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PLEASE NOTE: THE ACA NSW FUNCTION OF 13/09/2015 HAS BEEN CANCELLED
The Australian Cartoonists' Association, NSW's Chapter, (ACA-NSW) is proud to announce that its next official function will consist of a number of talks followed by a banquet dinner at an Italian Restaurant on the 13th of September 2015 (CANCELLED) (ACA NSW Spring 2015 Function).
Note that this event is open to not only ACA Members and their families but also to anybody happy to come and learn about the ACA, anybody keen on cartooning in general or anybody keen to meet other artists.
- CANCELLED:
Sunday 13 of September 2015, Spring 2015 Function: Meet at 5:45pm for a 6pm start:Location: Il Bolognese restaurant (150 Pittwater Road, Gladesville NSW 2111): https://www.ilbolognese.com.au/
6:00pm to 6:30pm: Talk by Jozef Szekeres:
- Brief Bio: Jozef Szekeres is a Sydney-based artist whose art can be seen at www.jozef-szekeres.deviantart.com. Jozef was a Disney-Australia senior animator, from 1989, animating on: Aladdin: King of Thieves, Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, Peter Pan II: Return to Neverland, and Jungle Book II. Jozef also sculpted maquettes of the lead Disney characters for the studio. A freelance animator and director for several Oz commercial production companies, creating Ads for: Louie the Fly, Mr Sheen, and Finlandia Vodka Pulp. Contribution to Australian independent comics include: Oblagon, Greener Pastures, Platinum Grit and the Supanova Tides of Hope. American published comic work includes: ElfQuest:WaveDancers (Warp Graphics), Dart (Image), Safety-Belt Man and Dawn:The mermaid and the angel (Sirius). For Sydney 2000 Olympics he was the mascot design consultant and maquette sculptor. Jozef launched his first 16" fashion doll Elizabet Bizelle in 2003. In 2007 Jozef was the Sydney Mardi Gras poster artist, and has LGBTQ themed works published by Bruno Gmunder in Stripped, Stripped uncensored, and in 2013 USA publications of Capolovoro di Uomo: Masterpiece of Man, and Heavy Metal Magazine. Co-founder and co-portfolio holder of the Australian Society of Authors Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio 2007-2012. In 2013 with co-creator Julie Ditrich Elf~Fin: Hyfus & Tilaweed was released by Black Mermaid Productions (www.elf-fin.com for reprints). Since 2001, Jozef has primarily worked in the gaming industry, for Aristocrat, NexGen, True Blue, IGT, Aruze, and Novomatic (HQ in Austria). He's currently freelancing, and is creating a new sculpt for his upcoming rerelease of fashion doll Elizabet Bizelle.
- Outline of the talk: Jozef will be presenting an informal talk about his varied art history and journey through it, touching on his animation, comics, illustration, and sculptural artworks
6:30pm to 7:00pm: Talk by Adam Murphy:
- Brief Bio: Adam started work as an animator at Disney at just 15 years of age, one of the youngest animators to work for the studio. He has spent the past 25 years working as a story artist and animator for Disney, Lucasfilm and other major film and animation studios. He's currently working on the next instalment of The Lego Movie series and developed with his wife, Demelza, the children's brand Welly's Wonders. Check an example of Adam's 2D animation here: https://vimeo.com/19253735
- Outline of the talk: Adam will talk a bit about his history, influences and transition from traditional animation to 3d to storyboard work and finally to the illustration work he's doing now.
7:00pm to 7:30pm: Talk by Mike Wheeler and Claudio Gomez Vega:
- Brief Bio: Toonworld is born from 2 creative blokes with big ideas and lots of energy and a drive to create a new vision for kids activities! They specialize in kids cartooning workshops that "Empower, Educate and Entertain" kids all over Australia.
- Outline of the talk: 1) How we started love the whiteboard!, 2) meeting Claudio, 3) Going Nationwide, 4) finding Talent - engaging young people, 5) some of the popular workshop activities self development, 6) characters - stories and 7) future ideas.
7:30pm to late: Pre-set banquet dinner, $30 a head (2 types of pasta, 2 types of pizza, salad, coffee), BYO alcoholic drinks (no corkage fee). The fee for kids having dinner with us is $20 per child.
Drinks can be purchased at the bar of the restaurant, but at an additional cost NOT covered by the $30 a head fee for the dinner itself.
As it is a pre-set dinner, if you have special dietary requirements, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can enquire about alternative options with the restaurant and ensure you'll have a nice dinner with us...
To book your spot or ask questions, email me at Hagen_Cartoons@hotmail.com
NOTE: This is a catered event, and I'll need to let the restaurant know the exact number of people coming for them to buy & prepare the food. To that effect, be aware that if you have to cancel with less than one week notice, you may still have to pay otherwise, I'll have to pay for you to cover the cost. The best thing would be maybe to pre-pay, but we can discuss when you book by emailing me.
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