Kids in Southern California are invited to pony up their artistic interpretations during a special screening of SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON Sunday, March 2, 2003, which includes drawing lessons from animator James Baxter. Children can bring their own Spirit drawings to get in for free at the Mann Bruin Theatre at 948 Broxton in Westwood, California at 2:00 pm. Before the screening, Baxter will lead the audience in a 20-minute presentation on "How to Be an Animator." Baxter and his animation team will then judge DreamWorks Animation's "Draw Your Own Spirit" contest. Winners will be announced and their art displayed after the screening. Grand prize winners will receive $250 worth of art supplies and have their drawings published in a SPIRIT advertisement in the LOS ANGELES TIMES and will each receive a special private screening of DreamWorks' next animated film SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS. Schools and other youth organizations also are invited to participate, call 818-695-9446.
