A kerfuffle of epic proportions came about when a BBC documentary about Scientology ("Scientology and Me") culminated in a shouting match between Panorama reporter John Sweeney and Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis in the "Mind Control" section of the Church's "Psychiatry: Industry of Death" exhibit in Los Angeles.
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Animators contribute to NY art exhibit
"Too Art For TV, Too" is the second annual art exhibit in New York City featuring artwork from animators in both the TV and movie industries. The exhibit opens on May 4 and runs through May 25 at the Stay Gold Gallery and does not feature work created for the animators' respective TV shows and movies, but rather original art "free from television's corporate demands."
Over thirty-five artists will have work on display, including the Venture Bros' Jackson Publick, and animators for SpongeBob SquarePants, Celebrity Deathmatch, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Code Name: Kid's Next Door and Blue's Clues. That list of show's alone surely makes this worth checking out, which I would do if I actually lived in New York City. You can check out the site here, which has some small samples of the work to be displayed. Jason DiOrio's bony monkey creature is my favorite.
[via Jackson Publick]
CSI exhibit tours nation's science museums
CSI will soon be making the rounds to science museums across America. The franchise has created "The CSI Experience", an interactive exhibit for adults and older kids to experience the excitement that is forensic science. Museum visitors will get to gather evidence and test it in labs and autopsy rooms, as they're guided along by videotaped messages from the stars of all three CSI franchises.The $2.4 million exhibit was created by CBS, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and the National Science Foundation. Rice University is also creating a website to accompany the traveling exhibit.
"The CSI Experience" premieres May 25th at the Chi's Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Artists interpret Family Guy for art exhibit
Mark your calendars, Family Guy fans, and buy some plane tickets or get ready to barter with a hobo and ride the rails to California, because on November 8 the Museum of Television and Radio is featuring an exhibition of several artist interpretating the characters from Family Guy with their own unique vision. The exhibit is called "What the Deuce Are You Staring At!?!: A Collection of Interpretive Work Inspired By Family Guy." The art is described as "Pop Surrealist," so it could be really interesting. If you don't live in the Los Angeles area or can't make the trip, don't be too upset. After January 21, 2007 the exhibit goes on a global tour of animation galleries, so there's a chance it might end up somewhere near you. Otherwise, I suggest ingesting a lot of Benadryl and spinning around really fast while watching an episode of Family Guy. That should create some interesting visuals.
Preschoolers and artists interpret Pooh
Yesterday while watching Jeopardy! I had a question answered that has been bothering me for many years. How the heck do you pronounce Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne's last name? I've only seen it in print and never heard it spoken, so I wasn't sure if it was pronounced "Miln" or "Mil-nay" or "Mil-nee" or whatever. Turns out it's simply pronounced "Miln." Okay, maybe no one else cares about that, but it certainly made me feel better, and that's really all that matters. Oh yeah, and speaking of Winnie the Pooh, there's currently an exhibit going on at the Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles which features drawings of scenes from the Winnie the Pooh Storybook done by preschoolers from the Hollywood Schoolhouse. These drawings were then given to "real" artists who rendered the children's drawings in their own style. The result is actually really cool. If you live in the area, you should check it out, but the rest of us will have to just enjoy the pictures online. Since Disney's interpretation of the citizens of the Hundred Acre Wood are all over television and have been burned into our minds, it's actually nice to see how other artists put their own unique twist on Milne's creation.
[via Cartoon Brew]
Artists put a new spin on Disney classics
The Gallery 1988 in Hollywood is currently hosting an exhibit of some truly
amazing artwork called "Remixing the Magic." They asked fifty different artists to put their own unique twist
on some classic Disney characters, and you can see some of them here and here. Or,
if you actually live in the area you can check them out in person through March 10. Alex Kirwan, who has worked on shows
like Johnny Bravo and My Life As A Teenage Robot, did a wonderful interpretation of "The Skeleton Dance," one of
my favorite animated shorts of all time.
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