Well, 2009 and we're kicking it off to a good start, and thanks to fellow TAIS board member Craig for the poster! TAIS is going to be hosting the first Incubator of the year, and the first Incubator we've had in many a moon. What's an Incubator? It's an animation open-house...drop by the TAIS art space to get some advice, show off works in progress, get feedback or just come up fer air and say "Jeebus, man...shave, whydon'tcha!" (that to me...really need to see a man about a razor.) Plus, a chance to get yer hands dirty scratchin' n' painting movement directly onto film stock...it's all artsy n' messy n' cool n' stuffs. Anyhoo, it's this coming Wednesday night at TAIS H.Q. All the details to be had can be had here. Hope to see ya!

TAIS incubator is on!

Announcing the first TAIS incubator of 2007! This is an open house for local animators (and anybody visiting, of course) to drop by and show us yer shtuff. Here's the details:
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The Animators' Incubator is an informal monthly meeting where independent animators can show works in progress, share animation knowledge and network with otheanimators. Members are encouraged to bring in their work, whether it be a sketchbook, demo-reel, or almost completed project.

The TAIS studio computers are available to show work.

WHERE: TAIS
60 ATLANTIC, STUDIOS #102 & 09
TORONTO, ONTARIO

WHEN: Incubators are held the generally the first Thursday of every month 6:30pm to 9:00 pm

Upcoming in 2007: February 22

WHO: TAIS members are welcome to all Incubators.Animators or enthusiasts interested in joining the Toronto Animated ImagSociety are invited to attend to meet some of the membership, see the facilities and join up!

FEE: Free
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Yup, it's gratis, so come on by, let us see what yer workin' on, give you some feedback, if'n y'all want it, and hang out. Cheers!

Post the First!

Hey! TempleDog here, officially starting the TAIS blog! This will be the place to catch up on all the latest happenings and events coming up at TAIS, check out some work by TAIS members and other animators from Canada and a-broad, and whatever groovy animation goodness I can relate to y'all from around teh interweb. See, how I misspelled that last bit? Means I'm cool. I think.

This inaugural post comes hot on the heels of the TAIS yearly general meeting. New board members were elected and a few small, but important, charter amendments were made. Plus, we ate us some chips. Things need to be finalized at the next meeting, which happens on Tuesday, February 6th. More details to come!

In addition, we've got the first Incubator of 2007 comin' up on Thursday, February 8th. Incubators happen the first Thursday of every month...it's an open house, where members and non-members can come and show off their latest works-in-progress and get some feedback. Thanks to Madi Piller, TAIS prez elect, for holding this one next week instead of tomorrow...finishing up some scenes, and I want to use next week as my artifical deadline. If you likes you some crazy robot action, drop by and I'll show you a rough edit. Plus, Madi's bringing her latest work...and there'll be chips. There's always chips.

O.k., enough for one post. I'll try to keep things updated regular-like on Wednesdays and Fridays, plus special posts whenever any big events break on the TAIS calendar. Meanwhile, here's some shots of the new TAIS location in the Artscape building on Atlantic avenue. Fer you people in the know, yep, that's right down da street from Nelvana. Later!