Paranorman
Article by Tristian Goik. It was an early Sunday morning when animators and regular-folk gathered round to see a special screening of “Paranorman.“ After being reminded by countless email blasts (ASIFA,…
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
September 19 – 23, 2012 The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest animation festival in North America, and heavily attended by us ASIFA-Easters! Don’t forget – all ASIFA-East members…
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Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets August 12, 2012–January 7, 2013 This MoMA gallery exhibition and accompanying film retrospective will be the first presentation of the…
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Article written by Caresse Singh. In the three years that I had known about Animation Block Party, this was the first time I had ever attended. No offense to the…
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SVA presents Scribble Junkies Festival of Drawn Animation
The School of Visual Arts Animation Department and animators Bill Plympton and Patrick Smith invite you to the Scribble Junkies Festival of Drawn Animation. The festival will be presented August…
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“Pretty Loaded” The History of Flash Pre-loaders
Article by Tristian Goik. My first pre-loader was an animated light-saber, which at 56k AOL speeds would have never activated quickly enough to save me from the Sith. Flash pre-loaders…
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Our friends at Rooftop Films wanted to let you all know that this Friday, they are featuring Animation Block Party’s Opening Night. ASIFA-East members get $2 off tickets to this…
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Mid-Summer Evenings
Article written by Tristian Goik. Fridays are my busiest day at work, something that always seemed backwards to me. And this last weekend I had the opportunity to spend by…
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Midsummer Night Toons
This article was written by Susan Godfrey and was reposted from the animation blog, Go Get ’em Girl. All photo credits to Jazzmine Beaulieu. This last Friday night Matt Lee hosted…
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Field Trip to the Botanical Gardens
Grab your colored pencils and your favorite drawing/painting materials and join ASIFA-East for a group sketch trip to the Botanical Gardens! The lilies in Monet’s Garden are supposed to be…
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