Author: Myfanwy Ashmore

  • DRAGONFRAME Workshop with Evan De Rushie This Saturday!

    DRAGONFRAME Workshop with Evan De Rushie This Saturday!

    DRAGONFRAME Workshop with Evan De Rushie This Saturday!

    Dragonframe Workshop with Evan DeRushie Saturday January 24, 2015, 10 am – 5 pm * $75 members (item 006), $90 non-members (item 007) You can register online by paying via Paypal (login and send the payment to tais.animation@gmail.com and list your item number in the notes) or contact tais.animation@gmail.com to make arrangements for payment by…

  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TAIS!

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TAIS!

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TAIS!

    Happy Holidays everyone! Please note our office will be closed starting December 24th, and we re-open again on Monday January 5th! See you then!

  • MEET FLASH, OUR NEW MANATEE ADOPTEE!

    MEET FLASH, OUR NEW MANATEE ADOPTEE!

    MEET FLASH, OUR NEW MANATEE ADOPTEE!

    Because we can\’t have a pet in the studio, we did the next best thing and adopted a manatee! Flash is a large male manatee based in the area surrounding Blue Spring State Park in Florida. He is uncharacteristically shy for a manatee, and will take off in a ‘flash’ whenever he is approached by…

  • Call for Submissions: ANIMATED MYTH-MAKING WITH MIKE MARYNIUK Workshop/Commission Project

    Call for Submissions: ANIMATED MYTH-MAKING WITH MIKE MARYNIUK Workshop/Commission Project

    Call for Submissions: ANIMATED MYTH-MAKING WITH MIKE MARYNIUK Workshop/Commission Project

    Call for Artists to the Toronto Animated Image Society’s visiting artist workshop ANIMATED MYTH-MAKING WITH MIKE MARYNIUK Submission Deadline: Tuesday Feb 3, 2015 The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is seeking five media artists for our Animated Myth-Making workshop with visiting Winnipeg artist Mike Maryniuk (Cattle Call, The Yodeling Farmer). Under Mike’s instruction, from 10am-5pm…

  • TAIS GETS NEW ‘ARTISTS IN THE LIBRARY’ PROJECT GRANT FROM THE TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL!

    TAIS GETS NEW ‘ARTISTS IN THE LIBRARY’ PROJECT GRANT FROM THE TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL!

    TAIS GETS NEW ‘ARTISTS IN THE LIBRARY’ PROJECT GRANT FROM THE TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL!

    We are pleased to announce our successful application to the Toronto Arts Council for their ‘Artists in the Library’ Program, through which we will be creating an artist residency and offering community animation workshops at the new Scarborough Civic Center Library (set to open in spring 2015) from September through November 2015! A part of…

  • TAIS Co-presents \’A COSMIC CHRISTMAS\’ (1977) with Clive Smith in Person!

    TAIS Co-presents \’A COSMIC CHRISTMAS\’ (1977) with Clive Smith in Person!

    TAIS Co-presents \’A COSMIC CHRISTMAS\’ (1977) with Clive Smith in Person!

    Kid Power: A COSMIC CHRISTMAS and other holiday classics – with director Clive Smith in person! Saturday December 13 – 2:00pm at The Royal Cinema www.theroyal.to The Toronto Animated Image Society is proud to co-present this special matinee program of rare retro Xmas TV specials, movie trailers, commercials and other weird holiday ephemera in this…

  • The Community Animators Program presents epic pixilation workshop at UT Schools!

    The Community Animators Program presents epic pixilation workshop at UT Schools!

    The Community Animators Program presents epic pixilation workshop at UT Schools!

    The TAIS Community Animators Project is proud to announce Pixilation Day at University of Toronto Schools! This Wednesday, November 26, TAIS members Brett Long, Leslie Supnet, Bryce Hallett and Carla Veldman will present a hands-on pixilation intensive for 100 Grade 8 students at UTS. We\’ll present the history, the technique, and the creative process of…

  • TAIS WINTER WORKSHOPS 2015

    TAIS WINTER WORKSHOPS 2015

    TAIS WINTER WORKSHOPS 2015

    As the weather starts to get colder, we’re gearing up for our annual slate of winter workshops here at the TAIS Studio. From January through April we’ve got six weekend workshops, each of which focus on a specific aspect of animation. You can register online by paying via Paypal (login and send the payment to…

  • TAIS launches pilot \’Community Animators\’ workshop!

    TAIS launches pilot \’Community Animators\’ workshop!

    TAIS launches pilot \’Community Animators\’ workshop!

    TAIS is getting ready to present the pilot workshop of our new Community Animators program – bringing the art and technology of animation into communities around Toronto. Our first partnership is with the Reel Asian festival, where TAIS member Leslie Supnet will give two classes of local secondary school students a crash course in several…

  • REWIND. PAUSE. PLAY. at Reel Asian

    REWIND. PAUSE. PLAY. at Reel Asian

    REWIND. PAUSE. PLAY. at Reel Asian

    REWIND, PAUSE, PLAY Mon Nov 10 @ 1pm, AGO Jackman Hall (317 Dundas St. W) TAIS co-presents this assortment of shorts featuring those with a flair for nostalgia – and the step forward after looking back. Include works by Vladimir Leschiov, Ivy Yukiko Oldford, Cindy Mochizuki, Emma Hendrix, Elisha Lim, Alisi Telengut, Betty Xie, Jacqueline…