If you missed out on “FernGully” director Bill Kroyer’s lecture on Monday, don’t worry, there’s still plenty of CSU Summer Arts goodness to go around. Here are a few upcoming film-related lectures. We’re very lucky to have all this amazing artistic talent visiting Fresno.
Tomorrow, July 1st, 7pm, Wahlberg Recital Hall – Animator Tom Sito will talk about how the lessons of the Golden Age artists of animation remain relevant to today’s modern digital media. Sito has more credits that you can shake a stick at, having worked on classics such as The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Aladdin, Dinosaurs, and Shrek.
Monday, July 5th, 8pm, Wahlberg Recital Hall – Pixar Animation Studios animator Andrew Gordon has worked on Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, and Toy Story 2. He just finished production on Toy Story 3. No word on the focus of his discussion, but I’m sure it’ll be quite interesting!
Thursday, July 15th, 7pm, Conley Art Lecture Hall – Toy designer, inventor, and entrepreneur Mark Trageser will talk about the toy business including working with designers, filmmakers, and toy companies.
All events take place at Fresno State. For a full calendar listing of all the events and to purchase tickets online, click here. Let’s get out there and support Summer Arts!
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Thanks for the Summer Arts update, Brad. Both animation lectures have been very informative and built upon each other so I'm looking forward to Andrew Gordon's talk on Monday evening. I'm hoping to see Toy Story 3 this weekend to be current with his work.
Sorry, Bryan! I called you Brad because I was thinking about Brad Lewis with Pixar when I wrote the above comment.