Escape, 2010 by Li Songsong. Courtesy of The Pace Gallery, New York.

Chinese artist Li Songsong is showing new paintings at The Pace Gallery in New York until August 5, 2011.

Still image from Shimmer Box Drive (2007) by Steven Woloshen.

Steven Woloshen creates animation in cars, at work, in airports, on planes… in other words wherever and whenever he has ten consecutive minutes to play. 

Still image from the animated short Diary 1 by Tsvika Oren.

Tsvika Oren has been deeply involved in animation for the better part of 30 years - creating, teaching, writing, judging, jurying…

David Sonnenschein, professional sound designer and author of “Sound Design: the Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema” has invited me to co-host a free sound design webinar for animators (all filmmakers are welcome!) on March 17, 2011 at 9:00 am PST / noon EST.

Still image from The Main Complaint by William Kentridge. (Image courtesy of "Duckrabbit Speaks.) 

A grand show of early animation and current work by South African artist William Kentridge.

Illustration from Directing the Story by Francis Glebas

So you’ve got an idea for a first film... Where do you go from here?

Lascaux caves: image of aurochs

Could the paleolithic men and women who created these rock wall paintings have been the prehistoric ancestors of current animation artists?

Pumpkin carving at the Animators' Picnic. 

It’s time for the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011.

Cover image of Tricky Women - Women in Animation

A compilation of essays on women in animation, Tricky Women: Women In Animation is a very welcome addition to current critical writing on the subject.

This short time-lapse video follows the process of installing Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition “All” at the Guggenheim in November 2011.