ASIFA-Colorado was officially inaugurated and celebrated on January 19, 2001 with a party which brought together an audience of over 120 animators, students and animation enthusiasts...
ASIFA-Colorado was officially inaugurated and celebrated on January 19, 2001 with a party which brought together an audience of over 120 animators, students and animation enthusiasts. The event included an exciting show of animation work created by a wide variety of animation styles and techniques by artists from around the world. Heading up ASIFA's newest chapter is Edward Bakst, award-winning master animator and designer/director as well as the founding chair of the new animation department at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. Thanks to a partnership with the college and its animation department, ASIFA-Colorado is able to offer its members an opportunity for creative growth through exposure to foreign cultures and an exchange of ideas between international animators and scholars who come to RMCAD, invited by Bakst to participate in the animation department, as either visiting scholars, artists or faculty. Future monthly meetings will include appearances by animation historian Giannalberto Bendazzi and Poland's famed animator Zbigniew Dowgiello, as well as an appearance by Chris Robinson, Executive Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival. For more information, call Edward Bakst at (800) 888-ARTS; or fax (303) 694-2314; or email EBakst@RMCAD.edu.
