The 2^nd ANIMART, a summer meeting about animation and related arts, will be held 13 through 20 July in Monodendri, near Ioannina, Greece. 2008 is the Year of Intercultural Dialogue and so workshops and programs will be presented by many leading professionals from around the world.

Workshops will include clay animation conducted by Rony Oren from Israel; animator and ex libris creator extraordinaire Rastko Ciric of Serbia will lead the Cartoon Animation workshop and Portugal’s Fernando Galrito will lead participants through “The Draw and the Pixilation”.

Mohamed Ghazala of Egypt will give us a glimpse into Egyptian and African animation, and Nik and I will talk about the history of music through animation. Nik and Rastko will reprise their musical act in the amphitheatre with a moonlight concert featuring what else? - Moon songs!

The 8 days will be packed with all of this and much more including a live music performance to a classic Greece Silent movie, also in the amphitheatre.

If you need an excuse to come to Greece (and who would ever really need an excuse) ANIMART is it. For more information you can visit their wed site www.animart.gr or you can contact them by e-mail at: info@animationcenter.gr

Animart 2008