http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcomIIACI [dot] comTue, 15 May 2012 11:45:04 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/OWSqU/h/Midnight_tonight_we_close_the.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight IGG CAMPAIGN closes! http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Wow ... what a marathon over these last three months! I just had a little conference call with Self, and Self tells me that this campaign is a success, not a failure ... albeit tough to swallow that the 'budget goal' has not (yet) been reached when a good 12 hours remains in the campaign. MIracles do happen, so I am told, and if midnight arrives when we close the IGG door one should not visibly appear, I will take a moment to heal the disappointment and either re-adjust the production schedule or equipment needs or personnel depending on the reality of what can, in truth, be fully produced. What I want you, my wonderfully supportive folks to know, is that this project has become within eye-sight as possible to complete! Before this campaign launched, production had been stalled for too many years while my time, energy and focus was spent at the development level (research, writing, visualizing, etc.) while teaching. Now this project is ENERGIZED, because of those of YOU who supported the project when you could! The numbers you see on the IGG site have to do with a budget (needed and deserved), but they have absolutely no relationship to the true content of the story to be told ... and the story to be told is OUR story, not just Jules' story and not just my story ... you are the real supporters who were willing to put the pedal to the metal in concrete terms ... and more usually than not, in spite of one's own personal and professional constraints ... YOU and I are the energy from which this project has risen, and for this, WE are a success! I am, again, inspired from the example of a life well lived. Jules Engel's was a life lived as a creative giant, arts educator, and mentor for his students ... it is easy for us to forget that he entered the world at an historical period of time raging with anti-semitism in Eastern Europe and, yet, outlived two wives to fulfill his role in forging an American art history that permeates 21st Century media today. Numbers, large or small, can not kill this project. Paraphrasing William Faulkner's words, a human spirit that endures. I will get over the temporary sadness of seemingly failing to accomplish what I set out to accomplish because what was accomplished is so very grand: the experience of YOU ... your endearing lives that animate a life well-lived. Thank you! :-) As those of you who already know me well have heard me say often, hugs and kisses !!!! Janeann PS Updates and perks to follow in the next couple of week and I have created a Donate - Contact page on the film's website for folks to participate well beyond the life of this IGG campaign! http://www.jules-engel.com/contact-us/ Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:04 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/LILDU/h/Short_n_Sweet_three_days_for.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Today marks 3 Days until IGG CAMPAIGN closes on TUESDAY! Help Ali's video go viral!! Embedding code available to SHARE!! IIACI CHANNEL: http://youtu.be/BcXbT8F5fg And a BIG thank you to everyone here for the support you continue to show! http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Quoting Kathy Rose, Animation Artist and Distinguished Alumni of Cal Arts: My time at Cal Arts was a very exciting, magical era. At the center of this magic was Jules Engel. I will never forget when I first met him. I had recently been somewhat traumatized by a former teacher who on viewing my storyboard (probably my first) was immediately very critical insofar as the story logic was concerned. When I got to CalArts, I met Jules in the now legendary animation room, which was at the time much sparser. He was standing behind a table, waiting to meet his mentees. I immediately told him I was not interested in working with story, and he instantly reassured me in his gentlemanly way that nothing like this would be necessary. From that moment on I found myself in the hands of a master teacher. He never interfered. He always gave the artist their space. Years later, I chatter and fuss and meddle with my students ... am in awe of his spectacular self-control and power as a teacher. A true zen, he is an extraordinary 'invisible' teacher ... very much like an extremely fine and subtle psychiatrist ... you don't know what's being done to you at the time, but years later the words ring in your ears. In fact, he very clearly predicted that I would be dancing with my films a good 15 years before I suddenly found myself doing it. (March 19, 2000) --- Kathy Rose, Animation Artist, Installation and Performance Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in Performance Art National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council for the Arts Fellow Master Lecturer, Media Arts Department, University of the Arts (Philadelphia) http://www.jules-engel.comSun, 13 May 2012 06:00:53 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/A0RBk/h/Short_n_Sweet_Video_Let_s_Go.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ A short n' sweet broadcast ... Today marks 6 Days until: CAMPAIGN 2000 @ $10 closes at Midnight MAY 15th! A special thank you for additional support of creativity donated to the project from one of Dr. D.'s former students: ALI CLARK You rock mightily !!! Help Ali's video viral!! Embedding code available to SHARE!! IIACI CHANNEL: http://youtu.be/BcXbT8F5fg And a BIG thank you to everyone here for the support you, too, continue to show! http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Thu, 10 May 2012 06:01:19 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/IlDXk/h/Student_School_of_Museum_of.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Hi Everyone. With the fundraiser and audience-awareness campaign for the Jules Engel documentary in full swing, I just wanted to tell you a little bit of my own story of my involvement with IIACI. I first met Dr. Janeann Dill when she spoke about the documentary she was working on at my school (the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston). At that point, I had never heard of Jules Engel, but I was thrilled to hear Janeann Dill talk about the animation community and it's history. Listening to her tell how the current generation of students would be carrying on the generation of past animators was one of the points for my life when I felt most excited to be an animator. When I approached Dr. Dill about an internship position, she quickly became enthusiastic about having new students involved with IIACI. As I started learning about Jules Engel and his work as an artist and a teacher, I began to realize almost immediately how much of an impact this individual had had on my life as an animator without my even being aware of him. I was amazed at how many films by filmmakers I looked up to had connections with Engel. It didn't take me long to understand why Dr. Dill was so enthusiastic about her new film on Jules Engel and his legacy. It's been a fantastic experience being involved with IIACI so far and I would urge anyone (especially students) to familiarize themselves with Jules Engel's work if they haven't already. I also urge everyone to go here to see the videos and project: http://indiegogo.com/ VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES- ENGEL Donate $10. and you will be listed on the movie's website with all the others on the Donor Wall! http://www.jules-engel.com By donating $10 (or more) you will be helping preserve the art history of future generations of filmmakers like me, for example, as well as help make possible the production of this film. Please ask your friends and if you haven't already, go now before we close the campaign on May 15th! Brian Fitzgerald, SMFA:IIACI Intern Award Winner, Annual Student Film Festival, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Email: SMFAIIACI@gmail.com Mon, 07 May 2012 06:01:19 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/DFslk/h/P_S_Note_from_SMFA_Interns_.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Sam, Caer, Amanda, and Brian (SMFA Interns) want you and your friends to know about a New Incentive they created last night! FOLKS WHO DONATE AT LEAST $25 BETWEEN NOW and MAY 10th will be entered into a raffle to be interviewed by the Director of the film for a video spot on the Engel Documentary DVD! http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Thu, 03 May 2012 06:01:02 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/L3jXk/h/Short_n_Sweet_fourteen_days_.htm If you are receiving this newsletter by email it is because you signed into the IIACI website and verified permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- let's help create a win-win world here! Kind thanks... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Another short n' sweet note! Today marks 14 Days Away: CAMPAIGN CLOSES MAY 15th! http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL I hope you reach your goal... I'd love to see this project completed. Thank you for compiling all this footage. Jules is pretty amazing! --- Carrie Hannegan Jules' comments on my work still echo in my mind after 30 years. I switched mediums from animation to stone sculpture a few years ago and his words still apply. --- Ellen Woodbury, Sculptor, Lead Animator, 'Zazu' (Lion King) Thank you Janeann for your unflagging commitment to furthering both art and education in the world! --- Evelyn Levenson I'd like to voice my support for this documentary. Dr. Dill is a gifted artist, thinker, and filmmaker, and I'd love the opportunity to see her tribute to a man who I believe influenced her greatly. I hope to see the movie as soon as I can! --- Jeff Davis, IIACI Intern, 2011 Cannes Film Festival ABOUT Letter of Support from NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA: Who is Marcy Page?http://www.fpsmagazine.com/mag/fps200507lo.pdf Enjoy the read ... http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZING-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Wed, 02 May 2012 10:43:46 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/GqQQk/h/Short_n_Sweet_Creator_of.htm Stephen Hillenburg, Creator and Executive Producer of SpongeBob SquarePants As a former student of Jules Engel's, I was elated to learn of Janeann Dill's feature documentary film. Not only was Jules Engel a seminal figure in the history of animation, he also had a profound influence on countless generations of animators. He truly was the most influential artistic person in my life. I consider him my Art Dad. The work he produced both professionally and personally was groundbreaking, and is still cracking it as I write. Jules always promoted the notion that animation could be a means of personal expression. Jules Engel's films are true examples of the unlimited possibility that the art form of animation offers. Janeann Dill is the perfect director to document Jules Engel's life and work. Her commitment and knowledge of the material is unsurpassed. I'm certain she will produce a compelling piece about a uniquely creative man. --Stephen Hillenburg, Creator/Executive Producer SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon Animation Studio http://indiegogo.com/VISUALIZI NG-ART-HISTORY-JULES-ENGEL Only Days Away: CAMPAIGN CLOSES MAY 15th! ATTACHED: Letter of Support from NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA ******************************************************************************** Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:01:35 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/GQXK./h/How_about_a_metaphorical_cup_of.htm You are receiving this newsletter by email because you signed into the IIACI website and verified your request with permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please be so kind as to simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- help create a win-win for all! If you have friends who have not subscribed but would like to: ENTER_IIACI to opt to sign-in. ___________________________________________________________________________________ This is such a fantastic and deserving tribute to Jules, and you're just the one to do it, Janeann! A long overdue project by one great filmmaker about another. -- Jon Stout, Co-Founder and General Manager, Free Speech TV Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Program Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award, Association of Education VISUALIZING ART HISTORY: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION AND ITS MENTOR, JULES ENGEL Update on movie #2: IndieGoGo Campaign We continue to welcome new folks to our film page on FaceBook and invite you to LIKE us there, too + visit our website for the Film to see the growing endorsements of support for the project! WE HAVE ANGELS! GREAT news for our growing fund-raising efforts and, at the same time, we have a huge challenge in front of us, but: this is doable when everyone collectively participates in making it happen! WHEN we reach $10,000. on IndieGoGo, we will actually have $20,000.!!! While we are celebrating that, we have to reach that $10,000. mark on IndieGoGo to make it happen! Donations now are more important than ever --- this is when the numbers do count --- we have the finish line in view and while exciting, scary, and doable, it will only happen with a swelling of active support. I have nourished this project since 1992 and that is a lot of years to give to it as a solo act. Clearly, fund-raising can't successfully happen without global support from others ... so my awesome IIACI INTERNS are launching a NEW GOAL! TWO-THOUSAND @ TEN!!! We are asking 2000 people to donate $10.00!!! How can you help? Write blog articles that ask friends and family members to go the IGG page to donate the cost of a cup of coffee; twitter blasts to send folks we might not know personally to IGG to donate; engage additional personal and professional endorsements of the project from donors. And remember, 'your' asking for donations on behalf of the project rather than mine being the constant voice is important, too! Just as donating your time is support! Jules has a twitter page! :-) http://twitter.com/JulesEngel TWEET US! Over this last year with the surge in crowd-funding from colleagues around the world, I have found it quite satisfying to donate to others, and while the amount was modest, it showed emotional support that was meaningful on the receiving end! As well, I've asked my friends to donate to them, too. Think about it! We have two more weeks until IGG closes and I really don't want to walk away from this project with a short fall in budget! Imagine your gift this way: $10. is taking a friend out for a cup of coffee!! Take me out for a metaphorical cup of coffee by donating! Take our Jules out for that metaphorical cup coffee!! :-) He wanted this project to be realized ... this is your opportunity to give great teachers like Engel visibility they welldeserve. Make this film happen and help realize an art historical moment! This is ALSO your opportunity to help move Experimental Animation away from the margins and into the center of its own Art History! Read article published by Mass Humanities Council here: http://www.valleyadvocate.com/blogs/home.cfm?aid=14783 A delightful interview about the project on ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK (awn.com) here:http://www.awn.com/blogs/ffaf31 REMEMBER, a donor can make the amount donated anonymous and the range of categories with perks start at $10. to go upward to $10,000+ with numerous levels in-between. Lastly, the ultimate message of this documentary is to bring arts education, and the importance of positive mentorship into view. While the project honors an historical past, its purpose is to pave a way for a future that engages positive roles for faculty in higher education, called that for a reason. :-) If you've not gone to INDIEGOGO yet, do! Honestly, an interesting and reasonable ask ... Thanks again for all your help ... it often feels as if I am speaking into the void, but there will more frequent updates to follow as we get closer to the end of our next couple of weeks now! Yikes! The IIACI INTERNS and I truly do need your help with these numbers, so thanks for what you have given, and thanks in advance for your active support in all ways! Best, Dr.D.Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:01:08 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/L4X1./h/Updating_NEWS_about_Documentary.htm You are receiving this newsletter because you signed into the IIACI website and verified your request with permission to receive it. IIACI does not spam. Please be so kind as to simply 'unsubscribe' without complaint if you do not wish to hear from IIACI again --- help create a win-win for all! ___________________________________________________________________________________ VISUALIZING ART HISTORY: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION AND ITS MENTOR, JULES ENGEL Update on movie: IndieGoGo Campaign From Brian Hubble, Gaming Designer (Los Angeles): I can't wait to see this film from one of MY most important mentors. Dr. DIll always spoke so lovingly of Jules and I know this project comes from a personal place and will be an important work. Want to welcome new folks to our film page on FaceBook and to invite you to LIKE it! We also have a new website for Film you should check out! I am happy to announce that last week we welcomed ten new KCAI:IIACI INTERNS who've come on board to help us fund-raise for our beloved Jules' film! KCAI is the Kansas City Art Institute and these awesome undergraduate animation majors will be working on the campaign as social media interns! Alongside the four SMFA:IIACI INTERNS from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, it is encouraging to see these new generations of talented artists break into new explorations of their individual 'voices' ... I strongly believe in arts mentorship as a form of deep teaching (when possible given individual cultures within institutions) but this is especially the case in higher education where there is normally very little pedagogical guidance beyond the foundational levels of visual design. Articulation of ideas is not a dominate force within the discipline, and the historical antagonism between art history, critical studies, and praxis is a strong mythology to overcome, institutionally speaking. Jules Engel was an exceptional model for this pedagogical approach and a highly interdisciplinary mentor who defied those antagonisms. In Engel's classroom one learned to reach across disciplinary boundaries and to focus on the 'idea'. To teach animation he taught Martha Graham. To teach animation he taught Kandinsky. To teach animation he taught West Side Story. Truly a master artist, Engel's students arrived into his department knowing only that they wanted to create something called 'art' and graduated knowing that what they had wanted to create was an 'idea' and the art form would grow out of the ability to conceptualize. Somehow ... in the most varied and mysterious of personal trajectories ... we students arrived at his door from all over the world. While the biographical story is the core around which the art history of experimental animation is told, this film is, essentially, a reaching across the disciplines, too ... hopefully you will join our reach by participating and supporting? Thus, my desire to include 'students' in the film's campaign makes sense, does it not? Two of the KCAI IIACI INTERNS have introduced the campaign to Tumblr .... check out what the talented Stephanie Son and Michael Nanna have created! :-) If you've not gone to INDIEGOGO yet, you'll see there some special categories of donations specific to KCAI's efforts and it was their donations and their parents' donations of $10. each that took us OVER INTO THE 1000's COLUMN!! The site is also an interesting read ... The site is also an interesting read and the comments and updates there are interesting too! Thanks again for all your help, and more frequent updates will follow as we head into our last 30 days now! (ouch!) The students and I need your help, so thanks for what you have given, and thanks in advance for your participation to come!! STAY TUNED! More good news yet to follow!! Best, Dr.D. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:16:14 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/iiacidotcom/1N03R/h/COLOMBIAN_AVANT_GARDE_ANIMATION.htm Dr. Dill moderating panel at USC COLOMBIAN AVANT-GARDE ANIMATION STREAMING LIVE THIS FRIDAY! FEB. 4th 7 pm (Pacific Time Zone) http://www.animamob.com/ This is the first time these films have been screened in North America and they are being streamed live as well as the panel following the screenings. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:53:13 -0500