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19 November 2009 @ 03:00 pm
Fantastic Mr. Fox  

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Cartoon Art Museum exhibition: November 24, 2009 – January 10, 2010


The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents original works of art from Twentieth Century Fox’s feature film FANTASTIC MR. FOX, scheduled for nationwide release on November 25, 2009. This exhibit features two sets from the stop motion animated film, “Flint Mine – We Took Everything” and “Farmer Scale Yellow Door,” which include puppets and props used in the film’s production. These works will be displayed in conjunction with the Cartoon Art Museum’s permanent collection of classic animation cels and drawings throughout the holiday season.

About Fantastic Mr. Fox:

FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children’s book by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach). The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe and Eric Anderson.

Mr and Mrs Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristopherson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers - Boggis, Bunce and Bean - who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr Fox at any cost.

Twentieth Century Fox presents, in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises, an American Empirical Picture, FANTASTIC MR. FOX. Directed by Wes Anderson and written for the screen by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, the film is based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film is produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson and Jeremy Dawson with Steven Rales and Arnon Milchan as executive producers.

The production team includes animation director Mark Gustafson, director of photography Tristan Oliver, production designer Nelson Lowry, music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat, supervising editor Andrew Weisblum, music supervisor Randall Poster and puppets fabricated by MacKinnon and Saunders.
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21 October 2009 @ 12:55 pm
Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Fundraiser at Pixar November 14  
 

Spend the day at Pixar Animation Studios
For the Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit!
Saturday November 14, 2009

 

The Cartoon Art Museum, the only museum in the western United States dedicated to all forms of cartoons and comics, is delighted to host its sixth annual benefit on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Pixar Animation Studios.  From Pixar’s inception in 1986 with the premiere of its iconic short film, Luxo Jr., to the studio’s latest full-length feature, Disney•Pixar’s Up, Pixar has wowed and charmed the world with its incredible computer animated creations. This year, there are two great ways to experience the magic of Pixar up close and personal at the studio’s Emeryville home:

The Family Fun Tier
(1:00 – 4:00 pm)


The Family Fun Tier is designed for families to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the world of Pixar.  Entry includes the chance to get up close and personal to rarely seen Toy Story art, sculptures, and other items from the Pixar archives and experience a gallery exhibition featuring stunning pre-production artwork from Up.  Family Fun Tier members will also be able to participate in a Silent Auction to bid on original and signed works by Pixar creators.  Pixar artists will be on hand to teach kids how to draw Pixar characters.  Finally, a selection of Pixar short films (including One Man Band, Lifted, Presto, Burn-E and several Cars Toons) will be showing in Pixar’s state-of-the-art screening room in a continuous loop.

For this Tier, doors open at 1 pm.  Tickets are $35 for an individual or $100 for a Family Four Pack, which includes entry for 2 adults and 2 children under 18 (or 1 adult and 3 children).  
 

The VIP Screening Tier
(11:00 am — 4:00 pm)
 

The VIP Screening Tier is designed for the biggest fans to help support the Cartoon Art Museum and to experience Pixar’s state-of-the-art digital theater.  Entry includes access to everything from the Family Fun Tier plus access to Pixar’s Studio Store where guests can purchase Pixar items at employee prices. The centerpiece of the event is a noon time 3D screening that includes the rarely seen Cars Toon Tokyo Mater , and the feature film Toy Story 2.  The screening will be hosted by Dr. Michael B. Johnson (Pixarian and CAM board member), who will lead a Q&A session along with several other Toy Story 2 crew members.  The VIP Screening Tier also includes an offering of light lunchtime snacks, treats and conversation with the speakers and other Pixar employees.

For this Tier, doors open two hours early — at 11 am.  Cartoon Art Museum members can purchase tickets for the reduced rate of $99, while the non-member rate is $149. Save money and become a member of the Cartoon Art Museum today!  Reserved rows for ten are available for $1,500.  Treat your friends or employees to an afternoon of animated fun.  

Pixar Animation Studios is located in Emeryville, California.  Free parking is available on site.  Call 415-227-8666, ext. 300 to purchase tickets. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

About the Cartoon Art Museum

Founded in 1984, the Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the western United States dedicated to cartoons and comics.  The Museum was started by a group of cartoonists and collectors who wanted to share their appreciation of this unique art form with the rest of the world.  The Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms to benefit historians, cartoonists, journalists, artists, collectors and the general public.

About Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation.  Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL•E, and most recently, Up. The Northern California studio has won 22 Academy Awards® and its ten films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office to date.  The next film release from Disney•Pixar is Toy Story 3 (June 18, 2010).

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23 July 2009 @ 01:25 pm
The Art of Sleeping Beauty opening reception  

Once Upon A Dream:
The Art of Sleeping Beauty
Opening Reception with Disney Artist Ron Dias


Cartoon Art Museum event: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 7:00-9:00pm

Free and open to the public


Please join the Cartoon Art Museum for a reception celebrating our latest exhibition, Once Upon A Dream:  The Art of Sleeping Beauty on Saturday, August 15, 2009, from 7:00 to 9:00pm.  Special guest Ron Dias will be present to discuss his career as an animation artist and illustrator, with a special focus on his role in the creation of the Walt Disney classic Sleeping Beauty.

This reception is free and open to the public.

About the exhibition:  

Once Upon A Dream explores the creation of one of Walt Disney Studios’ most enduring films, from pencil art and model sheets to animation cels, color guides and behind-the-scenes photographs of the cast and crew.  Almost ten years in the making, Sleeping Beauty was designed to look like no other Disney film, drawing from both medieval illustrations and cutting-edge 1950s graphic design.  Artist Eyvind Earle, who supervised the film’s look and hand-painted most of the dozens of lavish backgrounds, gave the film its unique blend of lush detail and bold, stylized designs.  Disney production designer Ken Anderson developed these elements into a visually arresting feature, much of it animated by members of the Nine Old Men, Walt Disney’s most trusted cadre of animators.  Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to use fully hand-inked animation cels and one of only two ever filmed in 70mm widescreen.  A box-office hit when it premiered in 1959, it’s now renowned as one of the most beautiful and beloved animated films ever made.

About Ron Dias:  

In 1956, Ron Dias, an 18-year-old kid fresh from Hawaii, came to Hollywood to work for the Walt Disney Animation Studios.  After finishing his assignment in the Animation Department on Sleeping Beauty, Ron worked throughout Hollywood as a scenic artist for 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and MGM Studios.  He returned to the animation field to work with such studios as Hanna-Barbera (Jonny Quest), Warner Brothers (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny), Don Bluth (The Secret of Nimh), and many others, ending with Disney’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid feature and television series.  

In recent years, Dias has created artwork for Disney Imagineering’s “Disney Seas” murals in Tokyo, Japan, and has collaborated with noted marine life painter Wyland on a series of paintings featuring characters from The Little Mermaid.  Dias now lives in central California and has gone full circle with his career, creating fine art as he was trained to do at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.  He is still actively creating work for the Disney Studios, as well.

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29 June 2009 @ 04:48 pm
Once Upon a Dream: The Art of Sleeping Beauty  

Once Upon A Dream:
The Art of Sleeping Beauty

Cartoon Art Museum exhibition: July 18, 2009 – January 10, 2010




*Calendar:  Please note that the Cartoon Art Museum exhibition “The Art of Stan Sakai” has been extended through July 12, 2009*



The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents Once Upon a Dream:  The Art of Sleeping Beauty, celebrating 50 years since the original release of the classic animated feature from Walt Disney Studios.

Once Upon A Dream explores the creation of one of Walt Disney Studios’ most enduring films, from pencil art and model sheets to animation cels, color guides and behind-the-scenes photographs of the cast and crew.  Almost ten years in the making, Sleeping Beauty was designed to look like no other Disney film, drawing from both medieval illustrations and cutting-edge 1950s graphic design.  Artist Eyvind Earle, who supervised the film’s look and hand-painted most of the dozens of lavish backgrounds, gave the film its unique blend of lush detail and bold, stylized designs.  Disney production designer Ken Anderson developed these elements into a visually arresting feature, much of it animated by members of the Nine Old Men, Walt Disney’s most trusted cadre of animators.  Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to use fully hand-inked animation cels and one of only two ever filmed in 70mm widescreen.  A box-office hit when it premiered in 1959, it’s now renowned as one of the most beautiful and beloved animated films ever made.

This exhibition also includes a spotlight on Disney artist/illustrator Ron Dias, whose first professional job in the animation industry was as an in-betweener to clean-up animator on Sleeping Beauty.   Dias went on to become one of the most highly-regarded and sought-after background artists and color stylists in the business.  The Cartoon Art Museum will feature a selection of his background paintings and color concepts from The Secret of Nimh, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Little Mermaid.

Details about the opening reception with special guest Ron Dias will be announced shortly.

About Ron Dias:  

In 1956, Ron Dias, an 18-year-old kid fresh from Hawaii, came to Hollywood to work for the Walt Disney Animation Studios.  After finishing his assignment in the Animation Department on Sleeping Beauty, Ron worked throughout Hollywood as a scenic artist for 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and MGM Studios.  He returned to the animation field to work with such studios as Hanna-Barbera (Jonny Quest), Warner Brothers (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny), Don Bluth (The Secret of Nimh), and many others, ending with Disney’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid feature and television series.  

In recent years, Dias has created artwork for Disney Imagineering’s “Disney Seas” murals in Tokyo, Japan, and has collaborated with noted marine life painter Wyland on a series of paintings featuring characters from The Little Mermaid.  Dias now lives in central California and has gone full circle with his career, creating fine art as he was trained to do at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.  He is still actively creating work for the Disney Studios, as well.
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29 June 2009 @ 04:46 pm
Get Animated! Booksigning  

Get Animated! Booksigning



Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore Event:  Sunday, July 19, 2009 1pm  to 3pm

Free and Open to the public


The Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore welcomes Tim Maloney, author of Get Animated!  Creating Professional Cartoon Animation on Your Home Computer for a booksigning on Sunday, July 19, 2009, from 1pm to 3pm.

About Get Animated!

Never before have there been so many amazing tools with which to create high-quality professional animation.  Thanks to today’s computer programs - many freely available on the internet - the computer sitting on your desk likely has all you need to produce theatrical-quality cartoons.  Get Animated! is the entertaining and informative guide to help budding animators unlock all this potential and create studio-grade results with out spending a fortune on software and special equipment.  

Professional animator Tim Maloney offers expert advice on every step of the process – from thinking of an idea, choosing and using software, and putting on the finishing touches.  Hundreds of illustrations make even the most complicated notions fun.  The step-by-step directions demystify: writing the script, storyboarding, designing the artwork, creating the characters, making characters move, animating sequences, lip-syncing preparing high-quality output, editing, and sound.  Plus, there is a bonus Tutorial DVD included, packed with useful open-source software, links to animation sites, and – best of all – cartoon animation that explains concepts from the book.  With a copy of Get Animated! and the possibilities already available in their home computer, aspiring animators are fully empowered to create top-notch cartoons that will rival any mega studio creation.

About the Author:

Tim Maloney has been a professional animator for more than 15 years.  Formerly the animation director for Mrs. Munger’s Class and Centerville for Disney’s One Saturday Morning, he has lectured widely and is an assistant professor in the radio/television/film department at California State University at Fullerton. He lives in Los Angeles.

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03 June 2009 @ 02:51 pm
Cartooning Classes for Adults  
The Cartoon Art Museum Presents:

Cartooning Classes for Adults
Summer 2009 Sessions
Saturday, June 14; Sunday June 15, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Saturday, July 11; Sunday July 12, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Saturday, August 8; Sunday August 9, 1:00 - 4:00pm

Cost per class:  $100 per two-day session, $50 per one-day session, with discounted tuition for CAM members
Register for The Cartoon Art Museum's Adult Classes - Summer 2009
Classes will focus on cartooning, character design, and comics.
Each 2-day session is a new course, so you may register for all three sessions. Classes are designed as 2-day workshops but you may also attend single days as well.
Classes are Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 pm.

June 13 and 14
July 11 and 12
August 8 and 9

$100 per 2-day session or $50 for a single day ($90/$40 for members) To register call 415-227-8666 x303 or email: education@cartoonart.org

Defining the Project
Instructor: Brian Kolm
Level: Beginning/Intermediate - Adult
Days: June 13-14, 2009

Are you thinking about working on a personal comic or cartoon project? Do you need some motivation to get the ball rolling? Come to this hands-on workshop where like-minded creators can work on their projects together. We will go through exercises that will help you explore ideas for stories, settings, and characters for your projects. We will then learn how to take our projects to the next level. We will learn how to outline our stories, as well as design the characters and settings that will help bring the story and character ideas to life.

Characters, Storyboards, and Layout
Instructor: Daniel Salcido
Level: Beginning/Intermediate - Adult
Days: July 11-12, 2009

Do you have a great idea for a comic strip, comic book, web-comic or cartoon? In this class we will go over the basic breakdown of the human form as well as basic design methods and a "things to consider" check list for designing characters. Once we have our characters, we will go over the basics of story boarding, and creating thumbnails and page layouts, which are a crucial part of story development and pre-production. By the end of this class, not only will you have a character for your concept, but you will also be well on your way to starting final production on it.

From Comic Strips to Animation
Instructor: James Hummel
Level: Beginning/Intermediate - Adult
Days: August 8-9, 2009

This class will talk about the transition from comic strips to the animated cartoon. We will discuss how the animation industry began and how it grew to where it is today. Then we will go through some of the basic principles of animation and talk about how animated movies, television shows and commercials are produced. Exercises will include creating flipbooks to illustrate storyboarding, key poses and in-betweening. We will also do exercises in gesture and proportion and incorporate our character(s) into a scene.
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16 February 2009 @ 10:07 pm
Coraline exhibition extended through February 22  
If you missed out on it this past weekend, or want one more chance to see the Cartoon Art Museum'sThe Art of Coraline exhibition, it has been extended through Sunday, February 22. This is absolutely your last chance to see original puppets, maquettes and digital concept art from the hit animated film.
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05 January 2009 @ 03:40 pm
The Art of Coraline  
 The Art of CORALINE

Cartoon Art Museum exhibition:January 24 – February 15, 2009


(l-r.) Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher)’s creepy true nature is revealed to Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) in Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated 3-D adventure CORALINE, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.  © 2008 LAIKA, Inc.  All rights reserved.


The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents original works of art from the feature film CORALINE, produced by LAIKA, the Portland-based animation studio owned by Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight, and released by Focus Features on February 6, 2009.  The exhibition features drawings, storyboards, puppets, sets, costumes and more from this groundbreaking movie, the first ever stop-motion animated film to be shot in 3D.  In stop-motion animation, everything seen on screen actually exists in the real world, as opposed to computer-generated animation.  This exhibit includes almost 80 pieces from the extraordinary world of Coraline, created by a team of over 300 artists bringing to life the vision of the world’s foremost stop-motion animation director, Henry Selick.  

About CORALINE:  Written and directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) and based on the Hugo Award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman, Coraline (www.coraline.com <http://www.coraline.com /> )  is a spine-tingling tale about a curious girl who unlocks a mysterious door in her family’s new home and enters into an adventure in a parallel reality. On the surface, this “Other World” eerily mimics her own life – though it is much more fantastical and ultimately dangerous.  Coraline encounters off-kilter neighbors, surreal events, and an Other Mother and Other Father who attempt to keep her forever.  Ultimately, Coraline must rely on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to get back home.

The movie features the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, John Hodgman, the comedy duo of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Keith David and Robert Bailey.

About LAIKA:  Fueled by the vision of its owner, Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight, LAIKA (www.laika.com <http://www.laika.com> ) is an animation studio specializing in feature films, commercials, music videos, broadcast graphics and short films.  It is located in Portland, Oregon.

In addition to its entertainment division, LAIKA has a commercial division, LAIKA/house, which produces some of the most ionic animated spots in the advertising industry. The company has a 30-year animation history presenting the artistry of award-winning filmmakers, designers and animators.  In addition to numerous international honors, the company has won two Academy Awards, 11 Emmy Awards, 11 Clio Awards, three London International Advertising & Design Awards, five Mobius Advertising Awards and two Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival awards.

About FOCUS FEATURES: Focus Features (www.filminfocus.com <http://www.filminfocus.com /> ) exists to produce, acquire and distribute original and daring films that challenge the mainstream to embrace and enjoy voices and visions from around the world that deliver global commercial success.

In addition to Coraline, current and upcoming Focus Features releases include Gus Van Sant’s award-winning Milk, starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk; Shane Acker’s animated fantasy epic 9, starring Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly; Cary Joji Fukunaga’s immigrant thrillerSin Nombre, which world-premieres at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival; writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control, starring Isaach De Bankolé; Away We Go, directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph; Joel and Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man; and Taking Woodstock, the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee.

Focus Features is part of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

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21 November 2008 @ 04:42 pm
Totoro Forest Project Opening Reception Tuesday, December 16  

Totoro Forest Project Reception

Cartoon Art Museum Event (Free and open to the public):  Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 7-9pm

Cartoon Art Museum Exhibition:  September 20, 2008 – February 8, 2009

 



The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents original works of art from The Totoro Forest Project Charity Auction, a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition featuring paintings, illustrations and sculptures from nearly 200 critically acclaimed animators, fine artists, cartoonists and illustrators.  All of the artwork featured in the exhibition was inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic animated feature film My Neighbor Tororo.  The artwork was auctioned at a fund raising event at Pixar Animation Studios on September 6, 2008, and raised over $200,000 for the Totoro no Furusato National Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of Japan's Sayama Forest.

The first installment of the Totoro Forest Project exhibition runs through January 18, 2009.  The second installment runs from Saturday, December 6, 2008 through February 8, 2009, and visitors will be able to see the entire selection of artwork from December 6, 2008 through January 18, 2009.

The opening reception for the Totoro Forest Project will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  This reception is free and open to the public.  Special guests include the Totoro Forest Project executive committee:  Pixar Animation Studios artists Dice Tsutsumi, Enrico Casarosa and Ronnie Del Carmen, plus Yukino Pang of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum.  Several artists whose work is included in the exhibition, including many artists from Pixar Animation Studios, will also be in attendance.

Copies of the limited edition Totoro Forest Project auction catalog will be on sale the night of the event.  Supplies will be limited to one purchase per customer, and are expected to sell out quickly.

Green tea for the reception will be provided courtesy of Samovar Tea Lounge http://www.samovartea.com/.

About The Totoro no Furusato National Fund:

Sayama Forest is one of the most remarkable urban forests in Japan, located just outside of Tokyo.  This forest is said to be the inspiration for legendary animated film My Neighbor Totoro.  With Japan's rapid urban development in the 1970s and 1980s, the forest has been diminished to a small fraction of its former self.  In 1990, Miyazaki helped set up a national trust, Totoro no Furusato National Fund, to preserve the park and promote awareness of environmental issues.

The Foundation has successfully raised more than 3 million dollars and has over 1500 members.  The fund's primary purpose is to purchase forest land from the city, and its members have been involved with various nature preservation volunteer activities.  While successful on many levels, the foundation's efforts continue to face many challenges and obstacles, including rising land values and real estate development.

For more information on this cause and how you can help, please visit http://www.totoroforestproject.org/
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17 November 2008 @ 12:52 am
Cartoon Boot Camp: Winter Session '08  

Cartoon Boot Camp: Winter Session '08





To register for Cartoon Boot Camp Winter Session 2008 please call 415-227-8666 x303 or email education@cartoonart.org

Class Dates: December 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) from 12 noon to 2:00 pm at the Cartoon Art Museum.

The Winter Session of Cartoon Boot Camp 2008 will take place during the Winter Break between the Christmas and New Years holidays. Cartoon Boot Camp is for youth ages 9 to 14 years old. If you are interested in attending, please call to reserve a space as soon as possible as space is limited.

Winter 2008 Cartoon Boot Camp:

December 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30
(Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tue)
12 noon to 2 pm
Ages 9 to 14
Instructor: Brian Kolm

$100 members
$125 non-members

Artist Quest: Fantasy Characters and Beyond

To register call: 415-227-8666 x303
or email: education@cartoonart.org
Download the registration form at http://www.cartoonart.org

Session 1: Friday, December 26
“3D Shapes, Figures, and Faces”
Using basic shapes we will learn how to construct cartoon and fantasy characters. We will also practice adding facial features and expressions.

Session 2: Saturday, December 27
“Knights in Shinning Armor”
Learn how to add armor to your figures. Explore warriors, weapons, and the art of drawing armor.

Session 3: Sunday, December 28
“Mythological Beasts: The Art of Drawing Dragons”
Every good fantasy story must have a dragon. Learn to draw the dragon of your dreams.

Session 4: Monday, December 29
“Clothed Figures and Costumes”
Creating a character’s personality through clothing and costume. You will learn to draw cloaks, capes and other fantasy-specific costume elements.

 Session 5: Tuesday, December 30
“Light, Shade, and Color”
Add light, shadow, dimension, color, and the finishing touches to your fantasy world!


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17 November 2008 @ 12:45 am
Character Animation Crash Course! Presentation and Booksigning  

Character Animation Crash Course!
Author Eric Goldberg visits The Cartoon Art Museum

Cartoon Art Museum Event: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Free with Cartoon Art Museum admission;
Half-price for members of ASIFA






The Cartoon Art Museum hosts Eric Goldberg, the pioneering, award-winning animator/director whose cartoon magic has graced such classics as Disney’s Aladdin, Pocahontas, Fantasia/2000 and Hercules, on Saturday, December 6, 2008, from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Goldberg has harnessed the essence of cinema’s most beloved form in a new book, Character Animation Crash Course!, and he will be sharing his animation secrets in a special presentation for Cartoon Art Museum patrons. This event is free with paid admission to the museum, and members of the animators’ group ASIFA will be admitted to the museum for half-price on December 6.

Designed to address students, professionals and animation fans, Goldberg’s book and accompanying CD are jammed packed with the insights and methods needed to bring pencil lines to extraordinary life.

Goldberg, currently supervising animator on the character “Louis” in Disney’s upcoming The Princess and the Frog (Holiday 2009 release), opens a treasure chest of animation secrets, illuminating in text and drawings how characters are conceived and – endowed with strong and unforgettable personalities – ultimately brought to life. The CD of animated movie examples demonstrate in real time or frame-by-frame, Goldberg’s principles at play – the first time three dimensions have been used to illustrate the process.

The author’s witty observations combine with his wealth of knowledge gleaned from 30-plus years in the animation industry to cast the book as an immediate classic guide to character animation.

“This is the book I wish I had when I was first learning my craft,” said Goldberg. “The first part stresses the thought and preparation required to animate, and the second part is a no-nonsense manual describing classic animation techniques, all in the service of getting great performances from the characters.”

Character Animation Crash Course is a revealing ride from a blank sheet of paper or empty computer screen to something that anyone age 6-69 can recognize as a living, breathing, emoting creature.
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04 September 2008 @ 10:51 pm
The Second Annual Family Fun Day at Pixar Animation Studios  
The Cartoon Art Museum presents
The Second Annual Family Fun Day at Pixar Animation Studios

Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:00 – 3:30pm

Tickets: $125/person, ($90 - CAM Members)
Family Ticket for up to 4 people: $450 ($300 – CAM Members)

The Cartoon Art Museum, the only museum in the western United States dedicated to all forms of cartoons and comics, is delighted to announce its second annual Family Fun Day mini-conference and benefit at Pixar Animation Studios on Saturday, October 11, 2008. From Pixar’s inception in 1986 with the premiere of its iconic short film, Luxo Jr., to the studio’s latest full-length feature, Disney*Pixar’s WALL·E, attendees will get a hands-on, insiders’ perspective on the mastery behind these computer animated creations.

This special afternoon starts with open galleries at Pixar's Emeryville campus. Guests from age eight to 18 will gain access to a stunning gallery exhibition featuring the pre-production artwork from WALL·E, as well as other fine artwork by Pixar employees. Guests will then be escorted into Pixar's state-of-the-art 235-seat theater to be inspired by Pixar's unique movie-making process and motivated to create their own cartoons. After the presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to get creative in exclusive workshops led by Pixar employees. These workshops will be followed by an exclusive screening of Pixar shorts.

This event is expected to sell out quickly and there are only a limited number of seats available. Cartoon Art Museum members can purchase tickets for the reduced rate of $90, while the non-member rate is $125. Save money and become a member of the Cartoon Art Museum today! Family tickets are available for $450 ($300 for CAM Members), and admit up to 4 children and adults. Treat your friends and family to an afternoon of animated fun. Call 415-227-8666, ext. 300 to purchase tickets.

Pixar Animation Studios is located in Emeryville, California. Gates open at 12:30pm. Free parking is available on site. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

All proceeds from this benefit are tax-deductible and benefit youth programming at the Cartoon Art Museum.

About the Cartoon Art Museum

Founded in 1984, the Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the western United States dedicated to cartoons and comics. The Museum was started by a group of cartoonists and collectors who wanted to share their appreciation of this unique art form with the rest of the world. The Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms to benefit historians, cartoonists, journalists, artists, collectors and the general public.

About Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, and most recently, WALL·E. The Northern California studio has won 21 Academy Awards® and its nine films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The next film release from Disney*Pixar is UP (May 29, 2009).
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03 September 2008 @ 03:54 pm
Bill Melendez, R.I.P.  


Legendary animator Bill Melendez passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at the age of 91. For more information on Mr. Melendez, please visit Mark Evanier's blog, which includes links to other remembrances of Melendez, his life, and his work. The Cartoon Art Museum extends its deepest condolences to Melendez's family, friends, and fans.

Bill Melendez received the Cartoon Art Museum's Sparky Award in 2002. The award celebrates the significant contributions of cartoon artists who reside in the western United States and who embody the talent, innovation and humanity of Charles M. Schulz, for whom the award is named.

Mr. Melendez began his career in animation at the Disney studio in 1938. He worked as an animator on such classics as Fantasia, Pinocchio, Bambi, and Dumbo. After leaving Disney, he animated Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig for Leon Schlesinger Cartoons, which later became Warner Brothers Cartoons. Next, Mr. Melendez worked for the UPA studio on its groundbreaking and highly stylized shorts including Madeline and Gerald McBoing-Boing.

After a 10-year stint directing industrial films and award-winning television commercials, Mr. Melendez founded his own production company, Bill Melendez Productions, in 1964. That same year, he produced his first television special—A Charlie Brown Christmas. The show was an instant critical and popular success, winning both an Emmy Award and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Children/Young People’s program.

Mr. Melendez went on to produce more than 75 Charlie Brown specials and four feature-length movies as well as animating specials featuring Jim Davis’ Garfield, Babar the Elephant, and Cathy Guisewite’s Cathy. The eight Emmys and numerous other awards he has received attest to the significant contribution Melendez has made to the field of animation.
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11 August 2008 @ 04:54 pm
The Totoro Forest Project  
The Totoro Forest Project is a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit organization, "Totoro No Furusato National Fund," established by Oscar winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. The event will feature more than 200 pieces of original art especially created by internationally acclaimed artists in the fields of animation, comic books, illustration, and fine arts.

Following the auction, the original artwork created for this fundraiser will be displayed at the Cartoon Art Museum.

For more information about the gala fundraiser/art auction at Pixar Animation Studios, please visit The Totoro's Forest website or the official Totoro's Forest Facebook page.

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11 August 2008 @ 04:52 pm
Save the date: The Cartoon Art Museum's Fifth Annual Pixar Animation Studios Fundraiser  
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18 July 2008 @ 05:27 pm
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From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics Opening Reception

Cartoon Art Museum Event: Friday, August 1, 7:00-9:00pm
Free and open to the public

Please join the Cartoon Art Museum for a reception celebrating our latest exhibition, From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics on Friday, August 1, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Special guests include Harvey historians Mark Arnold and Dave Holt. Mr. Arnold will be signing copies of his book, The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times, and astounding visitors with his encyclopedic knowledge of all things Harvey.

This reception is free and open to the public.

About the exhibition:

The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents a visual history of one of the most popular comic book publishers of all time: Harvey Comics. From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics celebrates the art and characters created and/or popularized by Harvey including Casper, The Friendly Ghost; Wendy, The Good Little Witch; Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy; Hot Stuff, The Little Devil; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka; Little Dot; Little Audrey; Little Lotta, and many more.
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12 March 2008 @ 04:59 pm
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair closing reception 3/30/08  
Closing Event for The Art and Flair of Mary Blair
featuring presentation by Disney animation artist Ron Dias

Cartoon Art Museum Event: Sunday, March 30, 2008, 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Free with paid admission



The Art and Flair of Mary Blair has been extended through March 30, 2008. For the closing date of this exhibition, the Cartoon Art Museum is honored to host a presentation by Disney animator and illustrator Ron Dias. Dias began his animation career with Disney in 1956 on Sleeping Beauty and has been working for the studio for 50 years. He will speak about his experience as a character and background designer for Disney and share his reflections on Mary Blair and her artwork. This event is free with paid admission to the Cartoon Art Museum.

About the exhibition:

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair is a retrospective exhibition featuring the work of famed animation designer Mary Blair (1911-1978). One of the first women to work as a concept artist for Disney, Blair was responsible for the look of some of the key Disney films of the 1940s and 1950s including Cinderella and Peter Pan. Her colorful, charming geometric designs, synonymous with 1950s style, appeared in advertisements and children’s books. Perhaps her most famous creation, however, is the Disneyland attraction “It’s A Small World,” which Blair originally designed for the 1964 World’s Fair. She was posthumously recognized as a Disney Legend in 1991 and was honored with a Winsor McCay animation award in 1996.

This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition includes an array of Blair’s groundbreaking concept art for classic Disney feature films including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, Disney shorts such as The Little House, Johnny Appleseed, and Susie, The Little Blue Coupe, and Disney theme parks and attractions, including “It’s A Small World.”
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13 February 2008 @ 03:17 pm
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The Cartoon Art Museum's Annual
WonderCon Weekend Party

Cartoon Art Museum Event: Friday, February 22, 2008 from 8pm to 11pm

Tickets: $10 ($5 for CAM Members and WonderCon Attendees)

The Cartoon Art Museum's Annual WonderCon Weekend Party will be held on Friday, February 22, 2008, from 8:00 to 11:00pm. Admission to this ticketed event is $10 to the general public and $5 for members of the Cartoon Art Museum and any WonderCon attendee (with WonderCon badge). Many of the featured artists and special WonderCon guests will be in attendance. Special exhibitions featuring legendary Disney artist Mary Blair, Golden Age comics creator Creig Flessel, the women of The New Yorker, and highlights from the Cartoon Art Museum's archives will be on display. Please visit http://www.cartoonart.org or call (415) CAR-TOON for an updated list of special guests and events, as well as additional information about the museum.

WonderCon, the first major comics and pop culture convention of 2008, takes place February 22-24, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone Center South. For more information on WonderCon, please visit Comic-Con International's official website, http://www.comic-con.org

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Cartoon Art Museum Events at WonderCon February 23 & 24, 2008

Special Guests:

Saturday morning, February 23, 10:30am-12:00pm: Dan Piraro, creator of the nationally-syndicated comic Bizarro will be sketching and signing books at the Cartoon Art Museum's booth at WonderCon.

Sunday, February 24, throughout the day, 11:00am-5:00pm: Internationally-renowned caricaturist Zach Trenholm (Time, Newsweek) and cartoonist Luke Feldman (Skaffs.com) will be special guest artists at the Cartoon Art Museum's booth at WonderCon.


Panel Discussions:

SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 11:30am-12:30pm: The Cartoon Art Museum Presents: The Art and Flair of Mary Blair:

San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum (located at 655 Mission Street, just two blocks from WonderCon) presents a gathering of animation experts discussing the work of legendary Disney animation designer Mary Blair, subject of the current C.A.M. original art exhibition The Art And Flair of Mary Blair. Join Karl Cohen (President of ASIFA-SF, Professor at San Francisco State University), Ralph Eggleston (Production Designer, Pixar Animation Studios) and exhibition co-curator Andrew Farago as they discuss the art and legacy of this beloved artist. Room 104


SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 2:00-3:30pm-The Cartoon Art Museum Presents: Spotlight on Local Cartoonists:

San Francisco has been a hotbed of cartooning for over 100 years, and that tradition continues today with the Bay Area's vibrant creative community. Join panel moderator Andrew Farago (Curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum) as he interviews six of the Bay Area's most talented cartoonists: MariNaomi (Estrus Comics), Fredo (altgeek.net), Lloyd Dangle (Troubletown), Justin Hall (True Travel Tales), Debbie Huey (Bumperboy) and Michael Jantze (The Norm). Room 232/234


SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 3:00-4:00pm-The National Cartoonists Society and Cartoon Art Museum Present: Golden Age Great Creig Flessel, Room 236/238:

Creig Flessel began his cartooning career with DC Comics in 1935, and was a prolific cover artist in the earliest days of the medium, including work on the seminal titles Detective Comics and More Fun Comics. After his tenure at DC, he spent many years illustrating ads for the Johnstone and Cushing Advertising Company. In the following decades, Flessel's work appeared in such diverse publications as Boys' Life, Clues Detective Stories and Playboy, as well as the syndicated comic strip feature David Crane. Join this Golden Age Great in conversation with Cartoon Art Museum's Andrew Farago, curator of the current Bay Area Spotlight on Creig Flessel exhibition. Room 236/238
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06 November 2007 @ 02:33 pm
Mary Blair Reception Tuesday, December 4  
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair

Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
7:00-9:00pm

Free and open to the public



Join the Cartoon Art Museum for a reception celebrating The Art and Flair of Mary Blair on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Special guests will include Kevin Blair, son of artist Mary Blair, and Blair aficionado Pete Docter, Director of Pixar Studios' Monsters, Inc.

This event is free and open to the public.

To preview additional images from this exhibition, please visit exhibition curator Andrew Farago's blog.

About the exhibition:

The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to present The Art and Flair of Mary Blair, a retrospective exhibition of the work of famed animation designer Mary Blair (1911-1978). One of the first women to work as a concept artist for Disney, Blair was responsible for the look of some of the key Disney films of the 1940s and 1950s including Cinderella and Peter Pan. Her colorful, charming geometric designs, synonymous with 1950s style, appeared in advertisements and children’s books. Perhaps her most famous creation, however, is the Disneyland attraction “It’s A Small World,” which Blair originally designed for the 1964 World’s Fair. She was posthumously recognized as a Disney Legend in 1991 and was honored with a Winsor McCay animation award in 1996.

This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition includes more than 50 pieces of original artwork, with an array of Blair’s groundbreaking concept art for classic Disney feature films including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, Disney shorts such as The Little House, Johnny Appleseed, and Susie, The Little Blue Coupe, and Disney theme parks and attractions, including “It’s A Small World.”

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair showcases the full scope of Blair’s career as an artist and illustrator, including early watercolor paintings, commercial illustrations for such clients as Hanes, Pall Mall, and Baker’s Chocolate, a selection of Blair’s fine art, unpublished family photographs, and children’s book illustrations, including pages from the classic Little Golden Book I Can Fly.
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09 October 2007 @ 12:55 pm
(no subject)  
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair

October 27, 2007 - March 18, 2008

Reception December 4, 2007






"Mention the name Mary Blair, and few will recognize it. But say she designed 'Alice In Wonderland,' the 'It's A Small World' ride at Disneyland, and painted many of the most popular Little Golden Books, and people will 'Oh yeah!' in recognition. Few others working in animation in the '40s and '50s were as innovative, interesting, and accessible as Mary Blair. Through her unique color styling and graphically strong shape language, her work pushed animation design in a different direction towards a more evocative, suggested feeling of the subject matter.

"Blair's work is decidedly not realistic, but it evokes powerful emotions in the audience. Her sense of color defies logical explanation, yet somehow feels emotionally perfect. No wonder Walt Disney loved her work. Like animation itself, her paintings were a caricature of real life; more intensely evocative of the thing than the thing itself."

--Pete Docter, Director of "Monsters, Inc.," Pixar Animation Studios

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The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to present The Art and Flair of Mary Blair, a retrospective exhibition of the work of famed animation designer Mary Blair (1911-1978). One of the first women to work as a concept artist for Disney, Blair was responsible for the look of some of the key Disney films of the 1940s and 1950s including Cinderella and Peter Pan. Her colorful, charming geometric designs, synonymous with 1950s style, appeared in advertisements and children’s books. Perhaps her most famous creation, however, is the Disneyland attraction “It’s A Small World,” which Blair originally designed for the 1964 World’s Fair. She was posthumously recognized as a Disney Legend in 1991 and was honored with a Winsor McCay animation award in 1996.

This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition includes more than 50 pieces of original artwork, with an array of Blair’s groundbreaking concept art for classic Disney feature films including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, Disney shorts such as The Little House, Johnny Appleseed, and Susie, The Little Blue Coupe, and Disney theme parks and attractions, including “It’s A Small World.”

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair showcases the full scope of Blair’s career as an artist and illustrator, including early watercolor paintings, commercial illustrations for such clients as Hanes, Pall Mall, and Baker’s Chocolate, a selection of Blair’s fine art, unpublished family photographs, and children’s book illustrations, including pages from the classic Little Golden Book I Can Fly.

Information regarding the December 4 opening reception and additional programming will be announced as details are confirmed.
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