This Thursday, Jill Gillbert of One Plus Hub, an animation networking group, will host a networking event with Blue Sky Studios. These events are held a couple times per year on the east coast and are a wonderful opportunity to network and get to know others in the animation community. Thursday, November 1, 2011 7 – 10pm Professor Thom’s 219 2nd Avenue New York, NY 10003
A reminder to join us Friday, October 28, for our International Animation Day screening! 7 PM, at School of Visual Arts, 209 E. 23 Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave), 5th Floor Screening Room (Room 502). ASIFA-International, commemorating ASIFA’s 50th anniversary, has assembled a special program of celebrated shorts, classis and new, from around the world. The titles for our October 28 event include: Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit – Bob Godfrey Bon Voyage SIM – Moustapha Alassane The Exciting Love Story – Bordo Dovnikivic Life Without Gabriella Ferri – Priit Pärn Stowaway – Abi Feijo E – Britislav Pojar The Mad, Mad, Mad World – Nourredin Zarinkelk Line Dance – David Ehrlich La Belle Fille et le Sorcier – Michel Ocelot La Scurta Istotie – Ion Popesco-Gopo Goldframe – Raoul Servais Our thanks to our International ASIFA National Groups and Board for curating and providing this special program and to ASIFA-East’s own Dave Levy for introducing this event. –Ray Kosarin, ASIFA-East International Representative
April 20th – 27th Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents – Animation Celebration April 20th – May 1st The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival presents – 2011 Animation Screenings April 22nd – 24th The IFC Center presents – Mia and the Migoo April 23rd, Saturday 11am & 1pm Symphony Space presents – Kirikou and the Sorceress As always, full events listing & details can be found on the Events Calendar at www.asifaeast.com
New additions to the Events Calendar: April 12th, Tuesday 7pm The Graphic Artists Guild of NY presents – The Art of the Graphic Novel with Gareth Hinds April 15th, Friday 7pm – 7am Pratt Institute presents – Draw-A-Thon 23 April 27th, Wednesday 6:30pm Society of Illustrators presents – Independently Animated, Bill Plympton As always, full events listing & details can be found on the Events Calendar at www.asifaeast.com
November 6th, Saturday 11:30am & 12:30pm The New Museum presents – StoryCorps Short Animation Screenings Watch a selection of StoryCorps original animation shorts, featuring some of StoryCorps’ best-loved stories. The series will take you from a conversation between a boy with Asperger’s syndrome and his mom, to two Brooklyn characters remembering how they fell in love and learning how to let go, and other memorable places in between Brilliant animators Mike and Tim Rauch will be available for a Q&A session following both screenings of the animations As always, full events listing & details can be found on the Events Calendar at www.asifaeast.com
TONIGHT! November 4th, Thursday 7pm Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art presents – Discussion on Directing Animation Featuring David B. Levy, Dave Palmer, Dan Meth and Bill Plympton. David Levy’s new book, Directing Animation (Allworth Press), makes the case that animation directors don’t direct animation, they direct people who animate frame-by-frame using pixels, pencils, clay, paper cut-outs, etc. Join us for a book launch event and panel discussion featuring some of today’s most celebrated animation directors, revealing what goes into directing from both the creative and leadership points of view. Followed by a Q & A and a book signing. $5 Admission Free for MoCCA Members MoCCA Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art 594 Broadway, Suite 401 Bet. Prince and Houston NYC www.moccany.org November 17th, Wednesday 7:30pm School of Visual Arts presents – Ron Diamond’s Animation Show of Shows Please see our calendar for RSVP details.
November 4th, Thursday 7pm Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art presents – Discussion on Directing Animation Featuring David B. Levy, Dave Palmer, Dan Meth and Bill Plympton – Followed by a Q & A and a book signing As always, full events listing & details can be found on the Events Calendar at www.asifaeast.com
