Tag: DEI
LAIKA Partners with Portland State University to Build an Inclusive Animation Workforce
Portland State University and award-winning Portland, Oregon-based animation studio LAIKA — known for Oscar-nominated animated feature films such as Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings...
Black Women Animate & Titmouse Join Forces for Equity Excelerator
Today, Black Women Animate Studios (BWA) and The Titmouse Foundation announced their plan to support BWA’s goal of hiring 200 diverse animation professionals by...
Lion Forge Teams with Black Women Animate to Recruit ‘Iyanu’ Pre-Prod Talent
Lion Forge Entertainment, the prodco behind the Academy Award-winning short Hair Love, is partnering with Taylor K. Shaw’s Black Women Animate Studios (BWA) to...
‘Arthur’ Creator Marc Brown Brings ‘Hop’ to Max Pre-K Slate
Following last year’s finale of the Arthur series after a 25-year run, creator Marc Brown is beginning his next chapter in the world of...
WIA, GLAAD Join Forces for 7th WIA World Summit in Annecy
Today, at the beginning of Pride month, WIA — the advocacy organization dedicated to advancing people of underrepresented gender identities, including women and gender...
Fred Rogers Prod. Launches ‘Writers’ Neighborhood’ for Underrepresented Talents
Fred Rogers Productions (fredrogers.org), the children’s media organization behind multiple Emmy-winning PBS KIDS series, has formed the Writers’ Neighborhood, a five-year initiative focused on...
2023 Annecy Festival Celebrates Queer Stories in Animation
The prestigious European animation celebration Annecy Festival, taking place this year from June 11-17, announced today a thematic spotlight on Pride and Diversity, featuring four...
AfroAnimation Diversity & Inclusion Summit Brings First Live Event to Burbank
AfroAnimation, the largest annual summit featuring diverse, BIPOC and underrepresented animators, announced today its first in-person event will take place in Burbank, California from...
BRIC Unveils 2023 Summit Lineup, Launches Career Path Study with UCLA
The BRIC Foundation (bricfoundation.org), dedicated to increasing representation in the entertainment and gaming industries, announced the official lineup for its 5th annual BRIC Summit, to be...
Scholastic Ent., Gaumont Team with Teen Actress & Down Syndrome Advocate Sofia Sanchez on ‘Rocket Park’
Scholastic Entertainment is partnering with Gaumont to co-develop and co-produce Rocket Park, an animated preschool series inspired by Sofia Sanchez, a 13-year-old Down syndrome...
Inclusion in Animation: The Next Chapter
***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
With so many representation firsts from the last decade, including Doc...
Caretakers of the Land: Karissa Valencia Shares the Magic of ‘Spirit Rangers’
***This article originally appeared in the November '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 324)***
When Karissa Valencia, the creator and showrunner of Netflix’s highly anticipated...
Geena Davis’s BFF Partners with Kickstart Ent. for New Animation Category
The Geena Davis-led Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas (June 13-18, 2023; streaming through June 25) has partnered with Kickstart Entertainment to introduce a new...
WIA Sets 2021 Women in Animation World Summit Plans for Annecy
Women in Animation (WIA) announces the program for the fifth Women in Animation World Summit, in conjunction with this year's hybrid version of the...
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