Sheridan is delighted to host the 26th Society for Animation Studies annual Conference in June 2014. Animation is at the heart of our institution. It is our flagship program and we are very proud of our heritage. Our graduates have excelled in all sectors of the creative economy with their greatest contributions in the production of industrial and independent animated films.
As a tribute to them, and in the spirit of the National Film Board of Canada animator Norman McLaren’s centenary, we named the 2014 SAS Conference “The Animator”.
The Animator conference will present academic and industry panels that address animation from a diverse set of lenses, disciplines and communities of practice. We invite participants to engage in dynamic discussions about the role of the creator, The Animator, within the cyclical dance of theory/practice and the creation of cultural content. With this theme in mind The Animator invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to present papers and pre-constituted panels on all aspects of animation studies.
Our hope is that the conference will inspire collaboration initiatives between scholars and practitioners – emergent research projects, traditional narrative, non-narrative and hybrid productions, multidisciplinary and transmedia ventures and activities.
My name is Tony Tarantini, and I have been teaching animation at Sheridan since the year 2000. I have been attending the SAS International Conference since 2007. As acting chair for the 2014 conference I would like to invite all Sheridan faculty members to consider participating in the conference. The call for papers will be going out at the end of September and if you are curious about the type of presentations and panels that we will be considering please visit the SAS website – http://ww2.animationstudies.org/ – and take a look at the 2013 Conference which was hosted by The University of Southern California. You will notice that the conference presenters and keynote speakers are from a number of backgrounds and disciplines. Animation is a terrific uniting medium and area of study that tends to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines. Will you be one of them? Check out the SAS2014 website for more details – http://animation.sheridanc.on.ca/sas2014/.
We are currently considering a number of presentation topics along with micro and poster presentations and we are open to receiving questions, input, and preferred topics.
For more information please contact me directly.
tony.tarantini@sheridancollege.ca or SAS2014@sheridancollege.ca