Animation Draw 10, SCAD screenings and an adjunct position, Bizarro Sat Morn 6, etc!

Animation Draw 10 will be Saturday, March 13th, from 3pm to 7pm at WonderRoot, located at 982 Memorial Dr.

I bring paper, light tables, and markers, and you draw! No experience necessary, and you can show up anytime during the event.

Bizarro Sat Morn 6: It Came from Japan! is on Tuesday, March 16th at 7:30pm, at Plaza. It's hand-picked cartoons and films from C. Martin Croker's vast 16mm archives; this one will feature old-school anime and weird Japanese sci-fi!

There's also Bizarro Sat Morn Halloween Show Encore on Saturday March 20, 2010, at 3pm, at Plaza.

Figure Drawing every Thursday 8-10pm at Westwood College, $5
Details at http://www.joepeery.com/classes

SCAD-Atlanta professor Tina O'Hailey sent me the following awesome collection of SCAD-related info about upcoming screenings and a job opening (thanks Tina!):

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tina O'Hailey <tohailey@scad.edu>

1.) I'll be sending flyers (either email or mail...depending on if the printing department hits a deadline) of our upcoming Animation Screening: AtlantAmation. April 9th, 7pm. It is being held at the Strand Theater in Marietta. I'm so very excited about it. It is open to all - feel free to broadcast it to everyone you want to.
Here's the blog for the screening (just getting on line this week) http://blog.scad.edu/atlantamation/

Of course the biggest news is that we will be premiering our group project there "Jaguar McGuire" which is just coming into the finish line now. I've attached the flyer about that film to this email. Feel free to send it out. I tell you what, these students did a wonderful job! Here's the making of blog for that film: http://jaguarmcguire.blogspot.com/


Savannah College of Art and Design's Animation department cordially invites you to join in a celebration of their animated works at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre in historic Marietta Georgia. The animated shorts will feature the world premier of "Jaguar McGuire (and his cat)", a 4 minute short film that will have you roaring with laughter. The showcase is the culmination of top undergraduate and graduate work from SCAD Atlanta. The screening will be followed by Q&A with the film makers.

Please join us in this evening of celebration. Tickets are available at the door and online. http://www.earlsmithstrand.org/

$8 General Public, $5 Students, $2 SCAD students (with valid ID).

Note: Screening is not rated, some animated material may not be suitable for children below the age of 14.


Friday, April 9th, 7pm

Earl Strand Theatre
117 North Park Square
Marietta, GA



2.) We also have an upcoming screening that is open to the public: April 14th, 7pm. We have Peter Schneider coming to Atlanta to present his documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty". We're just starting to roll the marketing machine on that. The public is invited:

Disney visits SCAD Atlanta - April 14th
Screening of "Waking Sleeping Beauty" presented by the filmmakers.
7pm Atlanta, 4C, presented by Peter Schneider : Producer of Waking Sleeping Beauty
Open to the public

Official Selection – 2009 Telluride Film Festival
Official Selection – 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Winner, Audience Prize – 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival
Winner, Truly Moving Picture Award – 2009 Heartland Film Festival

Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing
egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions... and one of the
most extraordinary creative periods in animation history.

http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie/274852/waking-sleeping-beauty


3.) SCAD-Atlanta is looking to fill a new adjunct position. Email tohailey@scad.edu for more info.