ASIFA Central Midwest Animator's Conference and Retreat – Events Scheduled for 2008 and 2009! Mark your calendars!
November 7 – 8, 2008 Grand Rapids, Michigan (in alliance with the Fort Night/Short Night Film Festival, Wealthy Theater, sponsored by Grand Rapids Community Media Center, GRCMC)
May 14 – 17, 2009 Kalamazoo, Michigan (at the 6th edition of KAFI – The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International!)
For the past decade, ASIFA/Central members have come together each spring for a weekend of screenings, presentations, anijams and conversation. For 2008, we moved the event to fall, to coincide with International Animation Day Celebrations, and the Fort Night/Short Night Film Festival. This festival, organized by the Community Media Center, GRCMC, will be held at the beautifully restored Wealthy Theatre, a neighborhood theater built in 1911. We met there for our 2006 annual retreat, and it was a wonderful collaboration and an exciting venue.
In 2009, we will return to the spring. Our retreat will be May 14 – 17, 2009 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at KAFI – the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International. This major festival offers screenings, lectures, workshops, an educator's conference, and more. Held every other year, it grows in success and importance. Check out the website at http://kafi.kvcc.edu/ for more information and deadlines. It's not to be missed!