Author: Myfanwy Ashmore

  Announcing the Artists Selected for the 2018 Artist in Residence Program: Supporting Research + Production in Animation   TAIS 2018 Canadian Artist in Residence is Daniel Barrow     Montreal-based artist Daniel Barrow works in video, film, print-making and drawing, but is best known for his use of antiquated technologies, his “registered projection” installations, and his narrative overhead projection performances. Barrow describes…

  TAIS STUDIO SKILLS Beginning in September 2017 through March 2018, TAIS is offering 3-8 week animation skills development courses and 1-3 day focused animation workshops. With seven (7) different intensive courses, and eleven (11) different skills development workshops, there\’s something for everyone – from no-experience beginners to those with years of experience in animation production. QUESTIONS? Contact Andrea…

THU FEB 21, 7PM  Location: TMAC, 32 Lisgar St. Deeper than crystals, candles, and incense, the widespread practice of regenerative and healing-based rituals found in witchcraft, folk magic, and Indigenous spiritual practices has the potency to generate social change– to create a consciousness that expands beyond patriarchal and colonial modes of being. Trends come and…

TAIS artist in residence Daniel Barrow will conclude his 2018 residency with a presentation of his most recent live animations, alongside a retrospective of his past performances and videos. Daniel uses obsolete technologies to present pictorial narratives by merging the methods and cultural histories of cinema, comics, animation, and magic lantern shows. He is best…

   The video of the complete Cuphead – A Knockout! Artist Talk is now online! — Cuphead – developed and published by Studio MDHR Entertainment – is a gloriously fiendish indie run-and-gunner game inspired by classic Rubber hose cartoons of the 1930s. Painstakingly created using techniques of the 1930s era: traditional hand drawn animation, watercolour backgrounds, and original jazz recordings, Cuphead…

Shira Haberman November 13 – December 4, 2017 Studio talk: December 7, 7pm   Shira Haberman will use her time in TAIS studio to begin production of The Curse, a 4:00-6:00 min long stop motion animated film that tells the story of a girl getting her first period while at school, which comes with some unexpected results. Shira\’s stylistic influences include…

  Creative skills development Mid-level and Intermediate INSTRUCTOR Daniel Barrow November 17, 2018 1:00pm – 4:00pm Non-member $30 / TAIS Member $25 REGISTER HERE This masterclass will focus on various approaches to story-telling and narrative arcs. Daniel will introduce his own unique methods of “story stacking” and then familiarize participants with reliable and time-tested principles of story construction and…

TAIS Member $5 | Non-Member $8 (Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite or at the door, RSVP info@tais.ca) Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (1899 –1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best-known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) –the oldest surviving feature-length animated film – and Papageno (1935).…

December 1st – 7th Imagine Cinemas Carlton – 20 Carlton St 2:00PM, 7:00PM daily TAIS is pleased to partner on the Toronto showings of The 19th ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS. This year\’s edition of the Show of Shows presents 16 exceptional and inspiring animated shorts from around the world. At a time of increasing social instability and global anxiety about…

  +++++++++++++   The video of the complete Cuphead – A Knockout! Artist Talk is now online! — Cuphead – developed and published by Studio MDHR Entertainment – is a gloriously fiendish indie run-and-gunner game inspired by classic Rubber hose cartoons of the 1930s. Painstakingly created using techniques of the 1930s era: traditional hand drawn animation, watercolour backgrounds, and original jazz…