Thirty-seven never-before-seen CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PSA's will be shown at the Annecy Film Festival in Annecy, France on Tuesday, June 1 at 6 pm. A global broadcast initiative organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS informs people about children's rights, as set forth by the 1989 United Nations General Assembly Convention on the Rights of the Child. To help raise awareness of these rights, UNICEF has collected 66 CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS spots produced by animators from 32 countries.

Comic book artist Alex Ross will debut a limited edition lithograph from
the DC Comics graphic novel SUPERMAN: PEACE ON EARTH at the Warner Bros.
Studio Store Gallery at the corner of Fifth Ave. and 57th St. in New York
City on June 10, 1999 at 7 pm. The book tells the story of Superman's
efforts to alleviate world hunger. Sixteen pieces of the artwork to be
auctioned at Sotheby's later in June will be on display at the same Warner
Bros. Studio Store from Sunday, June 6-Saturday, June 12. Ross will donate

The Rhode Island School of Design senior show includes films, videos, and
animation. Shows take place Wednesday, May 19 - Saturday, May 22, 7 pm, and
Friday, June 4, 1 pm and 7 pm in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. For more
information call 401-454-5233. Wednesday, May 19 - Saturday, May 22, 7 pm,
and Friday, June 4, 1 pm and 7 pm. Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

The Nuart in Los Angeles will be showing the 1999 Spike and Mike's Classic
Festival of Animation Friday, May 28-Thursday, June 3. The program includes
Blue Sky Studios' Oscar-nominated BUNNY, Aardman's HUM DRUM, Digital
Domain's TIGHTROPE, Pierre Coffin's PINGS, Peter Reynolds' THE BLUE SHOE,
Annecy-winner SIENTJE, Don Hertzfeldt's BILLY'S BALLOON, Laurent Gorgiard's
MAN WITH THE PENDULOUS ARMS, Behaviour Productions' THE ART OF SURVIVAL,
Chris Landreth's BINGO, Folimage's THE ROMANCE OF MY HEART, Eric Fernandes'

The second part of UCLA's tribute to Japanese anime takes place May 8 -
June 1, 1999. (The first part of the series, titled MAGICAL BOYS & GIRLS,
took place in January 1999 and was devoted to children's animation.) The
tribute includes the following programs:


THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1999 - 7:30 PM

PRAISE BE TO SMALL ILLS (NAMU ICHIBYO SOKUSAI) (1973, 35mm, 18 min.)
Directed by Tadanari Okamoto. In Japanese with English subtitles.

THE DEMON (ONI)(1972, 35 mm, 8 min.) Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. In

A collection that includes several Felix the Cat films, as well as more than 1,500 16mm and 35mm silent films and a vast archive of stills, large-format celebrity portraits, clippings and other memorabilia from Hollywood's Silent Movie Theater will be offered at auction by Butterfield & Butterfield in Los Angeles, California, USA May 23 and 24, 1999. For more information contact Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, Michael Schwartz, (323) 850-7500 ext. 295; or Levi Morgan, (323) 850-7500 ext. 216; or (415) 861-7500 ext. 348.

*Wednesday, May 19th - Friday, May 21st. Los Angeles, California, USA.


Highlights of the 1999 Conference and Film Festival of the Large Format
Cinema Association include a tribute to large format film pioneer Lester
Novros, the Large Format Film Festival, Large Format animated films, panel
discussions about theater operations and industry business, sessions
exploring production and post production technology, and a screening of
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. For more information contact LFCA at (310) 823-4901.

The EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Visualization takes place Wednesday, May 26 -
Friday, May 28. Vienna, Austria. It will feature research papers about all
areas of visualization that will present original scientific ideas or
significant improvements to existing techniques, as well as case studies on
the successful application of visualization methods to special problems.
Contact info: Eduard Groeller, VisSym '99 Institute of Computer Graphics,
Vienna Univ. of Technology, Karlsplatz 13/186/2, A-1040 Wien, Austria.
E-mail: vissym99@cg.tuwien.ac.at.

*Tuesday, May 18th, 12 - 6 pm. New York, New York, USA.


Works by graduating seniors of the film, video, and animation departments
of The School of Visual Arts will be shown at the Loews Cineplex Worldwide
Cinemas (50th Street and 8th Avenue). A reception and awards ceremony
follows the screenings, beginning at 7 pm.

The E3 '99 Exposition takes place Wednesday, May 12 - Saturday, May 15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. This year's Exposition will feature over 400 exhibitors displaying new software titles and the latest hardware. Don Tapscott will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, May 13 at 8:45 am about the area of digital economy and the net generation.

*Friday, May 14th, 8 pm. North Hollywood, California, USA.


Students in the Experimental Animation program at CalArts will show their
films at the Academy Plaza Theater, 5230 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood,
California. For more information call (805) 253-7818.


Read about the teaching philosophy of Jules Engel, CalArts' Founding
Director of the Experimental Animation Program, in this month's issue of
Animation World Magazine in "Jules Engel: the Mentor".

*Thursday, May 6, 6:30 pm. New York, New York, USA.


Senior Thesis work from students of the Computer Art department of The
School of Visual Arts will be exhibited in the Westside Gallery at 141 West
21st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The exhibit includes computer
animation, digital video, interactive media, digital fine art, and
installations. A Portfolio Night and reception will be held May 6, and the
exhibit will be on display May 6 to May 24. For more information call

*Friday, May 7th - Sunday, May 9th, Valencia, California, USA.


Students in the Character Animation program at CalArts will screen their
films at the Bijou at CalArts, 24700 McBean PKWY, Valencia, California.
Open shows: May 7th at 8 pm; May 8th at 7 pm; and May 9th at 1:30 pm and 7
pm. Producers Show: Thursday, May 13th at 7 pm. For more information call
(805) 253-7818.

Andreas Wessel-Therborn, animator, will speak on The Animator on Animating as part of The Careers in Animation Third Annual Lecture Series. Mr. Wessel-Therborn has worked on THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER, SPACE JAM, BALTO, TARZAN, and FANTASIA 2000. The event takes place Tuesday, May 4, at 7 pm in the Glendale Community College Auditorium, 1500 North Verdugo Road, Glendale, California, USA. Admission is $5 in advance, or $7 at the door. Tickets are available from GCC Bookstore Business Office (818) 240-1000, ext. 5695; or ASIFA-Hollywood (818) 842-8330.

Spice up your resume with recruiter and career coach Pamela Thompson at
the Women in Animation Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 pm. The event
takes place at Acapulco Restaurant, 3113 W. Olive, Burbank, California. $25
member, $35 non-members. RSVP by May 1 at (310) 535-3838. Please bring a
resume and pen.

Michel Ocelot's new feature film, KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS, will be
screened as part of the DGA (Directors Guild of America) film festival,
City of Lights: A Week of French Films. The screening will take place
Saturday, May 1 at 1 pm in Los Angeles, California. For ticket information,
call (310) 289 2000. There are currently no plans to release the film in
the USA, so this may be your only chance to see what appears to be, based
on the pressbook images, a very beautiful film. The story is based on

The Cartoons on the Bay International Festival of Television Animation will be held April 20-24, 1999 Positano, Italy.

* Through April 24. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


A selection of personal paintings and production pieces from the collection of UPA artist and experimental animator Jules Engel will be exhibited at the Tobey Moss Gallery (7321 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036) through April 24. Also included in the exhibit are his sculptures and paintings from Disney's FANTASIA. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For additional information, call (323) 933-5523.

Tom Sito will host an evening with Phil Mendez on Wednesday, April 28 at
7:30 pm. Phil is one of the pioneering African American artists in American
animation, a designer, author, director and storyteller. He was Marc Davis'
assistant at Disney during the development of some of the his famous
attractions at Disneyland. He has done work for Disney Feature Animation,
Hanna-Barbera, Jack Zander, and Phil Kimmelman, and he was with Ralph
Bakshi at the beginning of FRITZ THE CAT and HEAVY TRAFFIC. Don't miss this

* Friday, May 7th, 7:30 pm. Los Angeles, California, USA.


The Film Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present "A
Taste of Tashlin: Early Hollywood Cartoons," cartoons by Frank Tashlin
which he made before turning to live-action and going on to direct several
of Jerry Lewis' best films. The program includes PORKY'S POULTRY PLANT,
PORKY IN THE NORTH WOODS, PORKY'S ROMANCE, THE MAJOR LIED TIL DAWN, THE FOX
AND THE GRAPES, SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY, PORKY PIG'S FEAT, A CORNY CONCERTO,