Specialties
We are offering Digital Art Group Classes and Summer Camps to children ages 6 to 18. Online and in person. Our programs are individually designed, based on students' level of advancement and age. Our most popular programs are "Intro to Video game Development", "Digital Painting and Drawing", "3D Modeling and Animation".
We are also offering classes taught in Russian language for kids, which include: Painting, Drawing, Modeling with Clay, and Russian for Beginners.
History
Established in 2007.
This school was founded in 2007 by Greg Orduyan who was the faculty at the Video Games Department at the Academy Of Arts University at the time and his sister Elena Orduyan who is a Piano teacher specializing in early childhood development.
In 2010 they were joined by Ola Kononova as the school's Creative Director, she is also teaching Digital Painting and Graphic Design Classes. Graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada with a BFA in Graphic Design.
Meet the Business Owner: Greg O.
Greg Orduyan is the Digital Monkey School Co-Founder, along with Elena Orduyan and Ola Kononova.
He brings a wealth of creative experience from the game
industry. He began his work in game space back in 1995 and has been working with 3D technology since 1991. His strengths encompass creative talents as well as Art Direction.
Former Faculty at Video Games Department At Academy of Art University from 2000 to 2010.
Greg has worked for companies such as Sony, developing online services and content for the PS2. He spent six years at Konami developing games such as "Frogger The Great Quest" , "Silent Hill 2", "ESPN Baseball Tonight", "CastleVania Resurrection", the games for Playstation and N64 "Bottom of the 9 TH" 98 and 99, as well as Coin-op games. Greg's formal education is in Fine Art and Stop Motion 3D Animation. Throughout his career, he worked at a variety of different companies including Animation Studios, TV stations, Game Development Studios, and VFX Production Studios.