He regularly lectures at a variety of professional studios, both traditional animation and computer animation.
 

Teaching Experience:

UCLA, Masters in Animation Program - "Drawing for Animation"
The American Animation Institute  (a division of Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Local 839) "Figure Drawing for Animation"  "Drawing for Animation"  "Anatomy" and "Head Drawing" 1984 - present
DHIMA Santa Monica and Japan, Honorary Dean of Art School 
DHIMA Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Yokohama, Santa Monica, Korea, Seoul
San Francisco Art Institute
California State Colleges: San Jose, Fullerton, Athenaeum, La Jolla, California
Los Angeles Art Association
S.F. Valley Art League 
Burbank Art Association
Glendale Art Association
Calif Art Club,
Asilomar in Carmel
Walt Disney Pictures Animation Feature training program drawing instructor, 1978 - 1984, 1993-2001
Loveland Academy of Art, Colorado 2001
Digital Domain 2001
Ringling College of Art and Design 2000
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 2000
Dream Works "Animal Drawing" 1999-2000
Warner Bros. Feature Animation, drawing seminars 1995- 2001
Walt Disney TV "Animal Drawing" 1995-6
Walt Disney TV, Japan 1996, 1998, 2001
Australia & Toon City Philippines for Disney 1996
Walt Disney Canada, Toronto & Vancouver 1998
Korea 1995-96
Industrial Light and Magic California. "Animal Drawing" 1996
Associates in Art Sherman Oaks, California 1996 -2000
Walt Disney Pictures, Florida 1995, 1999, 2000
Rhythm & Hues Computer Animation Studio
Norwich University Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art Program Field Faculty Member 1993 - current
Character Animation, School of Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts Valencia, California Acting Director 1992 -1994; Drawing instructor, both figure and animal. 1989 - 1994
University of Helsinki Film School "Drawing for Animation" "Storyboard and Layout" 1988
Marvel Productions "Figure Drawing for Animation" 1988
Art League San Fernando Valley  "Figure Drawing" and "Head Drawing" 1985 - 1987
Antelope Valley College "Illustration" 1985
Brandes Art Institute  "Figure Drawing and Painting" "Landscape Drawing and Painting"  "Head Drawing and Painting" "Basic Drawing and Composition" 1979 - 1984
Guided Sketching Tour of Italy 1982-present
Cal State Northridge extension "Head Drawing and Pastel Portraiture" 1981
Vilppu Studio This is my own school and I teach all subjects. 1973 - present
The Art Center College of Design "Figure Drawing" "Head Drawing"  "Figure Painting" "Head Painting" "Illustration" "Composition" "Drawing for Photographers" and "Basic Drawing" Note: He started teaching while still a student here. 1960 - 1973

Professional Experience:

Rhythm & Hues Developing original series of Interactive Educational CD ROMs on Drawing, 1994-1996
Turner/Hanna-Barbera "Pagemaster” Feature Animated Film, Workbook drawings,  1992
Warner Bros. Animation Inc "Tiny Toon Adventures" and "Tazmania” Story Board, Background Keys and Layout (character and BG) 1989 - 1992
Project X Production/Fox "The Peter Pan Project”, 1990
"Fern Gully” Story Boards, Backgrounds and Character Designs, 1989
Phil Mendez Productions "Sinbad” Story Board and Background Design, Burbank/Finland, 1989
Mendez/Jenkins Productions  "Star Street" (Sat. morning prod. for European TV), Key Layouts, presentation work on various studio projects, Burbank, 1988
Marvel Productions  Variety of Saturday morning productions, Story Board and Key Layouts, 1984 - 1988
Walt Disney Productions
The Black Cauldron", Layout and Story Sketch
"The Fox and The Hound", Layout and Story Sketch
The Small One" Layout
Art Director - Heaven Industries

Board of Directors:
Brandes Art Institute
Advisory Board:(past)
The Contemporary Galleries of the Los Angeles Art Association

Featured Articles:
American Artist Magazine, July 1973
"The Romantic Lyricism of Glenn Vilppu"

Guest Artist:
Cable TV, Group "W" - Drawing and Painting Instruction. 62 half hour shows.
KNBC-TV Channel 4 "Feitelson on Art"

Gallery Ownership:
Part owner and Originator of the "Seventh Street Gallery"
 

I have had at least 14 one-man shows, including the Long Beach Museum, Paideia Gallery, Los Angeles, and Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, numerous two man and group shows, invitationals and etc., throughout the United States and Canada. I am represented in collections through out the U.S., Canada, and Europe. I continue to create oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and computer graphics as an on going part of my creative life.