Background
Jane Aaron was born in Manhattan to Sam Aaron and Florence Goldberg.
Jane Aaron was born in Manhattan to Sam Aaron and Florence Goldberg.
Aaron attended The High School of Music & Art and graduated from Boston University with a bachelor"s degree in fine arts
Aaron mixed live-action shots and animated images to teach children the alphabet, counting skills, and opposites, such as front and back or full and empty. In addition to her animation work, Aaron illustrated the When I"m.. book series written by Barbara Gardiner. She also worked with Oralee Wachter on two films about child sexual abuse and prevention, Number More Secrets for Maine and Close to Home.
The films were later made into books illustrated by Aaron.
Aaron"s independent films have been shown at the Whitney Biennial and the Museum of Modern Artist Permanent collections of her work exist at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Walker Art Center.
She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985.