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.

If you are planning to apply to a visual arts programs, here is a great way to strengthen your portfolio.



Join us for our 8 full day Christmas Drawing and Portfolio Development Intensive Workshop



December 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 20, 2003 and

January 2 and 3, 2004



Life Drawing (3 hours, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

and

Principles of Drawing(3 hours, 2 to 5 p.m.)

including Basic Perspective and Design & Composition

Taught by top professionals

Small classes - individual attention



Conveniently located in downtown Toronto.

Easily accessible by public transportation.



Cost: $600 plus GST



Enrollment is limited.

Reserve your place now!

From October 9. to 11 we are offering a workshop with the topic Puppetmaking for stop-motion-animation. The location is in Gelnhausen, Germany and the workshop will be conducted in German Detailed info as well as sample-images can be found here: www.weirdoughmationfilms.com.

PUPPETMAKING FOR STOP-MOTION-ANIMATION
from Armature to final Character
basic techniques for efficient puppets
Next Date: 20.-22. April 2012 (german spoken)
MORE INFO @ http://www.weirdoughmation.de/eworkshops.htm

Kathaa Animations is one of the leading content provider for the animation industry in India. With a shortfall of talent in the animation industry, it is taking the initiative to teach wannabe animators and animation directors, the steps that will take you through the process of animation. From basic conceptualization to converting the concept into an animation film, the animation module will take you through the grass root basics of animation and bring you to a threshold wherein you can develop yourself into a creative professional par excellence in the field of animation.

The talent of an animator is not the software that he learns, but the passion that he possesses.

With a course that takes you into the world of animation and hands on experience as an apprentice in Kathaa Animations for a period of two months after completion of the workshop, it is the fire within you that we seek to explore.

MoMA is presenting a exhibition of works by New York-based animator Michael Sporn. The exhibition, which is divided into four programs -- "New York Stories," "Fables," "A Peaceable Kingdom," and "An Evening with Michael Sporn" -- includes LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE (1987), GOODNIGHT MOON (1999), and his recent, moving adaptation of the Mordicai Gerstein Caldecott Award-winning book, THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS (2005). A highlight of the series is "An Evening with Michael Sporn" on Nov. 12, part of the recently launched Modern Mondays initiative. The artist in conversation with animation historian/filmmaker John Canemaker and MoMA assistant curator Joshua Siegel, will illustrate the evening with clips from his award-winning animated films, including a new short, Pab's First Burger, and an excerpt from his feature-length work-in-progress about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. For more information, visit www.moma.org.

Prominent industry filmmakers will focus on how the convergence of film origination and digital postproduction affect the workflow during a seminar here on May 21 at Tribeca Cinemas from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Producer Brian Bell and cinematographers Nancy Schreiber, ASC and Matthew Libatique, ASC will participate in the discussion moderated by Carolyn Giardina, senior editor of SHOOT Magazine. Kodak is hosting the seminar.

Such new tools include the Kodak Look Manager and Kodak Display Manager systems, which are designed to help filmmakers maintain control and communicate their intentions with editors, digital timers and other collaborators on a project. LaserPacific president Leon Silverman will offer insights into issues related to color management and how the evolution of digital intermediate technology is affecting the workflow.

For registration and additional information, visit www.kodak.com/go/workflow or call 1-800-863-5787. The seminar will be followed by a reception. Tribeca Cinemas is located at 54 Varick Street (at Laight Street).

Starting at 7:00 pm, Sprocket Ensemble at the Red Vic on Haight Street will present

An event for writers and all who care about what writers do and how they do it. Over 175 panelists and speakers, including dozens of Academy and Emmy honored screenwriters and television writers, plus A-list directors, agents, producers and studio executives will gather at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City June 7 - 9 for three days of panel discussions, case studies, parties, a major screening, book signings, tips and tactics, networking - and lots of FUN.

Jeffrey Tambor, Dannah Feinglass and Chris Parnell headline a one-time-only, live onstage reading of the Emmy-winning hit animated series, WORDGIRL. Soup2Nuts animation studio (a division of Scholastic Media) and UCBTLA will spotlight WORDGIRL's cast of top comic actors and stand-up comedians. Series creators, writers and cast members will take audience questions about the show following the reading. WORDGIRL is the popular animated series about mild-mannered Becky Botsford, whose secret identity is the crime-fighting superhero. WordGirl and her monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face battle wacky villains with their super strength and super vocabulary. The show airs nationally on PBS KIDS GO! Tickets are $5 and the show is at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood (5919 Franklin Ave.) on January 22, 2009 at 8 p.m.