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Newsletter: February 2004

NEWS:
1. CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS: LADYFEST SEATTLE 2004!

EVENTS:
2. JUMP TO JAPAN EXHIBIT [Seattle, WA]
3. BYDESIGN 04 [Seattle, WA]
 HISTORIC SHORTS: Graphic Films of the '60s
 SEATTLE MOVES Screening and Discussion
 ENTROPY: New Shorts and Music Videos
 SH*T FROM SHYNOLA
 EAMES SCIENCE with Scientific American LIVE!
4. THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS [ Portland, OR]
5. COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE [Seattle, WA]
6. EMERALD CITY COMIC CON [Seattle, WA]

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:
7. AN ALTERNATIVE ANIMATION COURSE [Portland, OR]
8. AFTER EFFECTS [Seattle, WA]
9. AFTER EFFECTS I [Seattle, WA]
10. AFTER EFFECTS II [Seattle, WA]
11. AMAZING ANIMATION @ THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM [Seattle, WA]
12. MESMER 3D ANIMATION COURSES [Seattle, WA]
13. OREGON3D COMPUTER ANIMATION COURSES [Portland, OR]

EXHIBITS:
14. Henry Art Gallery video artist exhibition [Seattle]
15. Seattle Art Museum anime film series
16. Seattle Art Museum

EVENTS/SCREENINGS:
17. 27th Portland International Film Festival
18. PORTLAND ART INSTITUTE PROGRAM OF BEST IN NEW ANIMATION
19. Tender Bodies, An Evening with James Duesing [OLYMPIA, WA]
20. Karen Lewis Studio Open House [SEATTLE]
21. Motion Graphics Screening [VANCOUVER, BC]

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:
22. MOVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS [VANCOUVER, BC]
   with Helen Walkley & Leslie Bishko


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News
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1. CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS: LADYFEST SEATTLE 2004!
Send us your work! We want your film and video submissions for the 2004
LadyFest Seattle film program! No submission fee to enter. Shorts and
feature lengths accepted. Deadline is April 15th, 2004. Please read our
mission statement, and downloadable submission form. Mail-in form (and
soon to be available online submission process) can be found on our
homepage: //ladyfestseattle.org.
Please send any questions to
film-mgr@ladyfestseattle.org


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Events
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2. JUMP TO JAPAN EXHIBIT [Seattle, WA]
exhibit open through June 6
The Seattle Children's Museum features an original exhibit: "Jump to
Japan: Discovering Culture through Popular Art." It features the work of
Hayao Miyazaki, director of anime films such as "My Neighbor Totoro" and
"Spirited Away," and a manga shop replicated on one in Japan.  Two
animation stations in the museum allows visitors to try their hand at
animation and manga drawing,and workshops in the Imagination Station will
allow kids to learn more about manga, animation and woodblock printing.
Location: Seattle Children's Museum, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle Center
More info: 206-441-1768; www.thechildrensmuseum.org

3. BYDESIGN 04 [Seattle, WA]
February 6-8 at The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East
Northwest Film Forum and the American Institute of Graphic Arts team up
once again to present ByDesign. Now in its fourth year, this annual series
explores the intersection of design and moving image arts with special
screenings and events. ByDesign 04 features rarely seen historic films,
new shorts and music videos, a local motion graphics forum, and more. Join
us in celebrating the rich history and exciting new developments of this
convergence of art forms.

HISTORIC SHORTS: Graphic Films of the '60s
(Various directors, 1963-70, 70 min.)
Friday, February 6 at 7 & 9 pm
This selection of rarely seen short films from the 1960s shows a variety
of creative techniques in motion graphics, animation, still photography,
and editing which have influenced contemporary work. The program includes
award-winning films by innovative animators and designers such as Saul
Bass, Pablo Ferro, Jan Lenica, and Ernest Pintoff. Program includes:  The
Critic (1963, Dir. Ernest Pintoff & Mel Brooks) , Automania 2000 (1963,
Dir. John Halas) , A (1964, Dir. Jan Lenica) , The Dot And The Line (1965,
Dir. Chuck Jones), Lines Vertical (1962, Dir. Norman McLaren), Notes On A
Triangle (1966, Dir. Rene Jodoin) , Op Hop-Hop Op (1966, Dir. Pierre
Hébert), Quick Cuts '63 (1963, Dir. Pablo Ferro & Fred Mogubgub) , Why Man
Creates (1968, Dir. Saul Bass), Kinestasis 60 (1970, Dir. Charles
Braverman). Location: The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East

SEATTLE MOVES Screening and Discussion
Saturday, February 7 at 5 pm
Join some of Seattle's leading motion graphics designers for a screening
of recent work and open discussion about the process, tools, and aesthetic
developments of the field. Guests include: David Scudder (Flying Spot),
Paul Matthaeus (Digital Kitchen), Will Hyde (Fad), Terri Basset (Regalis).
Location: The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East

ENTROPY: New Shorts and Music Videos
(Various directors, 2002-2003, 70 min.)
Saturday, February 7 at 7 & 9 pm
Each year, ByDesign invites cutting edge designers and directors from
around the globe to participate in our Entropy program. This year's
program features the premieres of more than a dozen new, innovative shorts
and music videos from the US, UK, France, Japan, and Brazil. This
selection shows design concepts incorporated in a range of styles and
approaches. Program includes: Sometimes (2003, France, Dir. Pleix) ,
Bleip: Clicks (2003, France, Dir. Pleix) , Brazil- Macho Box (2003, US,
MK12), Ultraloveninja (2003, US, Dir. MK12) , Molotov: Frijolero (2003,
US, Dir. Paul Beck and Jason Archer), Homeland Hoedown (2003, US, Dir.
Paul Beck and Jason Archer), Tubes (2003, Brazil, Dir. Nando Costa),
Nobukazu Takemura: Sign (2002, Dir. Katsura Moshino), Rapture: House of
Jealous Lovers (2003, UK, Dir. Shynola), Yoko Ono: Walking On Thin Ice
(2003, US, Dir. Mike Mills & Arya Senboutaraj), Phoenix: Funky Squaredance
(2003, US, Dir. Roman Coppola) , Superwinner (2002, US, Dir. Brian Lee
Hughes). Location: The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East

SH*T FROM SHYNOLA
(Shynola, UK, 1997-2003, 67 min.)
Sunday, February 8 at 6 pm
This retrospective of shorts and music videos by London-based collective
Shynola (Gideon Baws, Jason Groves, Chris Harding, and Richard "Kenny"
Kenworthy) includes the animated short THE LITTLEST ROBO, their BLIP
campaign for Radiohead's KID A album, and music videos for Quannum,
Radiohead, Lambchop, Stephen Malkmus, Junior/Senior and others. Location:
The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East

EAMES SCIENCE with Scientific American LIVE!
Sunday, February 8 at 8 pm
Charles and Ray Eames are considered one of the most important design
teams of the past century. For this special live event, electronic artist
Scientific American will be revisiting films made by the influential
designers in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. He'll be doing live sequencing of
original electronic music to accompany them. Don't miss this remix of the
Eameses' inventive perspectives on science, technology, history, and
design. Location: The Little Theatre - 608 19th Avenue East

4. THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS [ Portland, OR]
Wednesday, February 18 @ 5 pm
Animation World Network, ASIFA-Northwest and the Art Institute of Portland
present the 5th annual Animation Show of Shows presented by Ron Diamond.
The event is a showcase of the best animated shorts from the 2003 festival
circuit. This year's presentation includes Domonique Monfre's DESTINO,
Paul Driessen's 2D OR NOT 2D, Munro Ferguso's FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN,
Steven Woloshen's CAMERA TAKES FIVE, Virgil Widrich's FAST FILM, Adam
Elliot's HARVIE KRUMPET, Chris Hinton's NIBBLES, Rachel Johnson's THE TOLL
COLLECTOR, Evert de Beijer's CAR CRAZE and Riichiro Mishima's SKI JUMPING
PARIS. Location: Cinema 21 More info: Contact Marilyn Zornado;
mzornado@vinton.com

5. COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE [Seattle, WA]
February 18-21
Animation session: Thursday, Feb 19 @ 2:30-5
This annual national conference features a session about animation
including distinguished guests from around the world. "Fine Art and
Experimental Animation: Creative and Theoretical Affinities" by Session
Chair Janeann Dill, Patterson Center for the Arts and Europäische
Universität fur Interdisziplinare Studien, Switzerland ; "Live and on
Film! The Self-Consciousness of the Creative Act," circa 1900, Nancy Mowll
Mathews, Williams College; "Acritical Balance: Modern and Postmodern
Analyses of Experimental Animation" by Lorettann Gascard, Franklin Pierce
College; "Musical Time" by Brian Evans, University of Alabama; "Animation
Brut: Homage and Inspirations of Art Brut in the Puppet Animation Films of
Stephen and Timothy Quay" by Suzanne Buchan, Surrey Institute of Art and
Design, University College; "Digital Technology in Hand-Drawn and Video
Animation" by Y. David Chung, George Mason University. Admission: $40 for
one- session registration or $140- $305 for on-site full conference
registration. Locations/more info:
www.collegeart.org/caa/conference/2004/04PreProgram/index.html

6. EMERALD CITY COMIC CON [Seattle, WA]
February 29, 10am-5pm
The second annual Emerald City Comic Convention features portfolio
reviews, booths from comics publishers and collectors, guests Stan Sakai,
Darick Robertson, Brian Michael Bendis Jeff Johnson, Matt Wagner, Todd
Nauck, JG Jones, Greg Rucka, Dave Johnson, Phil Noto, Howard Chaykin, Kurt
Busiek, Jason Pearson, David Hahn, Pete Woods, Karl Kesel and others.
Admission is $8.00 with children 7 and under admitted free! FREE Grab Bags
to the first 2,000 attendees! Location: Seahawks Stadium West Field Plaza
- Seattle, Washington More info: www.emeraldcitycomicon.com


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7. AN ALTERNATIVE ANIMATION COURSE [Portland, OR]
An Alternative Animation Course
Wednesday 6:30-9:30pm; Feb 11 - May 5
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
Is your animation a little stiff? Does it move too fast? Lack heft? This
may be just the class for you! With a focus on alternative techniques,
this hands-on, low-tech course provides students with experience aimed at
building a gut level understanding making images move. Whether it is
clients, students, or your own visions, that drive you - this course will
enhance your understanding and hone your skills at bringing those little
movies in your head onto the screen. The course will feature guest
animators and a survey of moving image artists. Applications to web based,
hand drawn, stop motion, and 3D animation. Drawing skills nice but not
required. Register at PNCA website: www.pnca.edu Course Title: Moving
Image Arts: Animation Fundamentals Instructor: Rose Bond

8. AFTER EFFECTS [Seattle, WA]
Three Mondays, February 9, 16 & 23, 7-10 pm
Instructor: Joshua Noble
After Effects is a wonderful program chock full of 2D and 3D compositing,
animation and rendering tools that can be used both for films and
websites. We'll be learning After Effects 6, creating layers of animations
in both 2D and basic 3D, compositing them, animating lights and cameras,
and building composited animations. We'll learn how to create texts,
titles, working with imported footage, and how to output all of this to
whatever format we wish. Class size limited to 4. Cost: $240 WigglyWorld
Members, $270 General Public Location: WigglyWorld, call for location (org
is currently moving) More info: www.wigglyworld.org/wigglyworld

9. AFTER EFFECTS I [Seattle, WA]
3 Tue., Mar. 9, 16 & 23, 6-9:30pm
Instructor - James Culbertson
Adobe After Effects enables you to produce professional-quality motion
graphics, special effects, title sequences, and animation for integration
into your projects. In these workshops, you will learn to combine video,
audio, still-images, and animations, into simple or complex layered
compositions that can then be output to any film, video, multimedia, or
internet resolution. The skills learned in these classes will help you
take your work to new creative levels. Media will be provided. Class
participants will complete a series of short, simple After Effects tasks
and tutorials. We will cover basic manipulation and animation of transform
controls, masks, basic filter effects, and fully explore spatial and
temporal keyframe control over these animating properties (including speed
and acceleration, bezier curves, keyframe velocity and influence, and
keyframe assistants). Other topics include: media import and render output
methods and options, media editing, interface switches and controls,
efficient working strategies, layer mattes and layer modes, and key
commands. Class limit: 4. Cost: member cost - $ 240, non member cost - $
265(Receive a 10% discount on both classes if you sign up for After
Effects I & II.)Course fee includes a total of 6 hours of independent lab
time. The format of this class combines lecture with hands-on. Students
will need to share use of computers. Prerequisites: basic computer skills
and video editing experience Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale
Ave. N, Seattle, WA. More info: www.911media.org

10. AFTER EFFECTS II [Seattle, WA]
3 Tue., Apr. 13, 20 & 27, 6-9:30pm
Instructor - James Culbertson
Adobe After Effects enables you to produce professional-quality motion
graphics, special effects, title sequences, and animation for integration
into your projects. In these workshops, you will learn to combine video,
audio, still-images, and animations, into simple or complex layered
compositions that can then be output to any film, video, multimedia, or
internet resolution. The skills learned in these classes will help you
take your work to new creative levels. Media will be provided. Class
participants will complete a series of short, simple After Effects tasks
and tutorials. In this class we will build upon the basics learned in the
first After Effects class, as well as, explore After Effects 3D
capabilities, expanded filter usage, expressions (FX scripting), motion
effects, motion tracking/stabilization, parent-child interactions, and
time remapping. After Effects 1 or permission of instructor required.
Class limit: 4. Cost: member cost - $ 240, non member cost - $ 265(Receive
a 10% discount on both classes if you sign up for After Effects I &
II.)Course fee includes a total of 6 hours of independent lab time. The
format of this class combines lecture with hands-on. Students will need to
share use of computers. Prerequisites: basic computer skills and video
editing experience Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N,
Seattle, WA. More info: www.911media.org

11. AMAZING ANIMATION @ THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM [Seattle, WA]
April 5-9, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Wendy Jackson Hall
(drop-off/pick-up option offered)
Ages: 7-10 years old
Cost: $150 per child (all art supplies, snack)
Move over, Totoro... Make way for kid-toons! In this intense hands-on
workshop, kids will make their own cartoon movies using clay, drawings and
cut paper. Filming with professional animation equipment, students will
animate, or "breathe life" into original characters and stories from their
imaginations, frame by frame on digital video. After the workshop, each
student will keep their artwork and get a copy of the video (in a box they
design) featuring all of the films made in the class. More info:
www.thechildrensmuseum.org

12. MESMER 3D ANIMATION COURSES [Seattle, WA]
Ongoing courses in Softimage XSI, Maya and 3D Studio Max.
More info: www.mesmer.com

13. OREGON3D COMPUTER ANIMATION COURSES [Portland, OR]
Ongoing courses in 3D Studio Max, Flint, Flame, Maya, Combustion and other
3D computer animation and visual effects programs. More info:
www.oregon3d.com




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14. Henry Art Gallery video artist exhibition has some animation in it
[Seattle]

15. Seattle Art Museum anime film series--connected with "Jump to Japan"
exhibit at the Children's Museum

16. Seattle Art Museum DJ exhibit- I haven't seen this yet but it sounds cool
and like it has some animation video art stuff.



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17. 27th Portland International Film Festival FEB 13-28  [PORTLAND]
A bunch of animatyed shorts including "Mt. Head" in the shorts programs
www.nwfilm.org

18. ASIFA-NW and the PORTLAND ART INSTITUTE INVITES EVERYONE TO A PROGRAM OF
THE BEST IN NEW ANIMATION [PORTLAND] Curated and Presented by Ron Diamond
Wednesday, February 18th from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Cinema 21 Come early! Show
will start promptly at 5:00 p.m. Cinema 21 is located at 616 NW 21st in
Portland, Oregon Thank you Tom Raneri for your gracious donation of the
Cinema 21 for this event! Admission is FREE with your ASIFA-NW Membership
Not a member? Not a problem...you can join ASIFA-NW at the door or join
ASIFA-NW online

19. Tender Bodies,  An Evening with James Duesing [OLYMPIA, WA]
Date: Friday, February 27, 2004
Place: Recital Hall, Communications Building, The Evergreen State College
Admission: $16 general, $8 students and seniors. Available at the college
bookstore and at the box office day of show. Parking: $1.25 Information:
(360) 867 6833 James Duesing is an associate professor in computer
animation at Carnegie Mellon University. Duesing will screen his latest
work, Tender Bodies,  as well as earlier works, including, Cultural
Tourism, Law of Averages, and Maxwell's Demon. Screenings will be followed
by discussions with the animator and video artist. Duesing has drawn
inspiration from underground comics, contemporary art, Warner Brothers'
cartoons and literature, to produce three of his works, visually complex
animation projects exploring the relationship between characters and their
environment. Duesing makes work that lives in the surreal landscape of the
mind, employing all sorts of fantastic creatures to perform everyday
conversations about dating and monologues on loneliness. His work has been
shown in hundreds of international festivals and exhibitions, and
televised throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. He's
received numerous grants and awards, including the National Endowment for
the Arts Individual Media Grant, an American Film Institute Fellowship, an
Emmy Award, the Deutscher Videokunstpreis, and a CINE Golden Eagle.  His
work graces several public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art
in New York, the Goethe Memorial Museum in Tokyo, the Israel Museum, and
the UCLA Film Archive.

20. Karen Lewis Studio Open House [SEATTLE]
Come to our Fabulous Studio Open House as part of the Montlake Walking Art
Tour! Saturday, Feb 28 and Sunday, Feb 29 10:00 to 4:00 Five local artists
and studios will be open for visitors. Maps are available, art activities
for kids, and cookies will be served. Start at Karen Lewis' studio: 2306 E
Ward Street (206) 568-0395 Located one block north of Aloha and 23rd Ave E
on Capitol Hill, the entrance to my basement studio faces Ward Street.

Karen Lewis: Art, Animation, Illustration
Amy Harris: Whimsical Watercolors
Aaron Power: Oil Painting
Barbara Dunshee: Functional and Sculptural Pottery
Imp Wear: Playful kid's clothes, made by a mom!
Sol Colibri Coffee: Organic, shade grown free trade from Costa Rica

21. Motion Graphics Screening [VANCOUVER, BC]
March 2 Tuesday 19:30
Emily Carr Institute
Lecture Theatre, Room 328
South Building, 1400 Johnston St.
Granville Island, Vancouver
If you're interested in motion graphics,
broadcast design, visual effects, animation
or advertising, please join us to watch some
of the best work created in 2003.
The screening will feature :
. BTACA(British Television Advertising Craft Award)
. D&AD(Design and Advertising) Awards
. Tomato
. Pleix
. Shynola
. Belief
. Spike Jonze
. Chris Cunningham
. Richard Fenwick
. and many more !



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22. MOVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS [VANCOUVER, BC]
with Helen Walkley & Leslie Bishko

a six-week course on creating visual art
that is sourced from the experience of movement
offered through Continuing Studies
at Emily Carr Institute
24-Feb - 6-Apr (no class 23-Mar)
Tuesday evenings, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Location: Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie Street

This course involves you in movement exploration and dance improvisation
towards creating visual art that is sourced from the experience of
movement. The course provides a safe and supportive environment from which
to explore the body in movement, as well as a framework for exploring the
link between kinesthetic perception and visual media. You will create work
in your media of choice using your own resources. Projects may range from
drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture to video or performance.

$295/Class Limit 12
Prerequisite Students must have the ability to work independently on
self-directed projects; instruction does not include media-specific
techniques

Instructor Bios

Helen Walkley is an independent performer, choreographer, improviser, and
teacher. She is also a certified Laban Movement Analyst and holds an MFA
in Interdisciplinary Studies from SFU. Since 1980 she has performed and
taught extensively throughout Canada, Europe, and the US. In 2002-03 she
was an Artist in Residence at the Dance Centre.

Leslie Bishko is an experimental animator and animation faculty at ECIAD.
Her work combines abstraction and symbolism, exploring themes of rhythm,
pattern, and the relationship of sound and image. She is certified as a
Laban Movement Analyst and brings this rich theory of movement to her work
and teaching.

Registration deadline: February 16

How to register:

In Person
Register in person at ECIAD, Student Services, 1399 Johnston Street,
Vancouver.  Payment may be made by cheque, money order, cash, Interac,
VISA, or MasterCard.  Cash and Interac payments accepted during Accounting
Office hours only: Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

By Phone
Call Student Services, Continuing Studies, at 604 844 3810 with your VISA
or MasterCard.  Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Friday
10:00 am - 4:30 pm.
For more information: cs.eciad.ca or csinfo@eciad.ca