKING LIST:
Comfortable Shoes
Snacks
H2O
Sunscreen!
Waivers
PROFESSOR: Katie Smith
DEPARTMENT: Animation and Digital Arts
Katie Smith is an adjunct professor in the Animation department teaching storyboarding and animation production. Aside from teaching, Katie is a story artist and filmmaker with experience boarding for feature films, short films, mini-series, and commercial work. Katie received her Master’s degree here from USC, where she studied animation and live-action filmmaking. Prior to her adventures in grad school and beyond, she lived in New York City for close to seven years while working at Blue Sky Studios as a Production Assistant and later as a Digital Artist. Currently, she’s working at Nickelodeon in their feature film division, where previous clients and companies include WildBrain for Apple TV+, Hasbro’s feature film division, Passion Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Blue Sky Studios, and DreamWorks Feature Animation. When she’s not drawing, writing, and teaching, Katie enjoys stomping around outside, traveling, reading, making (and enjoying) giant cheese plates, and surfing.
PEAK: Solstice Canyon
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Views of the ocean, waterfalls, and wildfire ruins!
FUN FACT: We will see the burnt ruins of the oldest stone building in Malibu
TRIP LEAD: Celia Wood