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…
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ASIFA-East presents an evening with The Rauch Bros. and their StoryCorps films. Wednesday April 20th, 7pm SVA 209 East 23rd Street 5th Floor, Room 502 Admission: FREE! Directed by The Rauch Bros., StoryCorps animated shorts, broadcast on PBS’ flagship documentary program POV, honor and celebrate the lives of everyday Americans. The Rauch Bros. create animation…
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Article by Tristian Goik. Twins Are Weird… … and apparently so is everyone else. Ha ha ha, well that is to be expected at The Peculiar Picture Parade. Twins Are Weird Productions are two lovely twins Noelle Melody and Joy Vacesse who put together an intimate festival of animation at the 92Y Tribeca Theatre last…
DetailsArticle by Emmett Goodman. It’s that time of year again, or those times of year again. ASIFA-East’s jury screenings for the upcoming animation festival in May. For those who are unaware of how these affairs work (and it seems we have a few newcomers), we take all submitted films and separate each night by category.…
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Don’t forget – our final jury screenings for the ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival are this Tuesday March 15 and Wednesday March 16. See the below invite for details!!
Jake Armstrong grew up in Norman, Oklahoma and moved to NY to study animation. He’s currently a freelance artist living in Brooklyn doing anything from animation to storyboarding to illustration and makes a bunch of things on the side. Interview by David B. Levy 1-Your SVA Thesis short “The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!” had nothing…
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ASIFA East encourages its members to enter the SICAF 2011 International Digital Cartoon Competition.Digital artists—not just animators—may enter illustrations or comics of any length, from “Web Cartoon” (up to four panels) to “Creative Story” (Ten episodes of a scenario).You may enter until April 22, 2011. See the attached announcement for details and links to the…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYrwA19WTw Article by Tristian Goik. Sunday evening: Prince Street subway station. I am waiting patiently for my train. The ticket-collector gives me the all clear. Launching myself into the space between the platform and the tracks, I bounce less than gracefully down to the doors of a vast bio-mechanical centipede space dragon. The doors slurp…
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Article written by Caresse Singh. Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 was the second time Steven Zelin a.k.a “The Singing CPA” had lectured at an ASIFA-East event. Along side him sat Emily Campbell, an accomplished business lawyer. After a brief introduction highlighting their degrees, achievements and careers, Zelin performed a song – a tax related rendition of…
DetailsOur good friends at Women in Animation invite us to their next meeting – and it looks like a good one!! See below: Hi Everyone, I just wanted to remind you that we have a super meeting coming up on March 9th with Rick Richter, President, CEO and Chair from Ruckus Media Group. Ruckus makes…
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