"Boundary Crossings: An Institute In Contemporary Animated Arts" will be held at the Pacific NW College of Art, July 13-24, 2009.

Animation has long existed outside the codes and conventions of the studio cartoon, traversing the terrain of space, time, and form. This two-week innovative institute explores the emerging field of animated arts through a combination of theory and practice sessions, lectures, and screenings. With the advent of digital technologies, the appearance of hybrid moving images has emerged as the norm, affecting boundaries between live action, animation, image processing, and compositing as porous as the platforms of display that host them. Through re-defining animation and the manipulated image, animated art forms are being pushed beyond the movies to permeate our cultural landscape.

"Boundary Crossings: An Institute in Animated Arts" provides upper division undergraduates and graduate level students an intensive immersion in interdisciplinary explorations designed to prompt critical and creative outcomes at the leading edge of contemporary animated arts and scholarship.

Guided by internationally renowned scholars and current practitioners, students will select from three strands for a two-week course of study

Information: (503) 821-8895 or http://www.pnca.edu/programs/ce/boundarycrossing/.

ASIFA-SF MEMBERS and guests are invited to learn about how to animate more for less using Toon Boom's line of products. Toon Boom is coming to SF on their "Animate More for Less Tour." Learn about the current state of the worldwide animation industry and find ou t how you can access the Toon Boom global corporate network. Toon Boom says the best animation talent is in North America so learn how you can maximize your potential through their Animate software. Toon Boom's CEO Joan Vogelesang and CTO Francisco Del Cueto will be presenting the "More for Less" seminar. Francisco will demonstrate why Animate is quickly being recognized as the tool of choice by animators and studios around the world. Vouchers to buy Animate for $399.99 will be given to attendees along with appetizers and drinks. There will als o be one free prize, a copy of Toon Boom Animate! Monday, July 13th, 7 - 9 pm at the Marriott San Francisco Hotel, in room Foothill G, 55 Fourth Street (at Mission). Pre-register at: http://toonboom.makeswebsites.com/.

The Pink Hobo Gallery (507 E. Hennepin Ave.) will host an art show "The Art of Yo Gabba Gabba!" featuring artwork from the Nick Jr. TV series. Among the items on display: never-before-seen original drawings and sketches from the show's creator and lead designer Parker Jacobs, props used in the show, and original production artwork from the show's guest artists including King Mini, Mark Mothersbaugh, Option-G, Panda Panther, Megan Brain, Aaron Stewart, Mitch Loidolt, Tim Sievert, Julia Vickerman, and Tanya Haden. The opening is between 5pm and 1am. Event information via CartoonBrew.com.

On July 11th and 12th the Atlanta Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators. Artists being showcased include: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more. The ATL-MGFest will be hosting workshops and lectures about the shift in motion-picture audiences and explores the new technologies that motion designers will need on the video internet frontier. Motion design, sound design and interactivity, are all featured during July 11th and 12th, with daytime workshops at Atlanta's Adobe Certified Training Facility, Sterling Ledet. Evening screenings and live performances will be hosted at Atlanta's Internationally-renowned portfolio school, Creative Circus. This festival in the fast moving field of design technology has opened its Art & Entertainment events for only $7. Rather than charging the typical $500-$1500 conference fee, the Motion Graphics Festival encourages participants to stop complaining about the economy, and spend their money on something that will upgrade their tools, technique and aesthetics. Software, DVDs and music will be available at a discount rate throughout the festival week. Silent Auction for over $18,000 in software, DVDs and training materials. MGFest Schedule + Registration :http://www.MGFest.com

Primarily known for its majestic steel bridges that lead into the city, its steel manufacturing plants, and its major sports teams, Pittsburgh will now be known as the home of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s (KDE) Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME United States 2009 National Championship. Hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists will converge on Pittsburgh to prove that they are the best TCG players in the world. The road to the U.S. Nationals began in late April at the SHONEN JUMP Championship in Anaheim, California and then progressed through more than 76 Regional Qualifier and Dragon Duel events held around the country. In Pittsburgh, 900 aspiring champion Duelists will be battling to be named a U.S. National Champion, the top four finalists will be invited to compete in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship in Tokyo, August 8th and 9th. Live coverage of the U.S. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TCG 2009 National Championship will be available online during the event at www.yugioh-com/en/events, for those who are not able to attend. Event information: Where: David L Lawrence Convention Center 1000 Ft. Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 When: July 10-12 Time: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Cost: Entry into the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG 2009 National Championship is FREE for Duelists who have qualified for the event through official KDE Regional Qualifiers, the KDE Anaheim SHONEN JUMP Championship, and KDE Dragon Duel tournaments; however there will be a cost for side events, participants will receive Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME booster packs equal to the cost of participation. Prizing information: -- 1st place - Travel and accommodations to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship held in Tokyo, Japan; Trophy; "Dark End Dragon" Prize Card; Complete set of Raging Battle and a complete set of Ghost Rare cards from Tactical Evolution through Raging Battle; Digital Camera; Day of sightseeing in Japan; Nintendo DSi(TM) with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 game; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; Player Profile on Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG website; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 2nd place - Travel and accommodations to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship held in Tokyo, Japan; Trophy; Complete set of Raging Battle and a complete set of Ghost Rare cards from Tactical Evolution through Raging Battle; Digital Camera; Day of sightseeing in Japan; Nintendo DSi(TM) with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 game; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; Player Profile on Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG website; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 3rd place - Travel and accommodations to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship held in Tokyo, Japan; Trophy; Complete set of Raging Battle; Digital Camera; Day of sightseeing in Japan; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; Player Profile on Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG website; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 4th place - Travel and accommodations to Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship held in Tokyo, Japan; Trophy; Complete set of Raging Battle; Digital Camera; Day of sightseeing in Japan; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; Player Profile on Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG website; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 5th - 8th place - Trophy; Nintendo Wii(TM) Console with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breaker video game; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 9th - 16th place - Nintendo DSi(TM) with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 video game; 2009 National Championship Game Mat; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 17th - 32nd place - 2009 National Championship Game Mat; 2009 National Championship Card Binder; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards -- 33rd - Last place - 2009 National Championship Game Mat; Set of four Ultra Rare Token Cards KDE will offer 16-player Last Chance Regional Qualifier flights on Friday to give Duelists without invites the opportunity to qualify for the U.S. National Championship. Additionally, all weekend long, there will be exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG side events which include Win-a-Mat tournaments, Team Dueling, Dragon Duel events and a Dragon Duel Championship Tournament for Duelists aged 12 and under.

Animator 2009 offers film retrospectives of renowned animators, premieres, concerts, meetings with artists, exhibitions, performances, workshops and a range of special and thematic screenings, including screenings with live music, outdoor screenings, screenings for children and the open international competition for animated films up to 30 minutes with Grand Prix of 60,000 PLN/12,000 Euros. The entry form and regulations can be downloaded from www.animator-festival.com Final deadline is April 30. Special guests of ANIMATOR 2009 include: This year's edition special guest will be Yoram Gross -- the father of the Israeli and Australian animated film. During the festival we will show a wide spectrum of works of this famous animator, including his intriguing experimental films and internationally renowned animations for children. One of the most important stars of this year's festival will be Bill Plympton. At the festival we will present a full retrospective of his works, including: feature animated films THE TUNE, I MARRIED A STRANGE PERSON, MUTANT ALIENS, HAIR HIGH, as well as his latest animated shorts. Animator 2009 will present the Polish premiere of Emily Hubley's feature film debut THE TOE TACTIC, a combination of animation and live-action sequences.

Due to overbooking an event honoring Milt Kahl last month, the Academy will host an encore presentation on June 30, reports Cartoon Brew. The screening on video will be held Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking can be found behind the building if you enter on Homewood. The event is free but reservations are required. The invite is specifically for those who were turned away at the original event, but extra guests can come as well. The tape shows the entire event, edited to show the best angles from both cameras. Andreas Deja and Alice Davis will attend and all attendees will get the poster and program from the original event. Email guest names to rhaberkamp@oscars.org or call 310-247-2688 to leave names and a contact phone number.

It's time again for Frederator's "Drinking & Drawing" night! The theme this year is Bikini Zombies. If you're interested, go to www.drinkinganddrawing.org. It's at M1-5 Lounge, 52 Walker St (Between Church & Broadway), this Wed, June 24th @ 7:30pm. You must be 21 or older.

At C21's Social Media Forum at BAFTA on Monday June 22 producers, channels and rights owners will learn how to work best with Bebo, MySpace, YouTube, Joost, Dailymotion and many more to create new revenue-generating content and build audiences fast. Don't miss this unique one-day networking event for just GBP 299 per delegate. It is vitally important that the content business understand every emerging opportunity to develop new business as traditional markets change. Social media is likely to become the programmer of the next generation of video content and everyone needs to understand how to work effectively in this new space. At the event players from the sector will showcase 'best in breed' partnerships and explain how to drive new business and develop community interactivity around entertainment brands. Keynote workshop sessions include: -- Successful social media content strategies -- The future of online content and social media -- Social media workshops * How to work with Bebo to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Dailymotion to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Joost to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with MySpace to extend your entertainment brand C21's Social Media Forum is part of the RE-vision series of live events and online content, designed to help develop next-generation content solutions to help RE-focus, RE-finance, RE-invent, and RE-think the international entertainment business. C21's Social Media Forum 2009 is just GBP 299 per delegate which includes all refreshments and a networking lunch. For contributor information email: david@c21media.net. Go to http://www.c21media.net/intel/ to register.

Executives from major motion picture studios and other buyers of post production services will offer advice on how to win their business in a lunch-time panel discussion hosted by the Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group (SCRG), Wednesday, June 17th, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Scheduled participants in the event, dubbed "How Do You Get, Keep and Not Lose My Business?", include Charlie Davis, Executive Vice President of Post Production at CBS Films, Bruce Sandzimier, Vice President of Post Production at ABC Studios, and independent post production consultant Joe Fineman (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, MONSTER). SCRG Co-chair Herb Dow will serve as moderator. Members of the SCRG committee include Ben Benedetti, Denice Angelo-Cummins, Herb Dow (Co-Chair), Joel Epps, Mark Genin, Lisa Griffin, Chris Gregory, Seth Hallen (Chair) and Pat Howley. The Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group was formed last year to provide networking opportunities, training and employment resources to sales and marketing professionals in the post production industry. Through hosted events and website resources, SCRG allows its members to engage with industry colleagues in a relaxed and mutually supportive environment, and to gain insights from industry leaders. Past SCRG events have included expert presentations-from a sales perspective-on emerging technologies such as digital workflows and the Red Camera. For more information on the HPA's Sales Career Resource Group, visit http://www.scrgonline.com. For more information on the Hollywood Post Alliance, visit www.hpaonline.com. Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr., Universal, CA 91608 11:30 a.m. - Networking and Cash Bar 11:45 a.m. - Buffet Lunch 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Panel Discussion Reservations: www.scrgonline.com/Events