Animagination Festival 2011
Event Description
Saturday, November 19, 2011, non-profit Youth Opportunities United (“YOU”) and Fox Studios will partner once again to provide a day of art and education for teen-aged foster youth from Los Angeles County. The 18th Animagination Festival will have up to ten separate hands-on art seminars including Stop Motion Animation, Advertising Art Design, Comic Book Design and Cartoon Character Design, Computer Graphics (MAC computers) and Fashion Design. Volunteers with an artistic interest -whether students, teachers, or professionals - are needed. Foster kids often move between foster and parent homes and don’t have a continuing adult influence to provide skills for success. Volunteers will help the students with their hands-on projects, while helping them also learn about persistence, practice, reward, and positive criticism.
Held on the Fox lot, the Animagination Festival brings about 75 artistic foster teens together with animation and graphic arts professionals for a day of seminars, interaction and exposure to professionals who can point them in the right direction. A gallery of the students’ art will featured and volunteers will help select winners to receive art awards.
Seminars will be presented in two continuing sessions (morning and afternoon) to permit them both learning and application. Each seminar has its own curriculum goals and take-home project. Volunteers will encourage, instruct, and interact, sharing real-world experiences that helped form their careers.
Admittance Information
Free.
Additional Event Information
YOU needs volunteer graphic arts professionals to help teach the seminars. Curriculum for most is already organized but additional teachers are needed to provide more one-on-one contact. No pay involved, other than the reward of giving time and talent to see the light go off in their heads!
YOU has no paid staff but liaises directly with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to provide opportunities for abused and neglected foster youth that are not met by government funding. Special emphasis is on improving kids’ self-esteem and developing their skills to provide hope and career interest. To see more about YOU and Animagination check out, click here. If you would like to volunteer at Animagination this year, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Sandy Bradley. Deadline for volunteers is November 12 .
Parking Details
Parking is on Fox Lot and is free to all participants.
