Here's your chance to develop the skills you'll need for entrance into the best visual-arts programs.

Join Phillip Woolf for 8 full Saturdays starting October 18th:
Life Drawing (3 hrs- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
An introduction to drawing the human figure, using Nicolaides' classic text "The Natural Way to Draw." Includes basic exercises in gesture, contour, weight and modeled drawing.

Elements of Drawing (2 hrs - 2 to 4 p.m.)
An introduction to still life drawing, perspective and composition.

Cost: $300.00 plus GST

Call now to register!

PHILLIP WOOLF is a painter whose work has been exhibited in Toronto, Montreal and New York. He has extensive experience teaching drawing and painting courses at Sheridan College and Centennial College, in addition to Max the Mutt Animation School.

As part of Screenwriting Expo 2, Jean Ann Wright will be holding a seminar entitled "Developing Characters for Animation."
The Event number is 1033. It will take place from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Only $59.95 for the full 3 days of the Expo, plus $4 for each seminar you choose. For information and registration visit www.screenwritingexpo.com or call 323-957-1405.

Eliezor Medina, animation director for MTV's popular stop-motion series CELEBRITY DEATH MATCH will be visiting The Art Institute of California - Orange County to speak with media arts and animation students and answer questions about the animation industry. The event will take place from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at 3601 W. Sunflower Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704. For more information, contact Anne Mack at (714) 830-0254 or macka@aii.edu.

This year's show will be held in the fall (late October, early November) and tour four major cities in three states (Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles). Our goal is to put on a good, entertaining show, so help us out. For the past four years our festival has grown and grown. Now we are bringing it to four big cities, and many hundreds of pairs of eyes. Go to our site (http://www.fafcom.com), download an entry form, and/or drop us a line. We will look at Flash, quicktime, mini-dv, prodv, vhs, dvd, vcd, anything. The only hitch, it has to be in a DV format that we can edit together later (you can supply this when/if your short is chosen for this year's show). FAF is looking for the fun and the strange. Fill our mailboxes with your submissions. The early deadline is the end of JULY, no fee attached. The Late Deadline is the end of August 2003 with a $20 late entry fee (check or money order).

Members of ASIFA-Hollywood are invited to come for a very special evening at DreamWorks Animation, located at 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, for a presentation of the winners of ASIFA East's 34th Annual Animation Festival. This is a free event for members of ASIFA-Hollywood and their guests. Members must RSVP by email to asifareeleast@yahoogroups.com or call the ASIFA-Hollywood office at (818) 842-8330 by Monday, September 29, 2003 at 5 pm to reserve their seat(s). To guarantee reservations, members must include their full name, contact information, and the full name of their guest(s) at the time of RSVP. For security purposes, everyone must have a photo ID when arriving at DreamWorks to be allowed on campus - no exceptions. Seating is limited to 150 people. Due to limited seating, we cannot accept all requests. We ask that everyone on the guest list be in attendance at the event.

Author Michael Barrier, publisher of Funnyworld magazine, will discuss classic animation and screen rare examples of the greatest cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s in 16mm and 35mm in conjunction with the publication of the revised paperback edition of his award-winning book, Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in the Golden Age (Oxford University Press) at the American Film Institute in the Ted Ashley Screening Room on Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 3 pm. The American Film Institute is located at 2021 N. Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Admission is $2 for ASIFA-Hollywood members and $10 for non-members. Admission is free if you buy an ASIFA-Hollywood membership at the door.

Told at the start of his animation career to make his films as much like Disney as possible Avery decided the only person the public wanted to see do that was Walt.
In a medium where the single most often used word is "thatsnewtakeitout" Avery was a revolutionary.

He still is. Only uncensored prints will be shown.

8pm Wednesday, September 17, 24, Oct. 1, 2003.

P.S. Animators looking to get your films shown in Toronto are invited to get in touch.

The Ultimate Movie Making Experience!
August 10

It is no secret the great cartoons of yesteryear are now ruined. Many are banned. Reg Hartt offers a unique chance to see them as their creators meant us to. This is Bugs Bunny with balls. Programs are introduced by Hartt. Here is what some have to say: John Kricfalusi: "I hope Reg continues to inspire young artists." Emo Philips: "Reg is the greateast teacher I know." Chuck Jones: "Reg's love for animation is proven by his work preserving and presenting our films as we made them." Programs 7:00 pm Saturday & Sunday thru September. A damn good reason to visit Toronto. Be there.

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