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February Newsletter

February 28, 2014 - Vol. 23

"Creating the future...one frame at a time."

Growth continues at Exceptional Minds! We are pleased to welcome Craig Seitz, as our new Head of Production. Craig is busy setting up the Exceptional Minds Studio--officially opening in June but already humming with jobs. Our students are currently working on six different projects ranging from animated credits to website design to visual effects work. Check back next month to see the finished products.

Exceptional Minds will be featured once again at the Profectum Conference in Pasadena, March 21-23. Our students will present a humorous animated look at "convention etiquette" and participate in a panel discussion about their work on American Hustle. Hope to see you there!

Embracing our growth and looking forward to the "exceptional" opportunities ahead!

Yudi Bennett & Ernie Merlan

Exceptional Minds

EM Welcomes

New Head of Production

New Head of Production, Craig Seitz, assists students with VFX job.

DON'T FORGET TO ROOT FOR

AMERICAN HUSTLE

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3rd year student, Lloyd Hackl, adds final touches to VFX work for American Hustle.

EM is offering twelve Summer Workshops this year!

Classes will fill up quickly, so contact us as soon as possible.

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EM STUDENTS TO BE FEATURED AT PROFECTUM CONFERENCE

Instructor Josh Dagg and four of our "exceptional" 3rd year students

will be featured on a panel to discuss VFX work they performed on the

award-winning film, American Hustle.

(Conference Information)

STUDENTS CONTINUE TO
EXCEL AT EM!

Private tutoring student Ezra Fields-Meyer draws characters for FlairMan Security project.

Ernie & Eddie present Andrew Dugan with Adobe certification

in Photoshop.

1st year student Julian Koehler becomes certified in Flash.

Great job Julian!

Thank You Anne!

The "wonderful" Anne Kurtzman (T.V. Commercial Production Head)

visits EM and talks to students about the Superbowl commercials she produced for "Wonderful Pistachios".

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS!

Yudi & Jessica share their birthday month with first-year students Daniel DeSimone & Michael Yochim.

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EXCEPTIONAL PARENTS!

Exceptional Parents

Meeting

Sunday, April 6th

3-5pm at EM

Special guest,
Dr. Gwen Palafox, Clinical Psychologist, will speak to parents about "Facilitating Independence in Relationship with Peers & with Parents"

SAVE THE DATE!

THIRD YEAR STUDENTS GRADUATE

Sunday, June 8th