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Watch The Annie Awards Show Live Stream

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments by

ACME is pleased to announce it will live stream The Annie Awards, animation’s  highest honor. Come help us celebrate the animation industry’s artists. The live stream webcast, brought to us courtesy of ASIFA-Hollywood, will start this Saturday,  February 4th at 7pm PST.  The very funny Patton Oswalt, star of “Young Adult” will host.  Want to attend in-person? Tickets are still available. General Admission:  $25.00. For [...]

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The Entertainment Economy Institute Report is Out

Nov 29, 2011 No Comments by

Creative Jobs in L.A. County Projected to Rise by 4.3% in 2015, According to Otis College of Art and Design Otis College’s Annual Report States Creative Economy Generated $129 Billion in Sales/Receipts in L.A. and Orange Counties in 2010, Up From 2009 Revenues according to the 2011 Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the [...]

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University High School Students Can’t Wait to Show their Work

Nov 29, 2011 No Comments by

This year my students have really been into the video conferencing telecasts. Every day they come in and ask if there is one.  In addition to my regular class,  I am teaching a computer animation class this year for the first time. I spent the first month or so teaching my students how to use [...]

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ACME & 3D training furthers career goal: crime scene reconstruction – Interview with Jamie Sugarman

Nov 07, 2011 No Comments

Jamie Sugarman is currently a college student in Patricia Waterman’s class at Santa Ana College. ACME noticed the quality and quantity of her comments, so we asked her for an interview. Jamie kindly agreed. As it turns out, Jamie is retraining to use her 3D skills in reconstructing crime scenes! A former Disneyland portrait artist [...]

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The ACME Network receives 900 Donated Computers from DreamWorks

Oct 30, 2011 No Comments

For the second year in a row, DreamWorks Animation has made a significant donation of high-end computer equipment to the ACME program for distribution to ACME classes and students. Following a contribution of over 500 computers from DreamWorks Animation in 2010, ACME received almost 900 computers this year, most of them high-end HP professional workstations [...]

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ACME Animation’s New “V3″ Website is LIVE!

Oct 03, 2011 No Comments

ACME’s is pleased to announce that the public beta launch of our new V3 online platform is up and running! The ACME Animation program is now running on the latest web technology, improving on the design and performance of the existing site. For the past two years, ACME has been developing a new, more robust, [...]

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Verdugo Hills Student Wins $1,000 Screenwriting Scholarship

Sep 06, 2011 No Comments

ACME congratulates alumnus Barbara Macz on winning the first prize Martin Roth Screenwriting Scholarship at the Inner City Filmmaker’s program. Barbara’s $1,000 scholarship, for her Hats Off to You script, was presented by the Friar’s Charitable Foundation! Barbara, a student of Mr. Wes McBride’s Verdugo Hills High School ACME class, was just one of 31 [...]

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ACME Schedule & Calendar 2011 – 2012

Aug 10, 2011 No Comments
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ACME’s Professional Development Seminar Supports Educators

Jul 25, 2011 No Comments

ACME’s 2011 professional develpment seminar kicked off on Monday, July 25 with a visit and tour of DreamWorks Animation, hosted by DreamWorks Education exec Angela Lepito, and Outreach exec Jim Conrads.  The 15 ACME educators in attendance were given a tour of the studio, as well as a presentation detailing the studio’s CG artistic and [...]

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Students Translate ACME Skills for Healthcare

Jul 25, 2011 No Comments

The ACME Network delivers online mentoring services to California classrooms. ACME connects students and Hollywood creative professionals to foster 21st century job skills. ACME Students Lonnie James and Jorge Barona of Santa Ana College have used their ACME-assisted training to successfully complete several promotional and instructional videos for Acacia, a medical equipment marketing company. (Pictured), [...]

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