The Persistence of Animation 21st Society for Animation Studies Conference Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, 10-12 July 2009 Please visit the conference website, http://blog.scad.edu/sasc/, to get the latest information about the conference. The Call for Papers is available here. The 2009 SAS Conference will be held July 10-12 at the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atl...
20th Annual Conference, 2008
The 20th Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK 17-20 July 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Animation Studies will hold its 20th annual conference at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, 17-20 July 2008. Proposals are invited for individual papers and themed panels on topics related to the diverse field of Animation. Possible themes and topic...
Pierre Floquet receives 2011 McLaren-Lambart Award
Pierre Floquet, the author of "Le langage comique de Tex Avery," is the recipient of the 2011 McLaren-Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Book on animation. This book, published in French by L'Harmattan, is a detailed analysis of the cinematic nuances at play in the cartoons directed by Tex Avery at MGM from 1942-1951. With remarkably complex insights into Avery's comic language, the author d...
Animation: From the Avant-garde to Popular Culture
The wide-ranging scope of this symposium is symptomatic of the explosive field of animation and the flexibility that digital technology is having on moving images that cross boundaries between art, technology and science. Historical precedents, contemporary art practices, and experiments in new animation media will be presented and discussed. This symposium is being organized by the...