BSA UPDATE and SCHEDULE

We are glad to report that we have moved way into the coloring of Jack Attack and onto several cool new student projects for the Winter session. Details soon and some stills along with an updated class and event chedule for the remainder of the Winter session. Thanks for checking in...

THE BAKSHI SCHOOL OF ANIMATION and CARTOONING
WINTER CLASS SCHEDULE
Winter session: January 1st through March 31st

Thursdays 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Children’s Art and Beginning Animation
A multi-faceted class for kids that includes collage, drawing, painting, storywriting and an introduction to the art of animation.

Sundays 11-1:30
Advanced Junior Animation
A class for children or young adults with some experience or background in either art or animation. Students will take a project from the idea phase through the various stages of animation and assemble their work into a finished cartoon using computer technology and professional equipment.

Thursday Evenings 6:30-8:30
Animation Studio for Adults
A studio class for people who wish to do an animated project and learn technique used in Bakshi productions. Instruction will include several informational sessions as well as studio time and project feedback from Ralph Bakshi at some point during the class run.

Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon STARTING FEB. 25
Comic Art, Cartooning, and How to Earn a Living in Art and Get Jobs in the Business
with Ralph Bakshi
Comic books: drawing, inking, page layout and construction, and story. The art of the comic strip: dailies, political cartoons and cartoon illustrations for stories. Course will include work with figure drawing and anatomy, an examination and discussion of work by successful cartoonists and lectures by people in the business.

FRIDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES
Kicks off WITH RALPH BAKSHI
at 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 24 and March 10
Brief talks on the elements of the animation process and the art of comic art and cartooning with director Ralph Bakshi. Topics will vary with a specific focus for each lecture and a Q and A time at the end.

CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE STUDIOSPACE AND GALLERY, 109 N. BULLARD STREET IN SILVER CITY, NM...ONLINE COURSES AND INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS COMING IN 2006...WATCH FOR INFORMATION OR EMAIL TO: info@thebakshischool.com

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BSA Desert Exposure Article

...This article ran in the local independent art paper and gives some information about what's currently happening in the School. Take a look and I will post the revised class and event schedule soon, a couple of things have changed since the publication date.

Thanks,

jess

contact: info@thebakshischool.com

Bakshi School of Animation Desert Exposure Article

Here's an image they didn't use for the article, depicting Eddie B. with a student...

Here too is a blurb that ran in today's NY Times:

From 36 HOURS IN SILVER CITY by MARIA FINN

...Walk the streets of the old town and duck into the brightly painted adobe galleries along Yankie and Texas Streets, above. One nearby highlight: the StudioSpace and Gallery (109 North Bullard Street, 505-535-4548), which exhibits (the) photography (of Jess Gorell) and is also the home of the Bakshi School of Animation. The school is associated with Ralph Bakshi, the animator known for his ribald 1970's features "Fritz the Cat" and "Heavy Traffic." Continue on to the Silver City Museum (312 West Broadway, 505-538-5921) to learn about the town's past, and then to the Western New Mexico University Museum (west end of West 10th Street, 505-538-6386) to learn about Mimbres pottery, Navajo rugs and prehistoric Southwest artifacts.

Full article at:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/travel/escapes/13hour.html?pagewanted=1