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TABLE IN TAAFI’S ANIMATION ARTS MAARKET - INDIE ALLEY FOR ONLY $99!

CALLING ALL INDIE ARTISTS!

The Animation Arts Maarket is the heart of TAAFI 2016 Independant artists are invited to grandstand on the second floor of the Maarket space in ‘Indie Alley’. Priced to accommodate independent artists, Indie Alley tables are an excellent space for creatives to show, sell and talk art with attendees of TAAFI 2016. With a history of attracting more than 1,000 registered animation arts students and professionals from across Canada, TAAFI’s Animation Arts Maarket - Indie Alley is an excellent place to show your work.

DETAILS:

Location:

George Brown College (GBC) - Waterfront Campus, 2nd Floor 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, Ontario

Dates:

Saturday April 23 - Sunday April 24

Operating hours:

Saturday April 23: 9 am open - 5 pm close Sunday April 24: 10 am open - 5 pm close

TABLES IN THE INDIE ALLEY AREA ARE PERFECT FOR ARTISTS!

Students, independent freelancers and collectives of four (4) or fewer: The Animation Arts Maarket - Indie Alley offers you the chance to showcase your work to the animation arts industry and the attending general public, and to introduce your fans to the smiling face behind that work. TAAFI offers specially priced tables of 4’ to individuals and collectives who would like to showcase and/or sell work in the Maarket. Studios, schools and retailers are invited to register for a Maarket - Studio Floor Booth or Table. Registration for both floors can be found at taafi.com/maarket.

EVENT DETAILS

TAAFI 2016, April 22-25 welcomes Eric Goldberg (Aladdin, Pocahontas), Audu Paden (Animaniacs), Tony Benedict, Willie Ito, Jerry Eisenberg (Hanna-Barbera) and Michael Rianda (Gravity Falls) for a weekend of shorts and feature film screenings, behind the scenes, creator Q&As and industry networking events.

Animation Arts ‘Maarket’ - Studios, Schools, Retailers and Independant Artists

Workshops - featuring VIP Guest Artists*

Nelvana Bouncing Ball - Toronto’s Largest Animation Party*

Screenings and Talks - Shorts, Features and Behind-the-Scenes events*

*Admittance is not included in the purchase of an Indie Alley table. To participate in these amazing events, please purchase a pass at taafi.com/passes.

INDIE ALLEY FLOOR PLAN

The Animation Arts Maarket will be taking over the whole ground floor of George Brown for their Maarket of studios, schools and exhibitors. The Indie Alley will be situated on the 2nd floor of the festival, right outside the doors of main screening area, the Seneca Auditorium, and beside the VIP area, and speaker rooms. There are only twenty 4 foot artists tables available.

TABLE COSTS

4 Foot Table:

$99 CAN + HST & service fees

4’ sectioned table

Black table cloth

One chair

One artist only per 4 foot table

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Applicants will be accepted at TAAFI’s discretion based on appropriate content and thematic fit in the realm of ‘indie artists’ within the theme of ‘animation arts’. Fill out our online application form at taafi.com/maarket before midnight on March 31, 2016 for the final deadline. Regular applicants will be juried and successful applicants will be contacted via email by March 23, 2016. Once an applicant is successful they will have five (5) days to complete payment to confirm their Indie Alley table in TAAFI 2016. When applying applicants will be required to enter their credit card information into a secure site, but TABLE COSTS will ONLY be billed if they are successful, and only after they are accepted. If an applicant is not successful their credit card will NOT be billed. Payments can only be made by credit card.

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Hey guys! Are you familiar with the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International? It’s an annual animation festival that features screenings of animated films, panels, workshops, a job fair, an Animation Arts Maarket and more!

This year, TAAFI is also producing an Art Book which you can apply to have your work featured in:

“The TAAFI Art Book 2016 is a recruitment tool for studios, a high quality, printed and bound, collectable keepsake and a snapshot of our industry in 2016. Take part and have your best work published in this professionally bound book that includes your contact info for easy reference. Bonus: After the festival TAAFI will distribute a PDF of this year’s Art Book to the industry with your contact info inside!”

Time is running out to take advantage of the 20% off Early Bird rate! For only one more week, you can get a full page of art in the TAAFI Art Book for a very affordable $24 or a two page spread for an equally affordable $40 as long as you submit your work before March 1st.

As this Art Book will be sent to all of the local animation studios and will include a directory organizing you by your areas of expertise, this is a great opportunity to have your work seen by art directors!

For more information see http://taafi.com/artbook or download the 2016 Art Book Info Package.

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Hey guys! Are you familiar with the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International? It’s an annual animation festival that features screenings of animated films, panels, workshops, a job fair, an Animation Arts Maarket and more!

This year, TAAFI is also producing an Art Book which you can apply to have your work featured in:

“The TAAFI Art Book 2016 is a recruitment tool for studios, a high quality, printed and bound, collectable keepsake and a snapshot of our industry in 2016. Take part and have your best work published in this professionally bound book that includes your contact info for easy reference. Bonus: After the festival TAAFI will distribute a PDF of this year’s Art Book to the industry with your contact info inside!”

Time is running out to take advantage of the 20% off Early Bird rate! For only one more week, you can get a full page of art in the TAAFI Art Book for a very affordable $24 or a two page spread for an equally affordable $40 as long as you submit your work before March 1st.

As this Art Book will be sent to all of the local animation studios and will include a directory organizing you by your areas of expertise, this is a great opportunity to have your work seen by art directors!

For more information see http://taafi.com/artbook or download the 2016 Art Book Info Package.

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Well, this has been our story. We would like to thank everyone who came out to the show both on opening night and for the duration of the show. It was a huge success!

On Monday we packed up the show. Even though this chapter of our story has come to an end, our stories will each...

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Just heard back from our T-shirt supplier! We'll have our shirts on May 6th, just a few days before @TorontoComics's #tcaf!— Toronto Comix (@TorontoComix) April 27, 2015

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This was our story.

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This Saturday! Check out @TheTAAFI Animation Job Fair! FREE to attend! http://t.co/ZY71srTqYJ http://ift.tt/1OAhHBV— Above Ground (@artsuppliesto) April 27, 2015

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Some good times were had at the senece illustration show #ourstoryseneca #illustration #senecacollege by dawnj.illustrator http://ift.tt/1HFYlpB

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“I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.” Like submitting your work for @Seneca_Coalesce, we cannot wait to see all of it!— Seneca Coalesce 2015 (@Seneca_Coalesce) April 27, 2015

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Check out this fantastic article about the show by Kathy H. Zhou! It features some amazing photos of the show and a breakdown of each artist.

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Week 3 is tonight!

There’s more to our story than just one event!

Return each week to view the progress of the “live comic” response to the exhibit From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia.

Students from Seneca College’s Independent Illustration Diploma will be “performing live” during the FREE family Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:30pm on April 15, April 22, April 29 and May 6.

For more information on the exhibit visit senecacollege.ca/create and ago.net/emilycarr.

You can RSVP for each week on Facebook.

Week one: https://www.facebook.com/events/983766784974596/

Week two: https://www.facebook.com/events/791995624223260/

Week three: https://www.facebook.com/events/1072479806112214/

Week four: https://www.facebook.com/events/669681063138639/

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This is Our Epilogue

Well, this has been our story. We would like to thank everyone who came out to the show both on opening night and for the duration of the show. It was a huge success!

On Monday we packed up the show. Even though this chapter of our story has come to an end, our stories will each continue, sometimes seperately but sometimes as a group. Keep following our accounts online to keep up to date with where we all go after Seneca. In the coming weeks you will be able to find us at the following events:

Seneca at the Art Gallery of Ontario (May 29th & April 6th, 2015) - As part of Seneca’s sponsorship of the AGO exhibition, From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia, students from the College’s Independent Illustration diploma, led by faculty JoAnn Purcell and Martha Newbigging, will create a “live comics” response to this exciting exhibit.These illustrative performances will happen during FREE Wednesday nights at the AGO, from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM on April 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 2015.Comics are a contemporary expressive format that combine image and text to create new intersections and insights.

TAAFI Animation Job Fair (May 2nd, 2015) - A FREE to attend, animation recruitment event, targeted at connecting top studios with animation, visual effects and gaming job seekers from across Ontario and the GTA, in a turn-key, highly promoted event designed to make jobs happen!

Word Balloon Academy (May 8th, 2015) - TCAF is pleased to present Word Balloon Academy, a full day of creator-focused programming on Friday, May 8th at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville!TCAF works hard every year to make sure exhibitors, as well as attendees, have an incredible experience at the festival — but we do keep them busy. That’s why we created Word Balloon Academy (WBA), a day for artists to enjoy presentations, develop their skills, and strengthen their understanding of the industry we all share.The 2015 WBA will take place on Friday, May 8th, 2015 and will include two streams of programming: one for creative workshops, and one for business topics and professional concerns. These streams of programming require registration, but are completely free to attend.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May 9th & 10th, 2015) - TCAF is The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It is a week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, and much more. Since 2009, TCAF has been held at Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada, and presented by Toronto Public Library.The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015 will take place Saturday, May 9th, 9am-5pm, and Sunday May 10th, 11am-5pm, at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street.Admission is free. Illustrators from Our Story will by volunteering at Seneca’s table, selling mini comics from Seneca’s Indie Comix specialty class and Elii and Tim will be promoting the Toronto Comics Anthology at their table.

Seneca Coalesce (May 11th 12th & 13th, 2015) - Come celebrate the work of the 2015 graduating class from Seneca College’s School of Creative Arts and Animation. Coalesce 2015 features work by new graduates in traditional and 3D Animation, acting, interactive media, game art, graphic design, photography, illustration, art fundamentals, visual effects, and documentary filmmaking, all in an intimate gallery environment in Toronto’s Distillery District. The industry VIP Reception is May 11, 5-10pm. The VIP Reception is an exclusive preview of the exhibit for industry reps and their guests. Come mingle with colleagues in a relaxed environment, meet faculty from the School and Seneca College senior executives. Drinks and passed hor d’oeuvres available throughout the evening. The Graduate Party is May 12, 6-11pm. On May 12th and 13th, illustrators from Our Story will be giving digital painting demonstrations.

...and more to come!

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Congratulation guys!! #gradshow #illustration #longtimenosee #selfies by fuchsiasings http://ift.tt/1HFYskR

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