by Robby Gilbert President’s Note:I’ve had the pleasure to teach animation to hundreds of students at some world class art schools for over 20 years. Many have gone on to have long and successful careers, pretty sure there’s an Oscar winner and a feature film director in that group. But none of them have the…
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by Robby Gilbert High-energy and exuberant in all the best ways, Pilar Newton-Katz exudes excitement, positivity, and passion for her work and the world of animation. A cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and animator, Newton-Katz coordinates the design programs at the City College of New York. Her screen credits include the animated series’, Daria for MTV and…
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The film community has lost a talented documentary filmmaker, animator, and interactive media creatoras we announce the passing of Eli Noyes at age 81 from cancer in San Francisco, surrounded by hisfamily. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia on October 18, 1942. The son of Modernist architect Eliot Noyes and Mary “Molly” (Weed) Noyes, Eli…
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by Robby Gilbert John Morena is the quintessential New York independent animator. Born and raised in the Bronx and currently working out of Brooklyn, he finds inspiration in the everyday goings on of the city and synthesizes the quotidian into picture and sound. “New York City is full of surprises,” notes John. “It’s brash. It’s…
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Read this article on SVA faculty member Tommy José Stathes in the Visual Arts Journal by John Canemaker.
By Robby Gilbert Patrick Smith began his animation career in 1994, honing his talents in the studios of New York. This was an interesting time for animation; a point of inflection whereby the last vestiges of the traditional studio systems were drying up like cel vinyl, and the digital juggernaut sparked a race to determine…
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Note: All quotes are paraphrased because I don’t know how to record audio and my handwriting is illegible. I’ve never met Signe before but of course I knew about her work in animation.. She made 3 shorts in her native Latvia before emigrating to the US where she found work at Bill Plympton’s studio. While…
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Best In Show The Peggy Award My Dear Mr. Whitman Jeremiah Dickey Craft Awards Craft Award: Excellence in Animation Pour Games Patrick Smith Craft Award: Excellence in Design Tangent 61 Dan McHale Craft Award: Excellence in Writing The Late Show Presents: A Very Cold War Christmas Bruce Knapp, Late Night Cartoons, Inc. Craft Award: Excellence…
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Welcome to another edition of the ASIFA East Animation Film Festival. It is our 53rd festival, and we are keeping it virtual! Four nights of animated short films, free and open to the public, ready for member-voting. Help us spread the word and invite your friends! Jury Screening Schedule Screenings Begin here at 7 PM EST Tuesday, April 18 – Student 1Thursday,…
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