{"id":5969,"date":"2020-05-22T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sislercreate.com\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2020-05-22T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:49:35","slug":"the-truths-about-working-in-the-animation-industry-a-discussion-wia-women-in-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/2020\/05\/22\/the-truths-about-working-in-the-animation-industry-a-discussion-wia-women-in-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"The truths about working in the Animation Industry &#8211; A discussion WIA (Women In Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join Vanessa Jacobsen and Barb. Dawson, &nbsp;from Women In Animation (WIA) on May 22nd, 2020 at 11:00 am (central time) as we learn more about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>what it is really like working in the animation industry, &nbsp;<\/li><li>studio life<\/li><li>what does WIA do<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WIA&#8217;s Mission Statement:&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong>WIA envisions a world in which when share fully in&nbsp;the creation, production and rewards of animation resulting in a richer, more diverse entertainment and media that move our culture forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vanessa Jacobsen &#8211; All about the fun!&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Past Studio Manager at Hydraulx VFX&nbsp;<\/li><li>Past Head of 3D Animation and VFX,&nbsp;Classical&nbsp;&amp; Concept Art Programs at VFS&nbsp;<\/li><li>Past toy store owner&nbsp;<\/li><li>WIA \u2013&nbsp;Co-chair of the student outreach committee<\/li><li>2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 horses<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>Barb Dawson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barb Dawson has been working in CG animation and VFX for over 25 years as a Producer, Manager, Recruiter and Educator. Barb&#8217;s understanding of the needs of a production is based on first hand experience in the trenches of the industry. Barb&#8217;s specialty is creating high functioning crews by bringing the right people together with a diversity of skills and experience. Barb understand how artists want to work and this helps Barb manage them in a way that supports the needs of a project while giving them the autonomy to do their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/womeninanimation.org&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;ust=1597875129991000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YnL5LZF5cCe-sB01yTxsL\" target=\"_blank\">Women In Animation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vOqyMdJ6h3R2A5d62euDxXUsvbauc8eY\/view?usp=sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"blob:http:\/\/www.sislercreate.com\/d9e02cdb-485a-4546-a5a7-6f5705d974be\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">recorded event:  <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vOqyMdJ6h3R2A5d62euDxXUsvbauc8eY\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vOqyMdJ6h3R2A5d62euDxXUsvbauc8eY\/view?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"335\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sislercreate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ready-For-A-Challenge-Facebook-Ad-9-1024x536.jpg?resize=640%2C335\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5947\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join Vanessa Jacobsen and Barb. Dawson, &nbsp;from Women In Animation (WIA) on May 22nd, 2020 at 11:00 am (central time) as<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/2020\/05\/22\/the-truths-about-working-in-the-animation-industry-a-discussion-wia-women-in-animation\/\">DIVE IN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sislerhighschool"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sislercreate.com\/Animation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}