David Schonauer
PDNPULSE Tuesday June 10, 2014
Another International Motion Art Awards winner, Dustin Cohen, is
nearing completion of a unique project—a 26-minute documentary for Stella Artois. Cohen’s IMAA-winning video series Brooklyn Stories, which looks at the borough’s unheralded
artisans, helped land him the new gig, notes PDN Pulse. The doc, called The Chalice Symphony, focuses on the design and construction of four one-of a-kind instruments that use Stella Artois
chalices to make musical sounds in different ways. Brilliant! Read the full Story >>
Facebook Thursday November 10, 2016
Go to the MAP Facebook page to see the winners of the International Motion Art Awards 5 competition. Actually, you can do more than just watch: Vote (like) your
favorites through December 23. The winning filmmaker will receive a gift certificate for equipment rentals from BorrowLenses (https://www.facebook.com/borrowlenses/) and KitSplit (https://www.facebook.com/kitsplitmarketplace).The IMAA also thanks its other sponsors this year — AbelCine (https://www.facebook.com/AbelCine/), APA National (https://www.facebook.com/americanphotographicartists/) and SVA Theater 1(https://www.facebook.com/SVATHEATRE/ ).
Stay tuned to MAP for more. Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Monday July 22, 2013
For the past several months MAP has been spotlighting the winners of the International Motion Art Awards 1 competition (which you can view by going to the IMAA archive). Now it’s time to start talking about the second edition of this unique contest, which honors the year’s best motion design,
motion illustration, motion photography, and animation: The IMAA 2 competition is open for entries. Your deadline is August 30. Winners will be presented in New York at AI-AP's BIG TALK
Symposium in November and will be shown at The Party celebrating the launch of American Photography 29 and American Illustration 32. Stay tuned for more information on the contest and for more
on last year’s winners from MAP. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Friday August 9, 2013
Unlike other filmmaking competitions, the International Motion Art Awards features work from a variety of mediums, including motion design, motion photography, and motion illustration. That's only
natural, given that the IMAA contest comes from the same people behind the American Photography and American Illustration competitions. This week we spotlight IMAA winner Brian Cronin, a
Brooklyn-based illustrator who turned a piece of commercial artwork created … Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Thursday May 1, 2014
Last week, we spotlighted Vermont-based animator Rob Donnelly's motion illustration for a letter sent to Slate magazine's popular online advice column, "Dear Prudence." In that IMAA-winning piece,
Donnelly used lurid colors to interpret a vexing question from a man who had befriended a prostitute. Today we look at another IMAA 2-winning animation from Donnelly, this one illustrating a "Dear
Prudence" letter from a young … Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Thursday November 20, 2014
Those who were on hand at the annual AI-AP Big Talk symposium this month to see the winners of the third annual International Motion Art Awards also heard an interesting panel discussion about
transitioning to motion work from still photography and illustration. One of the panelists was Brooklyn-based motion-design artist Richard Borge, a past IMAA winner and a winner of IMAA 3 for two … Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Friday April 19, 2013
We continue our series spotlighting winners of the first annual International Motion Art Awards with a haunting piece of animation that brings graphic life to modern Russian literature. British
animator Andy Acourt's IMAA-winning short was made to accompany a reading of author Vladimir Sorokin's "The Day of the Oprichnik"--a tale set in a Russia in which a member of the Oprichnik (secret
police) is … Read the full Story >>
It’s Nice That Wednesday April 27, 2016
Designer Stefan Sagmeister, a past winner of the International Motion
Art Awards, recently debuted his new documentary The Happy Film at the Tribeca festival in New York, and you can watch the trailer at Vimeo. Funded via Kickstarter, the doc follows Sagmeister as he conducts a series of experiments on himself to find out if it’s possible for a person to
impact his or her own happiness trying three different approaches: meditation, therapy and drugs, notes It’s Nice That. But, weirdly, it all started as a graphic design project. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Friday June 19, 2015
Brooklyn, NY-based illustrator, graphic designer, and animator Andr da Loba says that his stop-motion pieces, or "these guys," as he calls them, take a long time to make. His short "On Thoughts,"
which was a winner of the International Motion Art Awards 1 competition, took three years to make. He was a winner again in IMAA 3 with his two-and-a-half-minute "Tuttodupezzo," which he describes … Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Friday October 14, 2016
This is your reminder that AI-AP’s Big Talk event will be taking place on Nov. 2 at the SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, from 7 to 10pm, with check-in starting at 6:30pm. This
year’s Big Talk will feature a screening of the winning International Motion Art Awards 5 collection, a filmmaker discussion with Jeff Lee of Abelcine and Sony Artisan of Imagery Ben Moon, who
will talk about his transition from photographer to filmmaker and his award-winning short film Denali. (See our Profile.) The IMAA grand-prize winner will also be
announced. Read the full Story >>
By Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 12, 2012
AI–AP's International Motion Art Awards (IMAA) is a newly established annual award competition, which will pay tribute to the best motion art from the year and
offer a unique opportunity to the winners and their collaborators for visibility, promotion and bragging rights within the industry. Ed. note: AI-AP is DART’s parent. The logo is designed by Mirko Ilic, one of the most prolific art director/designer/illustrators … Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Friday October 14, 2016
This is your reminder that AI-AP’s Big Talk event will be taking place on Nov. 2 at the SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, from 7 to 10pm, with check-in
starting at 6:30pm. This year’s Big Talk will feature a screening of the winning International Motion Art Awards 5 collection, a filmmaker discussion with Jeff Lee of AbelCine, Paul Trillo and
Sony Artisan of Imagery Ben Moon, who will talk about his transition from photographer to filmmaker and his award-winning short film Denali. (See our Profile.) The IMAA grand-prize winner will also be
announced. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Monday March 18, 2013
Last week we spotlighted photographer and filmmaker RJ Muna's International Motion Art Awards-winning "Written in the Margins," a unique stop-motion video about finding oneself in a place without
remembering the steps taken to get there. Today we feature another IMAA-winning video from Muna, "Crosswalk." The perceptive 3:56 piece contemplates life in the slow lane--that is, the demarcated path
we use to get from one … Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Wednesday October 23, 2013
Filmmakers and photographers transitioning to video, make plans to attend the annual AI-AP Big Talk event in New York on November 6, where the winners of the International Motion Art Awards 2
competition will be revealed. There will be an exclusive screening of winning work from the contest, which recognizes achievement in animation, motion graphics, documentary film, and other video and
film art. (Go here to see the archive of winners from the first annual IMAA competition.) This year’s Big Talk takes place at
the SVA Theater, 333 W 23rd St, New York. Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. We hope to see you there! Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Friday September 13, 2013
The International Motion Art Awards competition is truly international in scope, and this week we spotlight Sajjad Sabour, an Iranian animator who was named an IMAA winner for a five-second
motion-graphic piece about three very important colors--red, green, and blue. Sabour, who lives in the city of Tabriz, created the piece for an Iranian motion-design contest that was judged by Farshid
Mesghali, the noted … Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Monday August 31, 2015
There’s more time to submit work to the International Motion Art Awards 4 competition: The deadline has been extended to September 14. The competition presents the year’s best motion
illustration and animation, photography and live-action films (both narrative and documentary), and motion graphics and design. (See last year’s winners at the IMAA archive. And go here to find out about the jury for this year’s
awards.) Find out more about the submission categories and the easy process for submitting work at this link.
We’ll be featuring your winning work here at Motion Arts Pro. Read the full Story >>
Red Nose Studio Thursday March 3, 2016
Illustrator Chris Sickels and writer Shana Corey have teamed to create a children’s book telling the true story of New York City’s first subway, which began giving rides to astonished
throngs on February 26, 1870. The book, called The Secret Subway, is set for release this month, and Sickels has produced a stop-motion trailer as publicity, which you can see at the website
of his Red Nose Studio. Sickels, whose 2D illustration work involves photographing 3D puppets, found the move to motion to be a natural one: He is also a past winner of the International Motion Art
Awards. Go here to read our story about him. Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Friday September 5, 2014
The deadline for third annual International Motion Art Awards has been extended to September 15, so there is still time to enter work. The awards honor the best in motion photography, motion
illustration, animation, and motion design. See the winning work from our previous competitions here. The IMAA has also released the
names of this year’s jury. They include: photographer Craig Cutler; Matthew Duntemann, senior vice president of Nickelodeon; Marcel Yunes, senior vice president of BBDO; Stephen Price, editor at
Stash Media; and Jeremy Dimmock and Bob Zagorskis, founders of Polyester Studio. See the complete list at the AI-AP website. Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Friday September 12, 2014
The deadline for third annual International Motion Art Awards has been extended to September 15, so there is still a couple of days left to enter work. The awards honor the best in motion photography,
motion illustration, animation, and motion design. See the winning work from our previous competitions here. The IMAA has also
released the names of this year’s jury. They include: photographer Craig Cutler; Matthew Duntemann, senior vice president of Nickelodeon, Marcel Yunes, senior vice president of BBDO; Stephen
Price, editor at Stash Media; and Jeremy Dimmock and Bob Zagorskis, founders of Polyester Studio. See the complete list at the AI-AP website. Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Wednesday November 4, 2015
Today the winners of the International Motion Art Awards 4 competition are officially announced in New York. MAP sends out congratulations to all the filmmakers selected. IMAA is a unique competition
in the range of work it spotlights — including documentary, live action, motion illustration and design, and animation. You’ll find everything from music videos and explainer animation to
title sequences and comedy at the contest archive. There will be a screening today at the AI-AP Big Talk seminar at the SVA Theater in
Manhattan. We’ll be there in a panel discussion with two of this year’s winner, and we will be featuring other winners in coming weeks here. Stay tuned! Read the full Story >>
