The Persistence of Animation

We look forward to seeing you during the latter part of this week. Due to unforeseen circumstances some of our colleagues will neither join us nor participate in the conference. They and their contributions will be missed. The schedule has been modified to reflect the resulting last-second changes. This should not affect the planned program. We wish you a safe journey as you pack your bags for our annual congregation.

Welcome to SCAD-Atlanta.

In conjunction with the conference, the SCAD Library will be presenting a special exhibition, Behind the Cels: Selections from SCAD’s Don Bluth Collection, featuring art work donated to the school by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Goldman will introduce the exhibit during the conference on Saturday, July 11th, and will also be present at a free reception, which is open to the public, Thursday evening, July 9th, from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Proposals submissions were blind reviewed by a panel organized by Charles daCosta, which included: Tracy Cox-Stanton (Savannah College of Art and Design), Nichola Dobson (Editor, Animation Studies, Edinburgh), Michael Frierson (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Alessandro Imperato (Savannah College of Art and Design), Mark Langer (Carleton University, Ottawa), and Jay Telotte (Georgia Tech, Atlanta). The results have now been tallied and are being organized into panels.

Acceptance notices will be sent out starting this weekend, with rejection notices to follow. Once those who have been accepted notify us they will actually attend the conference, announcements describing who’s presenting and on what topic, as well as a list of panels, will be posted.

In any case, I would like to thank all the judges for their time and effort in helping to make what looks like will be an exciting conference.

Harvey Deneroff
Conference Coordinator
The Persistence of Animation Conference
SCAD-Atlanta