Exceptional Minds Provides Artists on the Spectrum Meaningful Hollywood Connections
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorExceptional Minds, a not-for-profit professional training academy and studio designed to prepare individuals on the autism spectrum for careers in the digital arts, hosted its eighth annual graduation ceremony June 11. As part of the ceremony, a new honor, the Exceptional Alumni Award, sponsored by Variety, was bestowed on Ryan Oldis, a 2020 graduate.Oldis, 32, who recently joined Nickelodeon as a production assistant, recalls her mother first heard about the academy through NBC when Oldis was trying to find an artistic outlet.