DMTV2 is a collection of experimental and psychedelic animation from around the world. The emphasis is on non-commercial work; we seek pure vision. Some of the films push visual noise and glitch to the limit while others reach a peak of ambient degaussed bliss. Highlights include David O’Reilly’s latest award winning film, The External World, [...]

Next weekend is the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, and the Northwest Film Center has a whole weekend of screenings, discussions, parties, and more! On Saturday, they’ll be hosting a filmmaking barcamp. For those of you that have attended BeTween PDX, the format will be familiar, and it’s a great way to connect with local filmmakers. And on [...]

Get out your calendars, because October is a full month! September 23-30th: Spike and Mike’s New Generation Animation Festival is screening nightly at Cinema 21. October 2nd: ASIFA Portland is proud to partner with Fashionbuddha, AEPDX, 3DPDX, and the OMPA to bring you Tron Legacy: Byte by Byte. GMUNK takes apart the VFX of Tron [...]

2nd Sat Sketch, September: @ the Zoo with Portland Urban Sketchers Come join us next month, September 10th for some drawing at the zoo! This month we’re welcoming members of Portland Urban Sketchers ( http://urbansketchers-portland.blogspot.com/) to partake in the fun.  ASIFA members, meet up at the front at 10am for a $5 entry.  Or come whenever you [...]

2nd Sat Sketch: August 20th! Due to our ever-popular Summer Social being on the 13th, we’ve moved our sketch outing to the 3rd Saturday.  We’ll be gathering at Tanner Springs Park at NW 11th and Marshall at 2pm.  Some of us will be animating in our sketchbooks like last month, and you’re welcome to do [...]

Our annual ASIFA Summer Social is just around the corner! On Saturday, August 13th, we’ll be convening at Marilyn Zornado’s church in St. Johns for our annual summer social- there will be games, raffle items, bbq, snowcones, music, beer, a silent auction, and, of course, one of Jeff’s incredible pinatas. And, naturally, we’ll find a [...]

Lets meet at 10:30am at the Rose Garden gift shop at Washington Park this Saturday, July 9th.  Bring a sketchbook with lots of empty pages, whatever pens and pencils you’d like to use, and probably a sack lunch.  After gathering, we’ll find a spot to sit and animate in the sunshine or part sunshine, whatever [...]

ASIFA Portland proudly announces Shorts3, an afternoon of animation with Portland legends Joan Gratz, Marilyn Zornado, and Jim Blashfield, hosted by Dennis Nyback. On July 24, at 1pm, at Cinema 21, we’ll be viewing new and recent works from these ground-breaking and award-winning artists, with audience Q/A and discussion. This event is free to members [...]

The NW Film Center will be screening the best of the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Festival. It’s showing on July 13th and 14th at the Whitsell Auditorium in the art museum, and includes some great animation. For more info, and to buy tickets, visit: http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/35/350/

How many chances do we get to sketch a parade? We found the opportunity irresistible. So we’ll be meeting at 9am on the corner of NE MLK and Halsey, and will walk together to find a good viewing spot. Join other members and polish your life drawing skills, while enjoying the Rose Parade! If you [...]

Emily Hubley will be in town on June 10 and 11 to screen some of her work and do a QA afterward. More info here: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/programs/soundvision/sound-vision-presents-toe-tactic-shorts-emily-hubley/

She’s also presenting a retrospective of Hubley Studio films from the 1950s and ’60s on June 10. Check the lineup of shorts here.

Many attendees at this year’s BeTween unconference were interested in Ingrid’s presentation on RACC grants, and many local animators have been funded by those grants in the past. On June 4, RACC will be holding a workshop to help applicants for 2012 project grants. In addition, we’ve got a limited number of $10 discounts available [...]