Article written by Tristian Goik. Seward Park High School is, at some level, your basic New York public school. We had to trump up five flights of stairs to reach the said rooftop of the “Rooftop Films Dark Toons” screening, which was held in Brooklyn at the end of May. The dull strong red of the stairway…
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Just a reminder that The Art of Stop Motion Exhibit is coming up this weekend June 9th – June – 13th. The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase work created by stop motion artists and animators working in New York City. We’d like to present a range of works involved in all steps of the process…
DetailsUpdate: A second edition to our guide was written after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. To put it simply, finding decent and affordable health care as an artist can be an uphill battle. Jobs that provide it to you are scarce, and even when they do, it can be short-lived (due to…
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Our good friends at Rooftop Films have once again offered ASIFA-East a discount to each screening in their entire summer series. If you haven’t gotten a chance to make it to one of their screenings yet, be sure to take advantage of this offer. I’ve been to several of these screenings and they are a…
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As ASIFA-East goes on its summer hiatus, the Viewseum wraps its first full (ASIFA-East) year on the aNYmator. And here, we have both a good way to wrap up the first year, as well as a suiting lead-in to the summer. To say Bill Plympton is a key-figure in New York animation is an understatement.…
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Need some feedback? Inspiration? A kick in the rear? Our newest regular event showcases and critiques works in progress and motivates us all to keep moving forward on our personal work. Bring recent works, works-in-progress, and animation tests (totaling no more than 5 minutes) on DVD and an open mind for constructive comments by your…
DetailsTis that time of year again when the team here at ASIFA-East takes a break til the fall. A huge thank you to all our board members for their hard work and dedication throughout the year, and to all our lovely members who make our organization what it is today. The aNYmator will still post…
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Guest post by Michael Sporn. This article was originally posted on the Splog. Howard Beckerman brought a DVD of his home movies of he ASIFA East Animation Festival of 1980. (Actually, I think there are two separate years on this video. People are wearing different clothes in the latter half. However, I can’t be sure.)…
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Buzz Potamkin, one of animation’s most beloved producers on both coasts, passed away from pancreatic cancer on Sunday, April 22nd. Buzz, always interested in film, left Columbia University for a job as an “editor” at Stars and Stripes Forever, the hippest animation studio in New York. While there, he quickly sized up animation production, and seeing…
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Article by Tristian Goik. Once or twice, I have heard of people talking about how they ‘got a table’ at the MoCCA Festival. The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival is a gathering of artists (mostly illustrators) at the Lexington Avenue Armory. Only this year have I been fortunate and intelligent enough to go.…
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