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California Girls Book Signing at the Cartoon Art Museum

By Guest (not verified) | Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: June 14, 2009

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts artist Trina Robbins and publisher Brian Andersen on Sunday, June 14, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in promotion of CBG Comics' newest release, CALIFORNIA GIRLS. This event is presented by the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore, and is part of its ongoing series of presentations and book signings.

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16th Annual Kid Power! Conference

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: June 8, 2009

Organized by International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC), the 16th Annual Kid Power! conference will be held June 8-10, 2009 at the Disney Yacht & Beach Club in Orlando, FL. This industry-leading forum for Marketing and Brand Strategists explores the latest trends, case studies and research in how to reach kids, the whole family and "whole child".

Producers Events

Produced By 2009

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, June 5, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: June 5, 2009

The Producers Guild is working with the top producers in the entertainment industry to host the first annual Produced By 2009 conference this June 5-7 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Attendees will interact with and learn from the likes of James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Lauren Shuler Donner and producers of Emmy winning TV shows including DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and TWO AND A HALF MEN.

Sessions include:

-- The Collaborative Process Of Visual Effects: From Previs To Post

Kids Events

YTV'S WOW! Cross Country Summer Tour Hits The Road June 4

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: June 4, 2009

Corus Entertainment's YTV's interactive, entertainment-filled summer road show WOW! will be heading out for another exciting summer tour. Now in its 11th year, WOW! will be travelling to communities across the country, visiting major festivals and attractions from June 4 until Labour Day.

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Little Airplane Children's Book Academy

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 30, 2009

Josh Selig, founder and president of Little Airplane Productions, will offer the first-ever Little Airplane Children's Book Academy from May 30-June 1. The three-day intensive course, led by renowned children's book publisher Brenda Bowen, is designed for industry professionals and beginners alike who want to learn what it takes to make and sell successful picture books. The academy runs concurrent with Book Expo America (BEA) and tuition to the academy includes a three day admission to BEA.

Film Events

"The Art of UP" Artist Panel in L.A. on May 30

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 30, 2009

With the highly anticipated Disney/Pixar film UP opening this weekend, Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles is presenting a rare behind-the-scenes look at the production of the film with special guest artist Ronnie del Carmen. The artist, who served as story supervisor and lead story artist, will be on hand to present a plethora of process images and answer questions from the public.

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Nashville Screenwriters Conference

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 29, 2009

The enormously successful, open-to-the-public conference is set to take place May 29 - 31, 2009 at the historic Union Station hotel in downtown Nashville. NSC will bring Hollywood's top writers, producers, directors, managers, agents and other studio executives to Nashville to provide aspiring screenwriters and individuals interested in worlds of film and TV the opportunity to network, learn and explore the inner-workings of Hollywood.

Film Events

5 Centimeters per Second and Voices of a Distant Star Screening

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 29, 2009

The Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in collaboration with DC Anime Club Present screenings of 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND and VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR on Friday May 29, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. as part of inaugural showing for a film series based on both anime and manga.

Business Events

Book Expo America 2009

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 28, 2009

Join us at the new and reformatted BEA -- the premier event for the North American publishing industry. This year, you'll benefit from quality over quantity, seeing and learning exactly what you need to survive today's changing industry and challenging economy. Meet 500+ authors and discover hundreds of new titles on a show floor bristling with 1,500 exhibitors and featuring the new downtown stage and uptown stage and the ever-popular BEA autographing area.

Animation Events

May 28 Meeting - A Survey of Contemporary Women Animators

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 28, 2009

Our next meeting is a special one. Animators and WIA members, Nina Frenkel and Ru Kuwahata, will be giving a talk on Thursday, May 28th, looking at the works of contemporary women animators. They will be showing work by today's women animators who are creating work and putting it out there in both the commercial and festival realms, discussing their mediums, processes, content and influences.

Film Events

backup_festival 2009

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 11:00am

backup stands for films and videos reflecting, defining and readjusting the boundaries and prospects of film and its diverse segments by creatively experimenting with different ways of production and expression.

That is why backup is looking for film works that refuse to be categorized by genres, topics and other traditional criteria -- experiments in the format of moving picture.

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The Brinkley Girls Cartoon Art Museum Event

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 21, 2009

The Cartoon Art Museum presents The Brinkley Girls, a celebration of one of the most popular cartoonists of the early 20th century, Nell Brinkley. This retrospective, guest-curated by comics herstorian Trina Robbins, showcases over 30 lavishly illustrated newspaper tearsheets, magazine illustrations, original artworks and other highlights from Robbins's personal collection.

Artists Events

Design Festa Vol. 29

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:00am

Design Festa is a biannual international art event, started in 1994. It is open to all artists from all over the world to exhibit their creative talent freely. 7,000 artists working in a variety of mediums will be present, turning the two day event into artistic chaos. There will be booth areas(2,600 booths), an outdoor live-show stage, an indoor stage, a mini-theater space and a restaurant and cafe/bar area, all for your enjoyment during these two days filled with art, energy, excitement and discovery.

Canada Events

Game Developers Conference Canada 2009

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 12, 2009

GDC Canada plans to serve this fast-growing region by providing a forum for Canadian developers to share best practices for fostering ingenuity and quality within their globally distributed games. Unique to GDC Canada's content lineup is an emphasis on the production cycle of game development, with tracks focused on: Concept/Preproduction, Production, Finalling and Post Launch/Analysis. By organizing the conference tracks according to the stages of development rather than specific fields, participants can better understand production cycle efficiencies and their teammates' point of view.

Studios Events

The Art of Steambot Studios

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 9, 2009

This exhibit showcases the art of Steambot Studios, featuring the work created for their forthcoming book EXODYSSEY.

Opening party is May 9 at 7 p.m.

"This book is more than just concept art to us. It reflects our achievements in terms of teamwork, quest of identity, and artistic growth. It has been part of our lives for the past three years, along with our daytime jobs, our trips, our girlfriends, family, and friends."

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Night At The Museum Living Window at NYC's AMC Lincoln Square Theater

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, May 8, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 8, 2009

In NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN, due in theaters everywhere May 22, some of history's most famous figures miraculously come to life at the world's largest museum. But New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple can experience, interact with -- and live -- history weeks before the film's unveiling, via a "Living Window" at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater at Broadway and 68th Street.

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Coraline the Musical (Stage Adaptation)

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 7, 2009

Poor bored Coraline. She's left to rattle 'round her perpetually distracted, workaholic parents' house all by her lonesome. But late one night, her dreams of a better reality come true as she opens a big, carved, wooden door at the far end of the drawing room and passes into a perfect replica of her own world. When she's greeted there by a vastly loving Other Mother and a kindly Other Father, she's thrilled! But as the rats start to creep from the floorboards, and the way home becomes increasingly unclear, Coraline begins to suspect that, perhaps, all is not as perfect as it seems…

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StudioGPU Offers Sneak Peek of New Real-Time 3D Workflow and Rendering Solution

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 7, 2009

See the impressive performance advantages of real-time 3D workflow and rendering at two sneak peek events in Montreal and Los Angeles this month, both spotlighting MachStudio Pro, StudioGPU's revolutionary new non-linear real-time workspace for 3D professionals. Powered by AMD ATI FireGL V8650 3D graphics workstation accelerator cards, MachStudio Pro keeps creativity moving at the speed of thought.

MONTREAL Thursday May 7, 2009 Place: Opus Hotel 10 Sherbrooke Quest Montreal, Quebec H2X 4C9

Who Should Attend: 3D artists, animators, game developers, designers, technical directors

Film Events

Comic and Psychedelic Art at Stuttgart

By Guest (not verified) | Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: May 3, 2009

A handful of top-class artists who have been greatly influenced by the animated film genre will be present at the Galerienhaus during the upcoming 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (May 5-10, 2009). In addition to specially chosen multimedia artists from the region, the Japanese designer Keiichi Tanaami and the internationally popular German-Japanese Kota Ezawa will be presenting their works.

Effects Events

Elemental Magic Book Launching Party

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 24, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: April 24, 2009

Celebrate Joeseph Gilland's groundbreaking special effects book ELEMENTAL MAGIC: THE CLASSICAL ART OF HAND-DRAWN SPECIAL EFFECTS ANIMATION with food, drink, live entertainment and a presentation of some of the book's artwork.

6 p.m. to midnight at The Ironworks, 235 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC, 604-681-5003. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.

Anime Events

Shin Chan The Movie

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 24, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: April 24, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Chris Wanamaker, (202) 262 2083 president@dcanimeclub.org

Shinchan The Movie to be screened at the

Japan Information and Culture Center,

Embassy of Japan.

DC Anime club in Collaboration with Japan Information and Culture

Center, Embassy of Japan will screen Shin Chan The Movie

April 24, 2009 6:30 pm as part of inaugural showing for a new film

series based on both Anime (Japanese Animation) and Manga ( Japanese Comics).

April Events

Luxology Hosts modo 401 Roadshow Across Germany

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 24, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: April 24, 2009

Luxology LLC, in collaboration with maconcept and the SAE Institute, will be showcasing the newest version of modo 401, its innovative 3D modeling, painting and rendering software, at the modo 401 German Roadshow from April 24 through April 30, 2009. The demonstrations will be conducted by Luxology's Training Division Manager, Andy Brown, who will provide tips and explore modo's new asset-based workflow, followed by a question and answer period after each session.

Roadshow dates and locations are as follows:

Friday, April 24, 2009 SAE Institute Berlin Soltauer Str. 18-22

Motion Events

Blue Room's Gargani, Aumueller to Present Motion Design And Logo Development Lecture

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:00am
Begins: April 21, 2009

Blue Room NYC President/CEO Chris Gargani and his partner Creative Director Brian Aumueller, will address New York University motion graphics and 3D students from the undergraduate and graduate divisions on the subject of "Motion Design and Logo Development," from 6-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 21,at the CADA Center at 11 West 42nd Street, 10th floor.

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