Our friends at Young Audiences New York are looking for an Animation Teaching Artist! Teaching Artist applications can be submitted to Sarah Lempke at slempke@yany.org by Friday, August 15th. Applications include a resume, work materials, and curriculum examples. Please see below for all information: Young Audiences New York One East 53rd Street New York, NY…
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On the last weekend of July, in Fort Green, Brooklyn, NY, lies the Animation Block Party. It’s a four day animation film festival, hosted mainly by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, that I’ve always associated with a source of cutting edge ‘cool flicks.’ In the last several years however it has matured, having just celebrating…
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Figure Drawing with ASIFA-East at The Productive is on summer hiatus. Weekly Thursday drawing sessions will return on September 4th, 2014. Enjoy the rest of your summer!!
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***IMPORTANT KARAOKE UPDATE*** Due to a previously scheduled event at the venue, at 9:30 we will be moved into a large private room instead of the main bar space. The good news is that we are getting this private room at NO COST. If you arrive after 9:30, just ask the bartender to direct you…
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Just because ASIFA-East is on summer hiatus doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun! Come hang out with your fellow ASIFA peeps at the ASIFA-EAST KARAOKE NIGHT on THURSDAY, JULY 31, from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM. We know you have artistic talent; now it’s time for you to show off your hidden singing skills!…
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ASIFA-East members – get your drinking and drawing on with the Graphic Artists Guild next Tuesday! It’s free admission to a casual evening of networking, so bring your sketch pad, business cards, and friends. Cash bar. Tuesday, June 24th at 7 PM Bongo 395 West St. NYC Corner of W. 10th St. RSVP ny@gag.org
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Our friends at Adult Swim are hosting a panel and preview screening at ABFF in NY this Friday featuring Black Dynamite, their animated series starring Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley, and Tommy Davidson. The series is produced out of Burbank, CA at the Cartoon Network Studios. Black Dynamite, the hit animated Adult Swim…
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ASIFA-East will be on summer break from June through August. We will return with regular programming in September 2014. Figure drawing classes are planned to continue throughout the summer but please stay tuned to our Events Calendar and Blog, in case any vacation breaks do come up. A few possible summer socials may be in…
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ASIFA-East members were treated to an intimate conversation with the curators of The Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition, Loreen Williamson and Pamela Thomas on June 7th, 2014. Thomas and Williamson have amassed over 300 pieces of animation art from 1970s Saturday morning cartoons, presented online at The Museum of Uncut Funk. Each piece…
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The Society of Illustrators has put together a wonderful exhibition featuring original illustrations from four iconic artists working in the field of animation. The work of Peter De Seve (Ice Age, Mulan, A Bug’s Life), Bill Plympton (I Married a Strange Person, Hair High, Idiots and Angels), William Joyce (Epic, Robots, Rise of the Guardians),…
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