Reported by Dayna Gonzalez. Yesterday, Viacom went through yet another round of massive layoffs. I am saddened to hear that Nick Digital Animation Studios is no more. I don’t have much information and I think changes are ongoing, but from what I know, the shows will all have to find new homes. Whether that means…
DetailsReported on by your secretary, Linda Beck. Before I go into my general summary of the 2008 ASIFA East Auction, entertain me for just one paragraph while I expound on the importance of community building. If you’ve just fallen off the turnip truck, let me break some news to you: you are very lucky to…
DetailsASIFA East is proud to present out first ever audio podcast. This podcast is from September’s event which was a panel on the state of NY independent animated features. The event was hosted by Cartoon Brew’s Amid Amidi and the panelists were Emily Hubley, Daniel Kanemoto, Bill Plimpton, Michael Sporn, and Tatia Rosenthal. The room…
DetailsOn Tuesday, November 18, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting presented “Sesame Street: Made in NY” at the Apollo Theater, in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Foundation, Sesame Workshop, and the Center for Communication. Easily over a hundred attendees braved the blistering cold for a chance to learn more about…
DetailsIt’s been kind of a slow couple weeks here with nothing on our animation events calendars. Next week ASIFA-East is throwing its 2008 Animation Art Auction which should be lots of fun. See our website for more info. In the meantime, here’s an email I received today: If you’re in the Los Angeles , New…
DetailsLast Thursday, October 20th, ASIFA held it’s annual Open Screening night at Tisch-NYU, 721 Broadway. About 35 attendees screened their recent work, works in progress, and reels to a packed house eager to be inspired. And inspired we were. There were tons of great films shown and the works in progress were a tremendous tease. …
DetailsThe Art and Science of Animation Presented by the Center for Communication Hosted by NYIT; New York Institute of Technology Article by Andrew D Nicoletta For those who don’t know, the Center for Communication is an independent media forum. Who have been presenting various career seminars throughout New York City for all fields of the…
DetailsArticle by Emmett Goodman. October 28 has been named International Animation Day, and it was celebrated with a special screening on October 20th. Ron Diamond (Acme Filmworks) was the man behind this particular screening. There’s a brief synopsis right there. This is one of the few events in which I am compelled to dress up…
DetailsOn Thursday October 16th, 2008, Jill Gilbert of One Plus Hub Productions in LA and Aaron Simpson of Cold Hard Flash, held an industry networking event focused on flash animation at M1- Lounge in Manhattan. Since it was primarily a networking event, I don’t have much to report. It was a fun evening of socializing…
DetailsASIFA-East presents Labor Days with Rick Lacy and Philip Gelatt Article by Sam Marlow Labor Days is a creator owned comic by writer Philip Gelatt and artist, Rick Lacy. They gave a talk for on Thursday, October 16th at NYU about the origins of their comic, and how they fell into their collaboration, as well…
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