This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes the Voicebank.net Demo, Toronto, Canada, January 24-25, 2001; The Evening of Remembrance 2001, Hollywood, California, USA, January 27, 2001; Cartoon Masters, Strasbourg, France, February 15-17, 2001; Tough Eye Festival, Turku, Finland, May 15-20, 2001; and more! With multiple search capabilities, AWN's new calendar of events gives you a customized way to look through the upcoming events - by Name, Location, Entry Deadline, Category, Event Type and more.

* Saturday, February 10 – Sunday, May 13, 2001. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.





The Exploratorium is sponsoring a major exhibition entitled "Behind

* Wednesday, January 24 - Thursday, January 25, 2001. Toronto, Canada.

Valley Cottage, New York's Southeast Design Co. is looking for a 3D ANIMATOR with 4-5 years broadcast animation experience. . . Santa Clara, California's Believe, Inc., a pre-IPO start-up, is looking for experienced SOFTWARE ENGINEERS who will create, implement and support new features, tools and other improvements in custom software. . . New York's Center for Advanced Digital Applications - New York University, an advanced training facility for animation and visual effects, is looking for PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS with experience in digital production and/or art in a professional environment. .

Linda Kudzmas' animated short, "The Egg," will be screened at the upcoming Moondance International Film Festival (Boulder, Colorado, USA, January 19-21, 2001), as a Festival Favorite. Linda is an independent animator and instructor at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. You can discover her work through her gallery in the Animation Showcase.

Nickelodeon Latin America and TV Globo have signed a deal that will send Nicktoons to Brazilian airwaves. The two-year deal gives Globo the rights to air Nicktoons on Saturday mornings. Nick has similar deals with Mexico's Televisa and Venezuela's Radio Caracas Television. The cartoons that will air from 7 – 8 am will be dubbed versions of CATDOG, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS and THE WILD THORNBERRYS.

* Friday, January 19, 2001. Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.





The newly formed ASIFA-Colorado is holding a big kick off bash. Chris Robinson, an ASIFA-International board member and the Ottawa International Animation Festival executive director, will present "The Best of Ottawa," a program of international award-winning animation. For more information contact Edward Bakst at: R.M.C.A.D., 6875 E. Evans Ave., Denver, Colorado 80224, U.S.A.; Tel.: (800) 888-ARTS or (303)-753-6046; E-mail: EBakst@RMCAD.edu; or Fax: (303) 694-2314.

* Thursday, January 18 – Sunday, January 28, 2001. Park City, Utah, U.S.A.

* Thursday, August 2 – Monday, August 6, 2001. Hollywood, California, U.S.A.


Entry Deadline: March 31, 2001.

* Thursday, January 11 – Friday, January 12, 2001. Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.





Larry Lauria will be conducting a "hands on," interactive animation fundamentals and character design workshop. The event is being held at Al Collins Graphic Design School. On Thursday, Lauria will present a talk on "Careers in Animation." The workshop will be held on Friday. For more information contact Jeff Marcus at: Tel.: (800) 876-7070.