The schedule page has been updated with times, location and door covers:
http://mgfest.com/09/WashingtonDC/

All events are free with an MGFest Inspiration Pass, which are $49 online or $79 at the door: http://mgfest.com/09/WashingtonDC/registration.php

Passes can be picked up at the registration desk at any event.

Please tag any photos you upload to Flickr with "MGFest09." They will automatically be included in the MGFest 09 Photostream!

See you opening night night, Thursday Nov 18th, 7pm-9pm at Longview Gallery, 1234 9th Street, NW DC for:

Art Salon's Poetry in Motion
Featuring Literary Artists: Kyle Dargan, Tala Abu Rahmeh, Abdul Ali, Sami Miranda

//All the Best
Jameson, Julee and Troy
Motion Graphics Festival
http://MGFest.com

Thanks to all of our 2009 DC Sponsors: Maxon, Netdiver, SXSW, IdN, Stash DVD Magazine, Future Media Concepts, Lumen Eclipse, Sterling Ledet, 88DC, RE:Vision Effects, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, RHED Pixel, DC Office of Motion Picture & Television Development, Pond5, Letelier Theater, Create Digital Motion, Livid Instruments, All City Technology, UnScene, DigiEffects, Resolume, Lift Motion Design, GarageCUBE, Boris FX, VidVox, Toolfarm, Ableton, Michael Wiese Productions, fxphd, Wondertouch, and Clif Bar.

Labels: MGFest

Thanks to masondixon for the reminder in our forums:

Motion Graphics Festival 2009
New Motion + New Sound + New Code
Washington DC :: Nov 18-22
[www.MGFest.com]

The DC Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.

MGFest presents a series of audio visual art happenings featuring live performances by: Ghostly's Matthew Dear aka Audion who recently wrapped up a European tour, the multi-talented composer and instrumentalist Benn Jordan widely known as The Flashbulb, and lightrhythm visuals sought after sketch projectionist Shantell Martin from Tokyo, plus many more surprises TBA with nightly eye-opening events happening November 19th through 21st.

MGFest Sponsors include: Maxon, Netdiver, SXSW, IdN, Stash DVD Magazine, Future Media Concepts, Lumen Eclipse, Sterling Ledet, 88DC, RE:Vision Effects, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, RHED Pixel, Create Digital Motion, Livid Instruments, All City Technology, UnScene, DigiEffects, Resolume, GarageCUBE, Lift Motion Design, VidVox, Boris FX, Toolfarm, Ableton, Michael Wiese Productions, fxphd, Wondertouch, and Clif Bar.

Silent Auction for over $30,000 in software, DVDs and training materials.

.: Motion Graphics Festival :: [www.MGFest.com]

Labels: Festival, MGFest, Motion Graphics Festival

MGFest 2009 :: Atlanta GA :: July 10-12
http://MGFest.com

Georgia Animation on Our Mind Screening
Friday, July 10th, 8pm-10pm at the High Museum
RSVP required

Distance Learning Meetup
Saturday, July 11, 5pm-6:30pm

Creative Remix Party
Saturday, July 11, 7pm - 11pm at the Creative Circus
+ Atlanta PREMIER of Sims 3 Remix by Addictive TV
+ Live Audio-Visual Performance by Quetzatl, GalaxC Girl (Night Light Riders), and The Secret Life
+ Artists being showcased include: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Slumdog Millionaire, Lollapalooza and more.

Super Fun Screening Night
Sunday, July 12, 7pm - 11pm at the Creative Circus
+ Artists being showcased include: Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.
+ Live Audio-Visual Performance by Integrated Visions and Sensitive Chaos

Silent Auction
Over $20,000 in software being given away on silent auction with no minimum bid, including:
+ Maxon Cinema 4D with Mograph
+ Master Designer and Developer Collection from Microsoft
+ After Effects Plugin Bundles from Re:Vision Effects, DigiEffects and Boris.
+ 5 copies of Ableton Live
+ VJ Software like Resolume, VDMX, Module8, and Livid
+ DVDs and Music from Stash and Psymbolic Sounds

Imagination College Workshop
July 12, 10am - 2pm at Sterling Ledet & Associates
+ Sound Design in Ableton Live workshop

Purchase Tickets to Attend
$7 includes both Saturday and Sunday night events
$99 includes 1 workshop and all entertainment events

Labels: Event, MGFest

The next stop of the Motion Graphics Festival is Austin, TX. I wish I could make it but I won't be there. If you go, let me know all about it!

Motion Graphics Festival 2009
New Motion + New Sound + New Code
Austin, Texas :: May 11-22
http://www.MGFest.com

Austin is known for supporting Indy Artists and Alternative Cultures throughout the year, but specifically, this month the Austin Motion Graphics Festival brings independent culture creators to the big screen. From filmmakers to musicians, MGFest unites artists across the divides of genre and medium to celebrate the weird, imaginative and other-worldly visions that use the technology of sequential images and the illusion of motion.

The studies of motion design, sound design and interactivity, are featured during the weeks of May 11th through 22nd. The apex of festival activity takes place during May 14 through 17 with entertainment events across the city, including: an art showcase with the Austin Museum Of Digital Art (AMODA), studio tours at top Austin design companies, screenings of local and international motion artists, a full-day educational conference, an open collaboration summit, and two weeks of industry workshops on creative software by Microsoft, Maxon, Adobe, Ableton and the local innovative Livid Instruments.

This year's Austin Motion Graphics Festival begins May 11th, 2009 featuring internationally recognized artists including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Kanye West, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser, Ken Adams, Yoshi Sodeoka, Larry Carlson, Jen Stark, Bob Sabiston, Sandy Stone, Paul Baker, Gift Culture, Artificial Life Preserver and more.

This festival in the fast moving field of design technology has opened it's Art & Entertainment events for only $7. Rather than charging the typical $500-$1500 conference fee, the Motion Graphics Festival encourages participants to stop complaining about the economy, and spend their money on something that will upgrade their tools, technique and aesthetics. Software, DVDs and music will be available at a discount rate throughout the festival week.

Austin MGFest presented by Microsoft Expression Studio 2.

Additional MGFest Sponsors include: Maxon, Austin Museum of Digital Art, IdN, Livid Instruments, Lumenbrite Training, Lumen Eclipse, SXSW Interactive, Stash DVD Magazine, Create Digital Motion, All City Technology, Future Media Concepts, DigiEffects, VidVox, Sterling Ledet, Boris FX, Resolume, Toolfarm, UnScene, GarageCUBE, Lift Motion Design, RE:Vision Effects, Ableton, Wondertouch & Clif Bar.

Silent Auction for over $30,000 in software, DVDs and training materials.

.: MGFest Schedule + Registration :: http://www.MGFest.com

Labels: MGFest

The Cambridge Motion Graphics Festival begins March 5th, 2009  in Harvard Square with 4 days of Workshops & Art Showcases by  internationally recognized artists, including: Shepard Fairey,  Nine Inch Nails, Addictive TV (Slumdog Millionaire), The Mill,  Digital Kitchen, Dvein, Trollback & Co, Robert Rich, Passion  Pictures, Animal Logic, David Lobser, Peter Kirn, superDraw  and more.

This 4-day conference in the fast moving field of design technology has opened it's Art & Entertainment events for only  $7. Rather than charging the typical $500-$1500 conference fee,  the Cambridge Motion Graphics Festival encourages participants  to spend their money on new books, DVDs and software, offered  at a discount rate during the events.

Festival Sponsors include: Create Digital Motion, Oat Creative, Maxon, Lumen Eclipse, Future Media Concepts, GenArts, Stash DVD Magazine, DigiEffects, VidVox, Boris FX, Livid Instruments,  Toolfarm.com, The Chicago Convergence, All City Technology,  Sterling Ledet, Resolume, Garage Cube, Lift Motion Design,  The Brattle Theater & Clif Bar.

Festival Schedule + Registration::

MGFest.com/09/Boston/

Labels: Boris, DigiEffects, GenArts, MGFest, Toolfarm

Cambridge MGFest 2009 Workshops

These small-group, hands-on, intensive workshops run 9am to 4pm. Each student gets a fully-loaded Macintosh computer. Workshop Instructors lead students in case studies and tutorials which clearly demonstrate tricks of the trade.

Saturday, March 7th, 9am - 4pm
Room 1 : Maxon Cinema 4D For Motion Graphics
Presented by Darrin Frankovitz, Lead Trainer, Maxon Computer Inc
6 seat limit

Room 2 : Introduction to Adobe After Effects Expressions
Presented by Mason Dixon, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
8 seat limit

Sunday, March 8th, 9am - 4pm
Room 1 : Introduction to Visual Programming with Processing
Presented by Peter Kirn, Create Digital Motion / Create Digital Music
6 seat limit

Room 2 : Adobe 3D: Photoshop + After Effects
Presented by Mason Dixon, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
8 seat limit

Labels: MGFest