Peter de Seve at Portfolio Center on May 7, 10am, and other animation news

Hi there!

ASIFA-Atlanta thought you might be interested in seeing character-designer and illustrator Peter de Sève at Portfolio Center on May 7th at 10am. Peter has worked for Disney, Pixar, and Blue Sky, among others.

Here's an excerpt from http://www.peterdeseve.com/?fa=about_bio

De Sève has designed posters for Broadway shows, as well as characters for numerous animated feature films, produced by Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, and Twentieth Century Fox (Blue Sky Studios). His credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt, Mulan, A Bug's Life, Tarzan, and the box office hit, Ice Age, for which he created all of the characters. In addition to his extensive work in animated feature film, de Sève has provided designs for television commercials, including a Nike spot, titled "Destination Moon," which won a silver Clio award. In 2002, he received the distinguished Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators.

Portfolio Center is located at 125 Bennett St., Atlanta, GA 30309.

Also don't forget upcoming ASIFA-Atlanta events:

Animation Draw at WonderRoot on Saturday, May 16th at 3pm
Collaborative animation on paper; sign up for free at asifa-atlanta.com
Check out the film from our first one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShJo_RBF4I

Roll Yer Own at Five Spot on Sunday, May 31st at 8:30pm
Annual showcase of local independent animation; no cover or submission fee, submit at asifa-atlanta.com

ASIFA-Atlanta Board Meeting at Manuel's Tavern on Tuesday, May 19th at 7:30pm
Come volunteer or see what we're up to

Figure Drawing every Thursday 8-10pm at Westwood College, $5

Animation Workshop at Manuel's Tavern on Sunday, June 14th at 7pm
Monthly workshop; see http://atl-animators.org

Also watch for Spike and Mike's Twisted Animation Festival at the Plaza in late June!

ASIFA-Atlanta board member John Ryan thought this article about artist marketing might be of interest, also: http://www.ajc.com/services/content/hotjobs/careercenter/articles/2009/05/03/georgia_tourism_jobs.html

Thanks!

-Brett W. Thompson, President of ASIFA-Atlanta

ASIFA-Atlanta promo flyer

This is text from a flyer we had at the show back in December; I wrote the text, handed it to Jen, our webmaster, and she made beautiful flyers from it:

ASIFA-Atlanta is the local chapter of the worldwide animation society ASIFA ("Association International du Film d'Animation"), founded in France in 1960. ASIFA's purpose is to promote the art of animation.

A year's membership for ASIFA-Atlanta is $35. Students can join for $25.

With membership you will receive a subscription to the ASIFA members-only magazine as well as discounted or free entry to ASIFA-Atlanta events. By joining and supporting ASIFA-Atlanta, you are helping to make our screenings and events possible.

ASIFA-Atlanta holds the following events yearly:

 - "Roll Yer Own" in May - showcase of locally-made independent animation
 - "Blowin' Smoke" in July - showcase of locally-made commercial animation
 - "Animation Attack!" in August - festival of cartoons; part of Atlanta Underground Film Festival
- "International Animation Day" in October - animation from around the world
- Art Show in December - year-end art show / party

ASIFA offers the following recurring events:

- Figure drawing - every Thursday at Westwood College, $5 for a two hour session
- Boozer Doodle - monthly figure drawing / burlesque show
- Atlanta Animation Workshop - monthly meeting of animators to teach/learn or share work

Some of the special events we had in 2008:

- Don Hertzfeldt's "I Am So Proud of You"; Don showed his work on 35mm
- "To Hell With Hitler", a screening on 16mm of WWII-era propaganda cartoons curated by C. Martin Croker, voice of Zorak

Visit our website at www.asifa-atlanta.com to hear about future events or to join!

ASIFA-Atlanta "Roll Yer Own" 2009

ASIFA-Atlanta Presents
"Roll Yer Own"
Independent Local Animation

May 31st 8:30pm
Five Spot
No Cover

Submit at www.asifa-atlanta.com

(beautiful flyer design by John Cason)