Georgia Animation on Our Mind: An Animation Screening

Georgia Animation on Our Mind: An Animation Screening
July 10, 2009, 8 p.m.
Rich Theatre of the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street NE

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ASIFA-Atlanta curated this program to showcase outstanding animation being created by Georgia artists from both Atlanta and Savannah.

Official blog post by Harvey Deneroff

The final schedule is still pending but several films have been confirmed. Among them are:

• Avery Matthews, a never-aired Cartoon Network pilot from Turner Studios
• Hamid Bahrami's breathtaking, hand-drawn film Traveler of the Horizon, previously shown at ASIFA-Atlanta's celebration of International Animation Day at the High Museum of Art
• Takuro Masuda's stop-motion Death of a Matriarch, made with a grant from the Center for Puppetry Arts' Xperimental Puppetry Theatre program
• SCAD-Atlanta graduate Amanda Goodbread's Curtains
• SCAD professor Hal Miles's stop-motion The Madness of Being
• ASIFA-Atlanta president Brett W. Thompson's first film, Fluidtoons
• Mouse and Cat, an independent effort made by Joe Peery, Turner Studios animation director and former ASIFA-Atlanta president.

This screening is presented as part of the 21st Society of Animation Studies Conference, July 10—12, 2009.

This Sunday: ASIFA-Atlanta's "Blowin' Smoke", showcase of commercial animation

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Hi there, animation fan!

This Sunday, June 28th, at 8pm we have our annual showcase of locally-made commercial animation, Blowin' Smoke at Five Spot! The event is free and is a wonderful opportunity to get a glimpse at the animation industry that's right here in Atlanta.

We're proud to be showing work from Turner Studios, including an unaired pilot called "Avery Matthews" by the guys who brought you "Harvey Birdman"! We are also very happy to be showing work from local studio Primal Screen! Also, for the first time, local studio Awesome Incorporated will be showing work at this event- we may have more material from other local studios but some of it is up in the air. We'll also be showing work from local freelancer and animator Joanna Davidovich. Thanks for the submissions, guys!

Animation Draw 3 went great last Saturday; thanks to those who came out and drew with us! We've scheduled another for July 25th at WonderRoot. It's likely we will include all of these collaborative animations on our International Animation Day DVD which we will send around the world.

You can now reserve a free ticket online for our screening of outstanding local animation at the High Museum of Art, part of the 21st Society for Animation Studies Conference:

http://asifa-atlanta.blogspot.com/2009/06/georgia-animation-on-our-mind-screening.html

Plaza's showing Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, starting July 3rd and running for a week. Should be good!

All of this stuff is on our calendar which is on our blog: http://asifa-atlanta.blogspot.com

More events:

Society for Animation Studies Screening at High Museum of Art on July 10th, 8pm, free
Free ASIFA-Atlanta showcase of local animation for the SAS conference; http://blog.scad.edu/sasc/schedule/
http://asifa-atlanta.blogspot.com/2009/06/georgia-animation-on-our-mind-screening.html

Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation at Plaza, July 3rd to July 10th

Animation Draw 4 at WonderRoot on July 25th, 2pm
Collaborative animation; paper and light-tables provided, no experience necessary, come and draw! Example resulting film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShJo_RBF4I

Figure Drawing every Thursday 8-10pm at Westwood College, $5; get on email list at http://asifa-atlanta.blogspot.com

Animators' Workshop at Manuel's Tavern
Monthly gathering to show work or learn new stuff; www.atl-animators.org

Thanks,

-Brett W. Thompson, President of ASIFA-Atlanta

ASIFA-Atlanta "Gather Atlanta" video

Georgia Animation on Our Mind: A Screening of Peachtree State Animation

ASIFA-Atlanta Presents a Screening of Local Independent and Commercial Work

High Museum of Art, July 10th, 8pm, free

Part of the 21st Society for Animation Studies Conference

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This event will include a very special public screening of "Avery Matthews" (framegrab above), by Turner Studios- an unaired pilot by the guys who brought you "Harvey Birdman"!

More info about the screening

ASIFA-Atlanta "Roll Yer Own" 2009 Program

ASIFA-Atlanta Animation Draw 1

Next Animation Draw: June 20th, 2pm, at WonderRoot! No experience necessary- I'll bring paper and light tables, come and draw!

"Roll Yer Own" 2009 Films

Complete list of films from ASIFA-Atlanta's "Roll Yer Own" of 2009:

#Phonepunk# - Adam Bruneau
World Without Art - Melanie Davenport
Survivor: BugWorld - Al Waller
ASIFA-Atlanta Animation Draw 1 - ASIFA-Atlanta
As Seen on TV! - FulCircle Productions
Islands of Heaven - Charles Reid
Bingo Wings - Jason Travis
Angry Black Woman - Audra Easley
Loser pays, Winner stays - Jerry Fuchs
Blossoming Flowers - Bradley Bailey
Lick - Bradley Bailey
Smooch - Bradley Bailey and Brett W. Thompson
White Cow - Kristin Jarvis
Even Cavemen Did It - Melanie Davenport
Why Corn Has Many Colors - Melanie Davenport
Too Many Rabbyts:Not Enough Room - Sascha Sims
Gypsy Crepes - Lear Bunda
Global Warming is your fault! part 2 - Jerry Fuchs
Hey Phil - Jason Travis
I Will Enjoy - Theodosia Burr
Cornpopalypse - Maurice VandenBergh II
Dawn of Humanity - Daniel Tiesling
Stubbe Peter - Kristin Jarvis
The Good Golly Mollies - Maureen Zent
The Struggling Cartoonist - Mark Smith
Still Life - Michael Spooner
Puss and His Mechanical Boots - Charles Reid
So You Won't Deceive Me - Tim Tewell
Mario's Day Off - Drew Lawson and Michael Griffin
"Brick" Music Video - John Hill
Falcon Lords Theme - Chris Miller
Falcon Lords Man Briefs Video - Andrew Nicholson
ASIFA-Atlanta Animation Draw 2 - ASIFA-Atlanta

ASIFA-Atlanta "Roll Yer Own" awards and "Blowin' Smoke"

Hello animation fan!

Thanks so much to everyone who came to Roll Yer Own!! Especially those who were generous enough to donate a buck or two, we truly appreciate it!!

ASIFA-Atlanta "Roll Yer Own" 2009 Awards:

The "Best of Show" award went to "Stubbe Peter" by Kristin Jarvis.

The "Audience Choice" award went to "Cornpopalypse" by Maurice VandenBergh II.

Winners receive a free year's membership to ASIFA-Atlanta.

This was the first year we did awards; here's how they were picked: the night before "Roll Yer Own" we held a pre-screening and debated about which film to give the "Best in Show" award to, and we picked Kristin's. For the "Audience Choice" award, we received 70 votes (thank you voters!); "Cornpopalypse" won with fourteen votes, and "Gypsy Crepes" came in second with nine votes. "As Seen on TV" was third with six votes.

Thanks to all filmmakers for submitting, and thanks to those who helped, particularly John Cason for the beautiful flyer, Karl Sigler for the DVD authoring, Cameron Stuart for everything, Takuro Masuda for working the door, and Bryan Fordney, Fatimah Abdullah, and Joel Rose for being on the award committee.

Our next big event is "Blowin' Smoke", showcase of locally-produced commercial animation, June 28th at 8pm at Five Spot, free:

We are seeking volunteers to help with Gather Atlanta on June 6th. Please email me if you're interested.

Upcoming animation-related events (also on the calendar on our blog, asifa-atlanta.blogspot.com):

Gather Atlanta at Eyedrum on June 6th, 5pm
Art community gathering, www.gatheratlanta.com

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

Animation Draw at WonderRoot on June 20th, 2pm
Collaborative animation; paper and light-tables provided, no experience necessary, come and draw! Example resulting film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShJo_RBF4I

Blowin' Smoke at Five Spot on June 28th, 8pm, free
Free showcase of commercial animation made by local studios!

Society for Animation Studies Screening at High Museum of Art on July 10th, 8pm, free
Free ASIFA-Atlanta showcase of local animation for the SAS conference; http://blog.scad.edu/sasc/schedule/

Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation at Plaza, June 26th to July 2nd

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

Thanks so much!

-Brett W. Thompson, President of ASIFA-Atlanta