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Animation Educators Forum General Membership Meeting Will Take Place May 5, 2018
By David Derks on April 18, 2018We are pleased to announce that we will hold our General Membership Meeting on May 5, 2018 at The Animation Guild in Burbank, California from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm PDT. The meeting will feature a full afternoon of discussions and screenings, along with an opportunity to catch up with colleagues. This year’s theme is “Where the Jobs Are: Mapping […] -
AEF at SIGGRAPH 2017
By David Derks on July 18, 2017At SIGGRAPH 2017, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Presents “Using Open Source Software & Tools in Animation Education” A discussion with fellow animation educators from around the world on the merits or drawbacks of adapting current teaching models to use open-source software. With Danny Young (FuseFX) and other members of the Open Source Community. Tom Sito (USC) will moderate. Using Open […] -
AEF 2017 Annual Membership Meeting Will Take Place At East LA College On April 22
By David Derks on April 17, 2017Sixth Annual General Membership Meeting April 22, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Vincent Price Art Museum (S2), Lecture Hall 112, East Los Angeles College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, California 91754 Today’s stream will be archived at our YouTube channel. 10:00 – 10:50 AM Welcome Beverages and snacks provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Please do not bring […] -
AEF’s Aubry Mintz Will Appear with Co-Author Ellen Besen on TCM!
By David Derks on April 9, 2017ASIFA-Hollywood board member and current member of the steering committee for The Animation Educators Forum Aubry Mintz and animation educator and co-author Ellen Besen will be guest presenters of an evening of NFB Animation on the Turner Classic Movie Channel (TCM ), April 9 at 5:00 PM PST. The program will survey the incredible body of work produced by the […] -
Save The Date: Burbank Unified School District’s CTE Day Career Technical Education
By David Derks on December 30, 2016When? February 23, 2017 @ JBHS and February 24, 2017 @ BHS Where? Large Gym What time? Check in—9:15am Start time—10:00am End Time—1:00pm Questions? Contact Diana Dysthe dianadysthe@burbankusd.org Save -
Legendary Animator Bob Kurtz Will Speak at California State University Long Beach
By David Derks on November 22, 2016Legendary animator Bob Kurtz will be speaking on Tuesday November 29 from 5-7pm at California State University Long Beach. There is plenty of room at the university’s Carpenter Center and the lecture is FREE! Just register for your free ticket at this link. Carpenter Center, California State University Long Beach 6200 E Atherton St, Long Beach, CA 90815 About Bob […] -
24 HOURS Animation Receives Support from Sponsors
By David Derks on October 1, 2016The 24 HOUR Animation Contest for Students is excited about the official sponsors for 2016! -
Rules for 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students
By David Derks on September 30, 2016The 2016 edition of the 24 Hour Animation Contest will take place on Friday, October 7 at 3pm PST! This is the contest’s 14th year, and the teams will have double the amount of participants of last year’s event. This contest will teach students much about working together, meeting deadlines and making creative decisions under pressure. Although it is quite […] -
Attention Animation Educators and Students! It’s Time for the 14th Annual 24 Hour Animation Contest
By David Derks on September 14, 2016The 2016 edition of the 24 Hour Animation Contest will take place on Friday, October 7 at 3pm PST! This is the contest’s 14th year, and the teams will have double the amount of participants of last year’s event. This contest will teach students much about working together, meeting deadlines and making creative decisions under pressure. Although it is quite […] -
Animation Educators at SIGGRAPH
By David Derks on July 18, 2016SIGGRAPH is the world’s largest, most influential annual event in computer graphics and interactive techniques: Five days of research results, demos, educational sessions, art, screenings, and hands-on interactivity featuring the community’s latest technical achievements, and three days of commercial exhibits displaying the industry’s current hardware, software, and services. The Animation Educators will be there and will be hosting a discussion […]
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- Animation Fun Facts for Jan 29, 2020 January 29, 2020Quiz: Sometimes in the ranks of army officers, you see the term Brevet Major, Brevet Colonel. What does Brevet mean?Yesterday’s Question Answered Below: Which nation is older? Belgium, Greece, Saudi Arabia or the U.S.A.?================================================History for 1/29/2020Birthdays: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Paine, William Claude Dunkenfeld known as W.C. Fields, Victor Mature, Paddy Chayefsky, […]
- Animation Fun Facts for Jan 28, 2020 January 28, 2020Birthdays: King Henry VII Tudor, Jose Marti, Colette, Jackson Pollack, Claus Oldenburg, Arthur Rubenstein, Ernst Lubitsch, Connie Rasinski, Susan Sontag, Barbie Benton, General George Pickett, William Burroughs (1855) the inventor of the calculator, Mo Rocca, Alan Alda is 84, Elijah Wood is 401926- Composer Kurt Weill married his Pirate Jenny- Lotte Lenya.1930- Warner Brothers Cartoons […]
- Animation Fun Facts for Jan 27, 2020 January 27, 2020Birthdays-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Charles Dodgson-better known as Lewis Carroll, Eduard Lalo, William Randolph Hearst, Samuel Gompers, Jerome Kern, Skitch Henderson, Donna Reed, Bridgette Fonda, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kate Wolf, Ross Bagdasarian a.k.a. David Seville- creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, James Cromwell is 80, Mimi Rogers, Keith Olbermann, Frank Miller is 63, Patton […]