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ASIFA-East Presents Inside Sesame Street

January 2, 2012
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ASIFA-East Presents Inside Sesame Street

ASIFA-East Presents Inside Sesame Street January 12th, 2012, 7pm SVA, 3rd Floor Amphiteatre 209 East 23rd Street, NYC Admission: Free Have you ever wondered how to get to Sesame Street?  Join ASIFA-East for a fun and informative panel discussion on the inner workings of Sesame Workshop.  Meet the artists and producers responsible for creating the digital assets that bring the Sesame Street Muppets to life.  The panel will be moderated by Justin Simonich with special guests from Sesame International, Domestic and Digital Media among others. Sesame Street and associated characters, trademarks and design elements are owned and licensed by Sesame Workshop.  © 2011 Sesame Workshop.  All rights reserved. Postcard design by Justin Simonich. Facebook event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/298282316874594/

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Pizza Island

November 17, 2011
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Pizza Island Party Platter

Thursday night’s ASIFA-East event placed the spotlight on Pizza Island, located in Brooklyn, NY. Despite easily appearing like a cartoonists collective, its members insist it is not a collective, but simply a group of artists who like working together. The main difference being that there are no collective rules imposed upon members, and each is encouraged to work on their own independent projects. Patricia Burgess hosted the evening, which focused primarily on the artists’ work processes and the valuable functions of a shared studio space. Representing PI were 3/6 of the current group: Meredith Gran, Julia Wertz, and Kate Beaton. Although the studio is all female members at the moment, they clarified Pizza Island is NOT a female-only collective. Although there is animation done at Pizza Island, comics appear to be the preferred medium of the artists. Henceforth, much of the evening’s discussion focused on working as a comic-book artist in the present. The panelists cite comics as a cheap way to tell a story and be funny. The audience is also warned not to get too autobiographical with their stories: in other words, no stories about NOT getting published and getting depressed (common motifs for us artists). There was...

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New York Comic-Con 2011: A Two-day Expedition.

October 25, 2011
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Finn and Jake

The New York Comic-Con is a major event for New York’s pop culture. Although it caters first and foremost to Comic Book fans and artists, it makes room for related pop culture criteria, including film and animation. This was my longest trip to the NYCC thus far, primarily because I wanted to catch a few of the panels, many of which are animation based. But while waiting between panels, I had plenty of time to explore the comic sales/trading, the Artist Alley, and Book Fair. I was primarily in attendance on Saturday and Sunday. Starting with the 2010 Convention last year, the NYCC merged with the New York Anime Convention. Although I saw no issues first-hand, later recollections showed disappointment with the merging of the two conventions. In fact, this year, most of the Anime-con was held on another floor, above the main convention area in the Jacob Javits Center. I suspect the merging of the two conventions doubles the attendance of the overall event, making it more crowded and overwhelming, not to mention a tad claustrophobic. In keeping with the “geek” culture of Comic-books, the convention always attracts costumes and fans cosplaying as their favorite characters. And not...

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Directing Animation panel event at MoCCA

November 8, 2010
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Directing Animation panel event at MoCCA

Article by David B. Levy. Despite the lingering drizzle outside, or maybe because of it, on the evening of November 4th, a full house of interested parties converged to hear a panel discussion on the topic of directing animation, held at the wonderful Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA). This was my first event to celebrate the release of my new book, “Directing Animation” (Allworth Press), and I was pleased to share the table with a wonderful panel: Dan Meth (web animation director), Dave Palmer (TV animation director), and Bill Plympton (indie animation director). Here’s some sound bites from the evening: 1- What is the most important stage of production for a director? Both Dave Palmer and Dan Meth answered, the voice record, because that’s where it all starts. As a director of self-penned comedic shorts, Meth added, “I leave room in the writing for actors to ad-lib because they might come up with a funnier line that what I’ve put on the page.”

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New Events!

November 4, 2010
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New Events!

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.

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The Electric Company: Remaking a Classic

September 23, 2010
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Article written by Mike Rauch. How do you take a classic show that is close to people’s hearts and faithfully update it almost 30 years later? This past Tuesday, Karen Fowler, Executive Producer of the The Electric Company, and a panel of her production team gave a look into how they did it. For Fowler, the answer was to examine the original series and decipher it’s DNA— the key elements of the beloved 1970′s PBS show. Fowler’s early inspirations for the revival of The Electric Company were seeing Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk and the HBO series Def Poetry Jam. With those productions as a modern day cultural compass, she set out to produce the first 26 episodes of The Electric Company in January, 2008. For Fowler and her team, the cornerstones of the original series were a strong set of recurring characters, music from the best in the business, outstanding writers, great animators with innovative styles, and a healthy dose of pop culture. Of course, literacy remains as the core purpose of the show. To make the show accessible and relevant to today’s children, a few changes were made. The funky soundtrack of the original...

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ASIFA-East presents – An Evening with The Electric Company

September 20, 2010
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ASIFA-East presents – An Evening with The Electric Company

September 21st, Tuesday  7pm ASIFA-East and Women in Animation present – An Evening with The Electric Company! Join us for a special panel discussion featuring the key minds behind the relaunch of the hit series! Here is the panel: Claire Curley – ANIMATION PRODUCER Karen Fowler – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Linda Simensky – VICE PRESIDENT, CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING, PBS Adam Peltzman – HEAD WRITER Alan Foreman – ANIMATOR SVA School Of Visual Arts 209 East 23rd Street (Bet. 2nd & 3rd Ave) 3rd Fl, Amphitheater NYC www.schoolofvisualarts.edu

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