ABOUT

Emerson Goddard is an artist with a passion for storytelling through visual narrative. She enjoys creating stories through animation and illustration that inspire, entertain and educate.

Emerson received Gold Key Awards in the category of Comic Art for her Graphic Novel, Things Are Different Now and in the category of Film & Animation for her film, Alienation from the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her work was recognized by a panel of creative professionals for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of her personal voice and vision.

She is a 2026 graduate of Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and plans to attend Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) to major in 2D Animation.

Emerson lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with her family and her dog Honey.

Awards

Hawken School

Performing Arts

2026 Technical Excellence Award

SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design)

Undergraduate‍ ‍

SCAD Distinguished Scholar Award - Four-Year Merit Scholarship

SCAD Student Recognition Scholarship - Four-Year Merit Scholarship

SCAD Honors Scholarship - Four-Year Merit Scholarship

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Gold Key - Film & Animation

Gold Key - Comic Art

EDUCATION

SCAD - Savannah College of Art & Design

Attending starting Fall 2026

Hawken School - Gates Mills, OH - 2026

12th Grade

  • Visual Arts Studio Assistant

  • Hawken Project (3-week Intensive Course) - Created animated film, “Revenant in Retrospect”

  • 3-week Intensive Course - So You Want to Make an Indie Film

  • Stagecraft

  • Wrote Fiction Novel, “Phoenix”

11th Grade

  • Media Center Intern

  • Artists’ Collective: Advanced Art

  • AP 2-D Art & Design

  • Independent Study Course - Created award-winning Graphic Novel, “Things Are Different Now”

  • 3-week Intensive Course - Created award-winning animated film, “Alienation”

10th Grade

  • Advanced Drawing & Painting

  • 3-week Intensive Course - Filmmaking

  • 3-week Intensive Course - Page & Stage

9th Grade

  • Drawing & Painting

  • 3-week Intensive Course- Animation

  • 3-week Intensive Course - Superman

RISD - Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI

Summer 2024 - 5 weeks

Pre-College Program - Animation Major

CIA - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH

Summer 2023 - 2 weeks

Pre-College Program - Animation Major

6 Points Sci-Tech Academy - Governor’s Academy, Byfield, MA

Summer 2025 - 6 week Leadership Academy

Summer 2023 - 2-week course Digital Film Production, 2-week course Behavioral Science

Summer 2022 and Summer 2021 - 2-week course Digital Film Production, 2-week course Digital Art

Summer 2019 and Summer 2018 - 2-week course Digital Film Production

EXPERIENCE

6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, Governor’s Academy, Byfield, MA

Science & Technology Overnight Camp

Summer 2026 - Counselor

  • American Red Cross Training & Certification - First Aid/CPR/AED

Summer 2025 - Counselor-in-Training/Leadership Academy

Hawken Players’ Society - Stage Crew - Musical Theater

2026 - Mamma Mia - Leadership Position

  • Created original sketches for stage design and backdrops

  • Built stage props and painted backdrops

2025 - The Adams Family - Leadership Position

  • Created original sketches for stage design and backdrops

  • Built stage props and painted backdrops

2024 - The Little Mermaid

  • Assisted in building stage props and painting backdrops

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