Executive Director's Letter 
As the 2012-2013 academic year draws to a close, The ACME Network and ACME Animation extend our thanks to all our students, industry pro mentors, educators and staff that together form our unique experiential community. Together, you helped deliver another successful year of arts, animation and mentoring for 21st Century skills, impacting thousands of lives.
ACME wishes to highlight and congratulate some of our members individually for their achievements:
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Students
Kudos to ACME Alumni Allyse Gallo of Diablo Valley Community College, for securing a job with Light River Technologies in the Bay Area. More. Cheers for Alumni Henri Brownell of CSU Fullerton, for his position at Ember Lab, a digital media and games studio in Orange County. We appreciate your continued feedback online! More.
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Industry Pro Mentors
Best wishes to Animator and pro mentor Bill Haller for securing a position as Animation Supervisor with REEL FX Studios in Texas. We will miss his enthusiasm and wisdom On-Air broadcasting from Sony's SPI, but hope to "reel" him in again once he has settled in. Felicitations to his family in their new animation adventure. And speaking of enthusiasm, tip of the hat to our own irreplaceable Frank Gladstone, who is not only directing his new film, but training The U.K. government on standards- with hints of more to come after our summer break. Back to Top
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Educators
Compliments to Don Isbell at Santa Ana school district for his promotion to Coordinator of Special Projects, Santa Ana Unified School District.
A big ACME welcome to the following new teachers joining ACME in 2013-2014:
Jefferson State College - Shelby Campus - Mark Leo
Santa Ana High School - Noa Henriquez
Valley High School - Dave Cruz
Congratulations and all praise to Frank Gladstone, Dori Littell-Herick and the ASIFA-Hollywood Educators Forum members for their contributions in helping NASAD to better define the College and University Level National Standards for Animation Schools across the U.S. Thank you all for a job well done!
EDUCATORS: interested in participating in a two-day ACME TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP during the first or second week of August 2013? Contact Ray Seay today.
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Special Thanks to Industry, School Partners
ACME particularly wishes to thank these folks' invaluable contributions to the community:
Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI), Chad Hellmuth and to SPI Artists and staff, for your continuing support of the ACME Video Conferencing "On-Air" Program. SPI brings Star Power to the ACME college video conferences, opening eyes and minds to the excitement and realities of working in the industry. DreamWorks Animation (DWA) and DWA artists and staff, for your continuing support of the ACME On-Line Program; your feedback on student artwork, giving underserved students the unparalleled opportunity of accessing viewpoints by some of the industry's best and brightest. To Dina Stada and Anna Fry of DWA, for helping to get the word out and to current and former members of the DWA Outreach team: Jim Conrads, Angela Lepito, Marilyn Friedman, Tiffany Feeney and Jim Garbutt, for helping to coordinate artists and for your work in organizing prior computer hardware donations. Century High School also sends gratitude, for the donation of the seven-foot Kung Fu Panda statue to their animation program. Glendale Community College, Mike Petros, Jan Swinton and staff, for your continuing support of the ACME On-Air Video Conferencing Program, by hosting ACME 's video conferencing program at their facility again this year. |
ACME News Catch up with ACME in person. ACME presents at the 2013 SIGGRAPH, Sunday, July 21st, 11 am- 12 pm, Anaheim Convention Center, Room 203- B, discussing current trends in distance education. The ACME Network is pleased to support the Art Center's 2013/2014 Saturday High Classes, through the College Community Partnership Program. The program offers scholarships to select students. Contact Ray Seay for application deadline & details. ACME is proud to announce receipt of the 2012-2013 Congressional Recognition Award, in honor and appreciation of outstanding commitment to closing the digital divide for residents of the 40th Congressional District. Presented by Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). Back to Top |
| ACME Welcomes New Board Members
Dr. Diane Vines
Dr. Vines Joins the ACME board as a leader in academic program development and policy at the college, state and national levels. She has focused on building programs in the arts, health, sciences and biotech fields, integrating distance education and workforce development into these learning initiatives. From hands-on roles on the faculty of Boston University and the University of Portland, Dr. Vines leadership roles have included: serving as Vice President for Academic Development for the California State University (CSU) Institute; Academic Vice President for the California Virtual University; Dean, Professor, and Director of College of Health and Human Services, CSU Dominguez Hills; Founder and Director of the CSU Summer Arts program; Director of the Arts and Human Service initiatives for the California State University system; Founder and Coordinator of the Oregon Governor's Healthcare Workforce Initiative and the Statewide Simulation Alliance; Co-founder and Director of the Oregon Science and Technology Partnership; Director of the Oregon Bioscience Association; Vice Chancellor and board Secretary for the Oregon University System. As a White House Fellow, she served as special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Education and was Director of the National Adult Literacy Initiative with First Lady Barbara Bush. Currently Dr. Vines serves as the Director, Traditional BSN Program, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles.
Olympia Ammon. Ms. Ammon joins the ACME board with a wealth of expertise in strategy, fundraising and building relationships in the educational, health and sciences fields. Past leadership roles have included serving as the Principal Gifts Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Senior Vice President, Major Gifts & Foundation Relations, American Heart Association; Senior Managing Director Development, Teach for America; Director of Development, Undergraduates & University Special Projects, Rice University; Associate Athletic Director for Development, Rice University; Director of Corporate Relations; Rice University, and Vice President, External Relations, Questia Media, an online provider of copyrighted information and educational resources. Currently Ms. Ammon serves as the Associate Director, Development, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Executive Director Debbie Brooks states, "The ACME Network is pleased to welcome these exceptional individuals to the board. As we work to prepare learners for lifelong opportunities in the creative economy, it is important that we continually seek to bring in new energy and ideas. Dr. Vines and Ms. Ammon share a strong commitment to art, education and career preparation and will add a rich diversity of backgrounds, talents and experience to our Board as they assist us in advancing our mission."
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| In Memorium
ACME bids farewell to beloved Chairman, Phillip L. Williams, who passed away this year. The retired Vice Chairman for Times Mirror Co. also served as founder and director of the Children's Council of Los Angeles County, chairman of the board of visitors for UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine and was formerly a director of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. ACME is grateful to Phil and the Williams family for many years of leadership. More.
From all of us at ACME, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL, EXCITING, AND RELAXING, SUMMER IN YOUR NEAR FUTURE!
Sincerely,
The ACME Network Team
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| In Their Own Words |
Comments from ACME Students, 2012 survey
It was always a delight to have legitimate and actually helpful critique from other students and professionals in the same field.
It is the best place to get constructive criticism for work-everyone is civil, respectful and many users are open to suggestions. I have learned how to adjust my work (and the quality thereof) to be much better. I'd say my drawing skills shot up tenfold and I'm much more confident in my recreational drawing.
I believe that ACME has made school much more enjoyable and taught me to communicate better with my classmates. I look forward to computer animation every day, as well as getting to critique others and work towards making my work better. I really enjoy the challenge and that has made me want to make all of my work outside ACME better.
ACME is such a great website to upload artwork to or to get feedback on your work. It would be great if every student at school would get to experience being on ACME.
Thank you for giving me the understanding of how to create scenes and motion pictures that give the audience strong, tense feelings towards serious issues or conflicts among the characters in the story.
I am able to get critique on my work at home, not just at school.
I was taking Animation at the same time as I was taking Art History, I had an opportunity to utilize animation analysis on the AP Art History Exam-assessing Mary Cassatt's piece "The Tub" and how it utilizes character appeal
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| In Their Own Words |
Comments from ACME Students, 2012 survey
It helps you communicate professionally with others and get really helpful feedback from all over the U.S. and the world.
I like the whole process of students being responsible for their learning. This program emulates real-life experiences by presenting students with challenges and having them solve the problem in a creative way.
[Student] work is stronger because the want to "get it right" before posting and they value the responses the get.
It encourages respect, motivation, and excitement about learning.
I find that having essentially all student projects and comments on one site makes grading much simpler. Also, having students review peer projects keeps them on their toes and try to do better.
Allows me to easily incorporate a written component to the course work and give students ample examples of the desired project outcome.
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Educators
Contact Ray Seay today if interested in:
TEACHER TRAINING TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
1st or 2nd week, Aug '13.
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