The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents "Timing For Animation" with Greg Duffell. The event will take place on June 7, 2000 at 8:00 p.m. at the National Film Board in Toronto, Canada. Admission is CA$5.00. TAIS Members get in free. Memberships will be available at the door. Also, animated films by TAIS members will be shown at Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary on Saturday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. The films will be presented by Patrick Jenkins, President of TAIS.

Britt Allcroft, producer and rights holder of THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE, has signed distribution deals that will send the little engine that could and other properties to Nickelodeon, Paramount and Disney. The deal with Nickelodeon will see THOMAS aired on the station daily and ties into the release of the feature based on the TV series entitled THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD. A 15-year Paramount pact will bring 39 30-minute episodes of the pre-school animated MUMFIE to video.

* Thursday, June 1, 2000. Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

This week's updates to the Calendar

of Events is massive! AWN is now

listing over 70 international events, from major festivals to lesser

known events such as the 10th Annual Sensual & Erotic Art Exhibition

(USA), The 7th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival (USA) and the

10th International Symposium on Electronic Art (France). With

multiple search capabilities, AWN's new calendar of events gives you

* Sunday, June 11, 2000. Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, June 23 - Thursday, June 29, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, June 23 - Sunday, June 25, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, May 19 - Sunday, October 1, 2000. Burbank, California, U.S.A.

* Wednesdays from May 24 - December 13, 2000. Glendale, California, U.S.A.


ASIFA-Hollywood and Glendale Community College are offering life-drawing workshops. The workshop offers live models in pose from one to fifteen minutes in duration, about forty poses per session. Professional assistance is available from the workshop supervisor. The classes run from 7 to 10 pm. The price is US$10 for the public and $7 for ASIFA-Hollywood members. For more information contact ASIFA-Hollywood at Tel.: (818) 842-8330.

* Wednesday, May 31 - Saturday, June 3, 2000. Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.

* Thursday, June 1 - Monday, June 26, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Monday, June 12 - Saturday, June 17, 2000. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

* Wednesday, June 21 - Sunday, June 25, 2000. Nantucket, New York, U.S.A.

*Friday, May 5 - Sunday, July 9, 2000. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, June 1 - Monday, June 26, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Thursday, June 8 & Saturday, June 10, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

Anima Mundi Web is Brazil's international animation Web competition.

The event is open to all countries and work must be in Flash and gif

formats. The festival will pre-select 20 animations and an

international jury will vote for the winners. The international jury

will consist of the people that have registered on the Anima Mundi

Festival Web site. The deadline for entries is June 1, 2000. The

winners will be announced on the closing night of the Anima Mundi

TAIS member Cathy Schmidt will be giving a demonstration of Flash

Animation on Thursday, May 25, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. at the InterAccess

Electronic Media Arts Centre, in Toronto, Canada. Admission is free

for TAIS members, everyone else CA$10.00. Seating is limited and

participants must register by sending an e-mail to Cathy at

nomads@accessv.com. TAIS also presents "Timing For Animation" with

Greg Duffell. The event will take place on June 7, 2000 at 8:00 p.m

May means "Recruiting & Jobs" at Animation World Magazine. Check out

these special feature articles:





- Tom Sito, M.P.S.C. 839 President, Answers The Tough Questions

With all the hubbub recently in Los Angeles about artists being out

of work, runaway productions and the well attended PBS affiliate

station picket, Heather Kenyon sat down with Tom Sito to talk...





- Picketing In Front of PBS! Just Blame It On Canada?

* Friday, April 7 – Thursday, May 25, 2000. Montpelier, Maryland, U.S.A.