The Animation Workshop was founded in 1988 by Morten Thorning, who held the reigns until 2019. Here aspiring animators came together to make short clips for TV and for the hell of it.
In 1993 the EU Media program made TAW a "Specialized European Animation Training Centre". This was also the year that brought about KIKA - a one year course in animation.
The Drawing Academy was founded in 1997, teaching students the craft of classical drawing through weekend, summer and semester courses.
One year later, in 1998, the "Centre for Animation and Education" was formed, focusing on integrating animation-based pedagogics in the educational system. Later the name changed, and today we know them as Animated Learning Lab.
In the year of 2000 we added Professional Training courses to our division and one year later Open Workshop opened up to its first artists in residence.
2003 saw the light of our first bachelor program in Character Animation. The Animation Workshop was now a nationalized educational institution, and four years later we added Computer Graphic Arts as a specialized line of study within the Bachelor in Animation program.
The newest add-on is the four year Bachelor in Graphic Storytelling. It opened up in 2013, and we've just sent off our first class of graduates in the summer of 2017.