Tag "CalArts"

Sweet Serpent – ‘The Ballad of Nessie’

July 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters’ charming Ballad of Nessie brings a certain lake-dwelling Scottish monster to animated life. Here’s a lesson for animation students: Don’t forget about your favorite class projects after you graduate. That’s the take-away lesson from the story of how Stevie Wermers-Skelton’s CalArts project inspired this summer’s [...]

Women in Animation Gives Scholarship to CalArts’ Ivy Flores

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Phyllis Craig Scholarship Award Committee of Women in Animation International has announced its 2011 scholarship winner is Ivy Flores, a graduate student at the California Institute of the Arts. Flores holds a degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, from their visual arts animation program. She is enrolled [...]

Academy Foundation Grants Include CalArts, ACME Network

May 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Foundation has awarded more than $500,000 in grants to 68 nonprofit organizations and schools, including animation powerhouse CalArts and the ACME Network’s animation program for college, high school and middle school students. The grants will fund film-related internships, job training programs, [...]

REDCAT Fest Brings World of Kids Films to downtown L.A.

March 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

The REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival kicks off four consecutive weekends of short films from around the world March 26 at the REDCAT Theater at Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Presented by CalArts in partnership with the Northwest Film Form, the festival will show more than 100 animated and [...]