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WIA Welcomes Bob Higgins! March 19th!

9 03 2012

Hi, Everyone!

Women in Animation welcomes Bob Higgins, who is Executive Vice President of Children’s
Programming & Family Entertainment at Freemantle Media. We will get to learn more
about Bob and Freemantle and the kinds of shows they are producing.

Here’s the vitals:

The address for Little Airplane Productions is:
207 Front St. in the South St. Seaport.

When: Monday, March 19th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: Little Airplane Productions at 207 Front St. in South Street Seaport

RSVP : To Lisa Goldman at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com by Friday, March 16th

To Join Women In Animation, just visit: http://wia.animationblogspot.com/join-now/
Students are free with a valid ID. We ask guests for a $10 donation.

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Toon Boom Sponsors WIA Cocktails at KIDSCREEN

25 01 2012

Gather Round for a Round with Toon Boom and Women In Animation International

Women In Animation International is buying the first round of wine, courtesy of Toon Boom, the leader in animation technology, at KidScreen Summit in New York on Friday February 10. The corks will pop in the Hilton’s Bridges Bar at 6 p.m.

Meet Joan Vogelesang, CEO of Toon Boom, and her crew. The WIA hosts, Rita Street, Jan Nagel, Lisa Goldman, Marlene Sharp and Kathy Messick.

“You don’t have to be a member to join us,” says Rita Street, Founder of Women In Animation. “You just need a business card. So remember to keep one last business card for this event.”

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Feb 6th -WIA Discount to Leadership Training Day in NYC

27 12 2011

From WIA NYC - If you feel like you’re working hard but not sure exactly where it’s taking you, join Donna Friedman Meir and Kate Ebner on Feb. 6 for an insider’s guide to creating a vision and plan for your career and life. They are hosting a one-day master class called “Leadership Training Day: Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life” that will feel like a retreat but deliver big value for you professionally. Get energized before the conference starts by attending! This is an opportunity to network and build meaningful relationships with leaders and peers in the field of kids’ media in an intimate setting. Find new mentors and friends.

Leadership Training Day
Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life
February 6, 2012
Need a vision for your career & a plan for getting there?

Key takeaways:

A personalized career and life vision

A deeper understanding of what matters most to you, and what is holding you back
from achieving it

Strategies and tools for increased effectiveness at work, in leadership, and in life

A workbook and resources to help you continue the journey

Meaningful relationships with peers and leaders in kids’ entertainment

For more information and to register, go to
http://www.nebocompany.com/nebo/news-item.asp?newsID=80
Nebo and Lemonade Creative Consulting would like to offer a 10% discount to
all WOMEN IN ANIMATION members who register for this master class.
Use the Discount Code: WIA12 to receive the discount when you register.

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WIA-NY Event: Feature Development at Blue Sky

27 12 2011

Please save Wednesday, January 25th for our next WIA-NY meeting. Lisa Fragner will
tell us about the feature animation development process for Blue Sky Studios!

Here’s the vitals:
The address for Little Airplane Productions is:
207 Front St. in the South St. Seaport.

When: Wednesday, Jan. 25th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: Little Airplane Productions at 207 Front St.

RSVP : To Lisa Goldman at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com by Monday, Jan. 23th

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WIA Announces Inspirational Workshop - Oct. 22nd, Woodland Hills, Calif.

20 09 2011

FEATURING ANIMATION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

ALIKI THEOFILOPOULOS GRAFFT OF “PHINEAS AND FERB”
AND
NICOLE DUBUC OF “TRANSFORMERS PRIME”

Los Angeles, Calif. —Is inspiration lacking in your life? Do you feel like you’re in a career rut? Drinking Jolt not doing it for you? We at Women In Animation International know how you’re feeling — and have the antidote!

On Saturday, October 22nd, WIA is offering a unique, not-to-be-missed, one-day event to “inspire” you in your personal life and career. The workshop will feature two celebrated animation stars as keynote speakers: storyboard artist, writer and voice of “Mandy” on Walt Disney Television’s “Phineas and Ferb,” Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft; and former child star turned action/comedy writer for The Hub and Hasbro Studios’ Daytime Emmy Award-winning “Transformers Prime,” Nicole Dubuc.

Sponsored in part by venue host, RGH Entertainment, WIA’s “Day of Inspiration” offers a dynamic life and career workshop with Kamakshi Hart, M.A. Hart, whose clients include such celebrities as Brenda Strong (“Desperate Housewives”) will offer a highly-focused version of her popular “A Brand New View: True Success Aligned With Your True Self”™ to WIA members and friends. During the course of the four-hour workshop, Hart will help attendees create a path to change in their lives and careers. Attendees will learn to see their artistic or business-oriented career goals through a new perspective; essentially “refreshing the screen of their own lives.” Each attendee will leave with new perspectives, new career tools and energetic new inspirations.

Our work together will also include a focus on growing personal careers through community by including the future of Women in Animation as a link to future success.

Please join us for this one-of-a-kind special event.

Location: RGH Entertainment
5901 De Soto Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Time: 9:00am - 4:00 pm
Date: October 22nd

Ticket Price:

Early Bird - Before October 7
WIA Members - $40
Non Members - $65
After October 7 and at the door
WIA Members - $50
Non Members - $75

To Purchase Tickets Go To: wiaworkshop.eventbrite.com/

Hart usually charges hundreds of dollars for this kind of event. She is helping WIA with a much-discounted rate. Coffee and pastries, along with a buffet-style lunch are included in the ticket price.

Sign-up early to guarantee your attendance. Hart workshops sell out quickly.

For More Information Contact:
Rita Street, Radar Cartoons, 818-999-9947 or rita@radarcartoons

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WIA LA’s “Union: An Argument” Gen Meeting - Oct. 21st

11 09 2011

Far back in the history of the human species (perhaps when we were still Australopithecus) people have thought that a bunch of guys was stronger than one guy. The history of organized labor rises from this realization to the modern-day climax of development represented by The Animation Guild. On the other hand, there have always been independent hominids who have insisted that they can do better on their own, whether the foe is the dire wolf or the studio executive out to make a name for himself by cutting costs. Is it worth it to organize? Does the individual have the power to make a better deal for him (or her) self?

If you have any interest in these questions, come to Women In Animation LA’s next General Meeting: “Union: An Argument”. We have a fantastic panel engaged for this event: Steve Hulett, Business Representative of TheAnimation Guild; Craig Miller, Head of the WGA’s Animation Writer’s Caucus; Tom Sito, Past President of The Animation Guild and author of “Drawing The Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson” and Charlie Zembillas, Designer, Art Director and Story Man from “He-Man” to “Sonic The Hedgehog” . We expect a lively exchange of views - so lively that audience members should expect to be searched before entering the hall. If this is your idea of entertainment, please RSVP early.

The balloon goes off on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, at The Animation Guild (11O5 N. Hollywood Way Burbank, California, USA). Schmoozing and networking begins at 6:30 PM and the meeting proper starts at 7:00. Food and soft drinks will be available.
Seating is limited, so please RSVP early.

To RSVP, email lachapterrsvps@aol.com (this is the only address accepting RSVPs - please don’t email WIA International.)
Our cut-off for RSVPs is WEDNESDAY October 19th.

Non-members will be asked for a $10.00 donation, members are free.

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WIA-NY Outing to Ohmies!

9 09 2011

Hi Everyone!

One of our fave WIA members, Heather Kenyon told me about the Ohmies! I checked out
the website (theohmies.com) and thought this is adorable — we have to have an event.
So we are!

About the Show:

Come join the ultimate play date! Dance, stretch and giggle along with your new
BFFs - The Ohmies - as you all go on a fabulous adventure to the Morning Wish Gardens.
Get your kids moving and let their imaginations run wild as they sing along to
original music, hop like a grasshopper, slither like a snake, fly like a butterfly and help
The Ohmies shake off the worries. It’s more than theater; it’s a one-of-a-kind
interactive musical experience for kids ages 3 to 8.

We will have a Q&A afterwards - we can find out how one gets their ideas onto the
stage. How the creators did it with this show. We will get to speak to creators - Laurie Miller
and Ben Tollefson, producer Seth Goldstein, and Ohmies Entertainment manager, Stephanie
Swengel. There will be things for the kids to do during the Q&A so no one will be bored.

This is what we have to do. We have to buy a ticket for the 12noon show on Sept. 18th.
It’s a Sunday. We have a promotional code — OHMWIA — so we can get a lovely discount.
Ticket price is $20.00. Give the code if you call 212-279-4200 to buy tickets.
Give the code if you buy tickets online at ticketcentral.com. Or present the flyer
(that I will email to you if you want it) to the theater - Ticket Central, 416 West 42nd St.,
if you buy your tickets there. You must buy your own tickets.

The Vitals:

Date: Sunday, Sept. 18th

Time: 12 noon

Price: $20 (buy on your own and we will meet at theater)

Theater: Ticket Central

Address: 416 West 42nd St.

PLEASE RSVP to: lisaggoldman@yahoo.com — Let me know if you’ll be joining us and
if you want me to send you the flyer.

To Join Women In Animation, just visit: http://wia.animationblogspot.com/join-now/

Get ready to have lots of fun. See you soon,

Lisa Goldman

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Shorts Shine During Recent WIA-LA Meeting

28 06 2011

Short film-making is great because it allows you to “Get in, be funny and get out,” said DreamWorks’ Sean Bishop during WIA-Los Angeles’ “The Shorts Experience” panel discussion recently. Led by WIA-LA pres Linda Miller, Bishop was one of many filmmakers gathered, who find an artistic home in the animated short. Other vibrant, outgoing, and just plain silly panelists included Dahveed, Jim Lujan, Ken Moro, Rick Solomon, Allison Craig, Graciela Rodriguez and our WIA 2011 Phyllis Craig Scholarship winner, Ivy Flores. Dahveed added that “shorts give you more freedom. It’s more liberating to do shorts than features.” Likewise Lujan, a real “do-it-yourself” animator, says he never burns out on short work (even though he does a cartoon a month) because “I always get to do what I want.” Doing shorts makes him a totally “self-propelled creative. I can capture my vision… for better or worse.” During the course of the evening, attendees were treated to screenings of all the animators’ work. We were thrilled to see some great female work among the awesome guys. Allison Craig brought her endearing “Barko,” the story of an unwitting circus dog who only wants to find a safe home. Check out Allison’s blog at http://allisoncraig.blogspot.com/ We were also thrilled to honor Ivy Flores’ experimental work from CalArts, that combined an experimental motion capture solution with light-based animation.

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WIA International Announces Revamp & Restructure

28 06 2011

The recent WIA-LA “The Shorts Experience” opened with a brief WIA International annual meeting and report. In addition to various business votes, Co-Presidents of WIA Int’l, Jan Nagel and Rita Street explained that WIA Int’l is, behind the scenes, doing a major revamp in order to reemerge as a stronger, more member-centric organization. As part of this work, Nagel and Street asked WIA members in attendance to approve a motion to delay board member elections (usually held at this time every other year) until Fall. “This will give us time to reach out to the membership and invite new board members and participation as well as create an Advisory Board,” explained Nagel. This vote was unanimously approved. Nagel continued to explain that WIA Int’l will no longer produce events, instead, the Board has approved a future decrease in members from 15 to 5, with a laser focus on supporting infrastructure so that chapters can blossom. Street said that there will be one small exception to the “no WIA Int’l event” mandate. “We are creating a workshop in the LA area, hopefully during August, that will speak to members personal career goals and to WIA’s future growth.” Special thanks to WIA Board members Hope Parker and Rick Sigler for producing the financial statement and the minutes from our 2010 annual meeting for our vote. Thanks as well to our current board which, in addition to Nagel and Street, include Linda Miller, Lisa Goldman, Hope Parker, Rick Sigler, Leah Hoyer, Stephanie Graziano, Chara Campanella, Sari Gennis, Dori Littell-Herrick, Bonita Versh, Marlene Sharp and Pamela Thompson.

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WIA-LA’s “Shorts Experience” with WIA INTL Annual Meeting

6 06 2011

Join as for at The Animation Guild on Thursday, June 16th for WIA Los Angeles’ “The Shorts Experience” featuring short works from Sean Bishop, Dahveed, Ken Moro, Rick Solomon and featuring our 2011 Phyllis Craig Scholarship Winner, Ivy Flores. Schmoozing and networking opens at 6:30 pm with a start of 7:00 pm for the evening itself. Food and soft drinks will be offered. Seating is limited so please RSVP early to lachapterrsvps@aol.com. The cut-off for RVSPs is June 14th. Non members will be asked for a $10 donation. Members attend for free. The Animation Guild is located at 1105 N. Hollywood Way in Burbank.

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