If anyone is going to be in CA on June 16th, you may want to check out the annual WIA meeting:
"One World" Annual Meeting
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Bill Peet
We saw the Bill Peet exhibit at the Art Institute this weekend. Bill Peet was a great storyman at Disney who storyboarded all of The Sword in the Stone and 101 Dalmatians. The exhibit has 2 large photos of his storyboards from Sword in the Stone as well as some character sketches for Dumbo and mice sketches for Cinderella. A bunch of his illustrations for children's books line a long hallway. Among the those are some fun illustrations from his autobiography. I really enjoyed the drawings of him working at Disney and in his home studio. The exhibit closes in a week (on Sun, May 24th), so if you're in Chicago and haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend it. To celebrate the opening of the new modern art wing, the museum is free until the 22nd. Also, the museum is open until 8:00 on Thursdays, so it's a great idea to go after work with friends.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Sketch Crawl- Saturday, April 25th
The next sketch crawl will be held at Lincoln Park Zoo Saturday, April 25th. We'll be meeting at 1:00 by the gorillas. See you there! :D
Saturday, March 28, 2009
April event on the way
We're going to organize an event for April. Either a sketch crawl or a get-together. If anyone has any suggestions, please let us know. We're always open to new ideas and guest speakers. Please check back on this blog for further updates. See you in April!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Feb 5th- WIA meeting at DreamWorks
Hello everyone! I received this email today and am passing it along in case anyone is going out to CA in February or would like to book a quick trip over there to check this out:
"THIS GUN FOR HIRE: Careers In Freelance Animation"
Women In Animation International
"THIS GUN FOR HIRE: Careers In Freelance Animation"
ATTENTION WIA MEMBERS!
Animators are migrant workers. Lifetime employment at a single studio is a mere nostalgic dream. Most of us are freelancers, either by preference or necessity. We must network constantly, keep our skills fresh, and be ready at the drop of a hat to move to the next job. Reinvention is the name of the game. So how do you continually repackage yourself without becoming completely bored or totally insane?
Join us at DreamWorks Animation on Thursday, February 5th, when Women In Animation, The Los Angeles Chapter, presents its first General Meeting of 2009:
"THIS GUN FOR HIRE: Careers In Freelance Animation"
A panel of independent artists, writers and directors will discuss issues of self-marketing, networking and keeping up a skill set. If you're a freelancer, don't miss this event!
To RSVP, please email LAchapterrsvps@aol.com before Sunday, February 1st. For space reasons, we will be closing the list when we reach sixty guests, so don't delay. When you RSVP, please tell us your membership status.
Non-members will be asked for a $10.00 donation: attendence is free for members and DreamWorks employees. We look forward to seeing you!
Stephanie Graziano Animators are migrant workers. Lifetime employment at a single studio is a mere nostalgic dream. Most of us are freelancers, either by preference or necessity. We must network constantly, keep our skills fresh, and be ready at the drop of a hat to move to the next job. Reinvention is the name of the game. So how do you continually repackage yourself without becoming completely bored or totally insane?
Join us at DreamWorks Animation on Thursday, February 5th, when Women In Animation, The Los Angeles Chapter, presents its first General Meeting of 2009:
"THIS GUN FOR HIRE: Careers In Freelance Animation"
A panel of independent artists, writers and directors will discuss issues of self-marketing, networking and keeping up a skill set. If you're a freelancer, don't miss this event!
To RSVP, please email LAchapterrsvps@aol.com before Sunday, February 1st. For space reasons, we will be closing the list when we reach sixty guests, so don't delay. When you RSVP, please tell us your membership status.
Non-members will be asked for a $10.00 donation: attendence is free for members and DreamWorks employees. We look forward to seeing you!
Linda Miller
Women In Animation International
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Thanks Jackie!
Thank you Jackie for sharing Botnik with us Friday!
And thanks to everyone who came out!
December Sketchcrawl
We're planning on having a sketchcrawl Saturday, December 6th somewhere indoors. We're thinking Union Station, but are looking for other ideas. Please post a comment with any ideas or send us an email. Please check back for further updates. Thanks!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
November Meeting- BOTNIK!
Come see Calabash Animation's newest short animated film, Botnik! Meet and hear from creator, writer, director, Jackie Smessaert Brennan at Columbia College on Friday, Nov 14th at 7pm. Room 502 at 1104 S Wabash Ave.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Fears of the Dark
Have very many of you heard about this movie called Fears of the Dark? It's by 6 well known graphic designers. Here's the trailer for it-
It looks like it's only playing for a few days at the Landmark, so a few of us are planning on seeing it Thur night at the 7:15 showing. If anyone else is interested in going too, please let us know!!
It looks like it's only playing for a few days at the Landmark, so a few of us are planning on seeing it Thur night at the 7:15 showing. If anyone else is interested in going too, please let us know!!
Friday, October 17, 2008
November Guest Speaker!
Hi everyone! We're working on getting Jackie, the director of Botnik, to be our guest speaker in November. Please check out Botnik at the Chicago International Film Festival if you can!!
http://2008.chicagofilmfestival.org/FilmsEvents/films.php?search=botnik&submit=search
http://2008.chicagofilmfestival.org/FilmsEvents/films.php?search=botnik&submit=search
Sita Sings the Blues
A group of us are going to see Sita Sings the Blues on Sunday at 12:15 at the AMC River East. If anyone else is going to that showing, please look for us and say hi!!
http://2008.chicagofilmfestival.org/FilmsEvents/films.php?title&page=9
http://2008.chicagofilmfestival.org/FilmsEvents/films.php?title&page=9
Monday, October 13, 2008
Botnik!
Botnik!, an 11 minute short from Chicago's very own Calabash Animation, will be playing at the Chicago Internation Film Festival very soon! Come see Jackie Smessaert Brennan's cool new film in the Short 1: Illinois Filmmakers program.
Botnik! (USA)Director - Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan When an artist is forced to unveil his newest art installation ahead of schedule, he turns to an untested robot for assistance. Unfortunately, this robot does not come as packaged. 11 Mins
playing:
Sunday- 10-19: 12:00
Monday-10-20: 6:20
Monday-10-27: 6:15
Please come see it!
For more on Botnik!, please visit:
Botnik's MySpace page
Jackie's Facebook page
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sita Sings the Blues
***Edited- I just noticed on the site that the show for this Sunday has changed from 12:45 to 12:15.***
I just found out that Sita Sings the Blues will be playing very soon at the Chicago International Film Festival!!
Here's the info from their site-
SITA SINGS THE BLUES
Nina Paley
Animator Nina Paley interweaves the Hindu epic Ramayana with a modern divorce story with surprising ease in the visually engrossing Sita Sings the Blues. Each aspect of the story has its own unique look, and songs by jazz singer Annette Hanshaw heighten the emotion throughout. The bright colors, easy humor, and vital music combine to make the film an impressive, inventive feat. 82 mins
USA
Nina Paley
Animator Nina Paley interweaves the Hindu epic Ramayana with a modern divorce story with surprising ease in the visually engrossing Sita Sings the Blues. Each aspect of the story has its own unique look, and songs by jazz singer Annette Hanshaw heighten the emotion throughout. The bright colors, easy humor, and vital music combine to make the film an impressive, inventive feat. 82 mins
USA
10/18/08 4:40 PMRE9
10/19/08 12:15 PMRE5
10/28/08 6:15 PMRE9
10/19/08 12:15 PMRE5
10/28/08 6:15 PMRE9
Friday, May 23, 2008
The Animation Show
The Animation Show is in Chicago this weekend (at the Music Box) and Bill Plympton will be there tonight.
"THE ANIMATION SHOW is back with an all new collection of incredible independent animation! This year MIKE JUDGE has gathered together over two dozen of his favorite funny short films from around the world. It's a ground breaking program of eye-popping adult animation from tomorrow's next great animators. Friday, May 23rd marks the all new ANIMATION SHOW 4 kick's off at the Music Box Theatre with special guest BILL PLYMPTON in attendance! The Animation Show crew will be on-hand for preshow fun with give-aways and VJ set by animator Run Wrake. After the show Plympton will discuss his new short "Hot Dog.'"
http://musicboxtheatre.com/animationshow.html
"THE ANIMATION SHOW is back with an all new collection of incredible independent animation! This year MIKE JUDGE has gathered together over two dozen of his favorite funny short films from around the world. It's a ground breaking program of eye-popping adult animation from tomorrow's next great animators. Friday, May 23rd marks the all new ANIMATION SHOW 4 kick's off at the Music Box Theatre with special guest BILL PLYMPTON in attendance! The Animation Show crew will be on-hand for preshow fun with give-aways and VJ set by animator Run Wrake. After the show Plympton will discuss his new short "Hot Dog.'"
http://musicboxtheatre.com/animationshow.html
Memorial Day Figure Drawing Marathon!
Memorial Day Model Marathon
Monday, May 26th, 2008
7 am – 7 pm
12 hours of models in multiple studios for quick sketch drawing. Lunch and refreshments are included. $20 for members, $25 for non-members. No need to pre-register.
"Identify the famous artists in the link below, and move to the front of the line at the BBQ grill."
http://paletteandchisel.org/~files/marathon-masters.jpg
The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 642-4149
Monday, May 26th, 2008
7 am – 7 pm
12 hours of models in multiple studios for quick sketch drawing. Lunch and refreshments are included. $20 for members, $25 for non-members. No need to pre-register.
"Identify the famous artists in the link below, and move to the front of the line at the BBQ grill."
http://paletteandchisel.org/~files/marathon-masters.jpg
The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 642-4149
Monday, April 28, 2008
Columbia College Chicago Animation Production Studio Screening
APS Screening
Friday, May 16, 2008
6:00-Reception
7:00-Screening
1104 S. Wabash
8th floor screening room
Come and join the Senior Animation Production classes of CCC for their senior short animation film screening. Get their early, sitting is limited.Friday, May 16, 2008
6:00-Reception
7:00-Screening
1104 S. Wabash
8th floor screening room
For a map go to: http://www.colum.edu/About_Columbia/Maps.php It is number 3 on the map.
Friday, January 18, 2008
South Beach Intl Animation Festival
If any wants to enter, here's the link to the South Beach Animation Festival:
www.southbeachanimationfest.com
"As the producer of the South Beach International Animation Festival and past president of our local chapter of Women Of the Motion Picture Industry, it is my pleasure to invite your members to enter our festival.
Please, find information and entrance form visiting our website at www.southbeachanimationfest.com."
Thank you.
Noreen Legault-Mendoza
www.southbeachanimationfest.com
"As the producer of the South Beach International Animation Festival and past president of our local chapter of Women Of the Motion Picture Industry, it is my pleasure to invite your members to enter our festival.
Please, find information and entrance form visiting our website at www.southbeachanimationfest.com."
Thank you.
Noreen Legault-Mendoza
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Pricilla Olsen Screening
Hey everyone,
Just a reminder that next Friday is the screening with Pricilla Olsen. There will be some snacks out at 6:00 and the screening will start at 6:30. It is on the 4th floor of 1104 south wabash infront of the 402 screening room. Hope to see you all there!
-Jennifer Nelson
p.s. Amada will be posting a flyer shortly!
Just a reminder that next Friday is the screening with Pricilla Olsen. There will be some snacks out at 6:00 and the screening will start at 6:30. It is on the 4th floor of 1104 south wabash infront of the 402 screening room. Hope to see you all there!
-Jennifer Nelson
p.s. Amada will be posting a flyer shortly!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Bill Plympton
Just a reminder- Bill Plympton's Secret Premiere is tomorrow night at 10 pm at the Music Box.
more info on this previous post: http://wiachicago.blogspot.com/2007/10/bill-plymptons-secret-premier.html
more info on this previous post: http://wiachicago.blogspot.com/2007/10/bill-plymptons-secret-premier.html
Friday, October 19, 2007
Goofy Short
We just wanted to remind everyone about the Goofy short being played before the Three Robbers tomorrow morning at the Davis Theatre at 10:30. We'll be doing a Q/A with the producer afterwards and would like an approximate number. If you're planning on coming, please let Kristine know or leave a comment here.
Here's the original post about it-
http://wiachicago.blogspot.com/2007/09/lets-see-first-disney-short-to-be.html
Here's the original post about it-
http://wiachicago.blogspot.com/2007/09/lets-see-first-disney-short-to-be.html
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)