Artists For a Better World International presents an Art Book Compilation Project depicting "Families Enjoying Art Together" as part of its ongoing Creating A Better World Through Art series.

This book will be released as a celebration of the role of families in fostering a culture replete with the arts

AWN and VFXWorld are giving away 10 "total access" reserved festival tickets to this year's VES Festival, the best visual effects storytelling platform in the world! The event runs June 27-29, 2003 at The Los Angeles Film School, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90028. These reserved tickets, which normally cost $300.00, give you complete access to the entire three days of presentations and screenings. Special thanks go to Tom Atkins and the Visual Effects Society for making this sweepstakes possible.

This year, there are 10 fabulous presentations that will focus on the process of visual effects and how they bring the vision of the director to life. Highlights include:

- ILM presentations on both THE HULK and TERMINATOR 3
- Pixar presenting FINDING NEMO
- Sessions on X-MEN 2, THE CORE and MATRIX RELOADED
- A Retrospective on the making of TRON
- There's even special screenings of both THE HULK and the entire ANIMATRIX series!

Fill out the simple entry form today for your chance to win. The contest ends June 23, 2003. Complete contest information can be found at the contest webpage listed below.

The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has announced an inaugural program honoring innovative work in screen-based integration of branded content, to take place June 9, 2003 at the MoMA Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street, as part of the 12th Annual AICP Show & Brand Integration Honors.

The AICP Brand Integration Honors, chaired by H. Mitchell Kanner of Integrated Entertainment Partners, LLC, (IEP), is the first program of its kind to recognize the creative product that results from the fusion of advertising and entertainment, and to highlight the innovative screen-based campaigns being generated that demonstrate this

VFXTalk.com & eyeon Software Inc. have announced VFX002 - Breath In Some Life @ Dusk, which allows entrants the chance to win eyeon

This regional animation festival will accept all categories of film. The formats that will be accepted: 35mm, Beta or DVD. The entry form will be found through the site: http://andrelbarroso.cjb.net

Regal Cinemas will be launching the Nano Shorts Program this fall, putting short films in front of feature films in their Cinema Art Theatres nationwide. Here

RDTA Films along with TheArtOfEvolution.com and Electric Rain (Erain) today announced VQ: VILLAINQUEST, The

VFXTalk.com & eyeon Software Inc. have announced VFX003 - Title Design THE HOBBIT, which allows entrants the chance to win eyeon

AMD is holding the AMD Athlon 64 Processor Animation and Digital Film Contest, a global search for the best non-commercial animation and digital short films. Eligible participants can submit their work in one of two categories, "Digital Cinematography" or "Computer Character Animation," for a chance to win one of two grand prizes. Each grand prizewinner will receive a desktop system based on the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor and $6,400. Eligible participants are invited to submit original 30- to 45-second, animations or digital short films for consideration. Six semifinalists will be selected (three in each category) by AMD and a panel of experts. These six submissions will be re-rendered by AMD on an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based system at the conclusion of the contest. AMD also plans to showcase the six semifinalists at AMD Athlon 64 launch events around the world on September 23, 2003. Contest information and official rules can be found at www.amd.com/animationcontest.

First held in 1996, QuakeCon is the brainchild of id Software game fans that originally wants to get together with online friends and talk about their favorite games. Now the event is the premiere multiplayer gaming conference. More than 3,000 attendees partake in the huge exhibit area featuring E3 quality displays from the likes of Activision, Apple, Sega and many others. The BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, powered by LinkSys, also grew larger to a 1,300 seat LAN party, the largest of its kind in North America. In addition to conferences and seminars, QuakeCon hosts the $50,000 NVIDIA Championship Quake III Arena. For more information visit www.quakecon.org.