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Sony Teams with Animation Mentor
Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation are enhancing their IPAX education program with help from online character animation school Animation Mentor. Leveraging Animation Mentor’s unique learning model and state-of-the-art online technology, the IPAX three-month online mentor program will begin in the winter of 2009, pair top students from 18 [...]
Animation Mentor Renovates Online Campus
Animation Mentor (AnimationMentor.com), an online character animation school created by animators for animators, has unveiled its new winter term curriculum for January 2009, and has released a new version of its state-of-the-art online campus that allows students learn directly from professional animators from top studios including Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks, [...]
Heit Joins Experimental Animation at CalArts
Steve Anker, dean of the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), announced that Laura Heit will join Paul Vester as a co-director of the school’s Experimental Animation program. Heit is part of a new wave of theater artists and filmmakers who are combining the mediums of [...]
Imageworks Awards Scholarships
Sony Pictures Imageworks president Tim Sarnoff today announced the company’s second annual scholarship winners. From a record number of applicants, the selection committee chose four students who are currently enrolled full-time at academic institutions affiliated with IPAX, Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation’s Professional Academic Excellence program. The scholarships will help [...]
Academy Picks Students for CG Internships
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected three students to participate in its second annual summer internship program designed to provide real-world experience to students interested in careers in motion picture computer graphics and animation technology. Pixar Animation Studios, Rhythm & [...]
Little Airplane’s Course Takes Off
Professionals looking to sell a series for preschoolers have a chance to learn the inside scoop from Little Airplane Productions founder and president Josh Selig in a three-day course scheduled for July 26-28 in New York. The course covers the entire process of making and selling both animated and live-action [...]
Los Angeles Film School Offers Game, Animation Degrees
The Los Angeles Film School has added two degree offerings for students interested in working in video games and animation. Begining this September, students will be able to sign up for an associate of science degree in game development or an associate of science degree in computer animation. The new [...]
DePaul Adds Animation Degree Programs
In order to help meet the rising demand for animators, DePaul University in Chicago recently launched two degree programs in animation through its College of Computing and Digital Media’s School of Cinema & Interactive Media (CIM). Since January, DePaul students have had the option to major in a bachelor of [...]
Animation Magazine’s featured School of the Month: The DAVE School
As anyone who attended the recent NAB confab in Las Vegas can tell you, the growth of stereoscopic 3-D technologies is having a huge impact on the entertainment and animation business. That’s why Orlando, Florida-based DAVE School has incorporated a new series of lessons in conjunction with tech studio 3DBlast [...]
Imageworks Adds Schools to IPAX Program
Seven new educational institutions have been accepted into Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Professional Academic Excellence (IPAX) program. After a rigorous review process, Brigham Young University, California State University Northridge, Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Linkopings Universitet, New York University, School of Visual Arts and Texas A&M University were added to the list, which now [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
