Merry Christmas from AWUK
Merry Christmas!
We just wanted to wish all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This time last year we were→
AWUK LAUNCH SEEN!
On 20th October AWUK: SEEN launched with it’s first event Start. Support. Grow. We hosted a networking and panel with women of colour in the industry→
What inspires the Limitless artists?
With Limitless V-Exhibition now live we sat down with some of our exhibiting artists to find out more about what inspires them, what the exhibition→
AWUK: SEEN | Supporting and increasing the visibility of ethnically diverse women in Animation and VFX
AWUK: SEEN aims to support and increase the visibility of ethnically diverse women in Animation and VFX. Our goal is to support and provide opportunities for women of colour to start and grow in their creative careers, whilst creating and cultivating a safe space to engage with each other.→
Limitless V-Exhibition Opens Its Virtual Doors!
We’re so excited to share that Limitless V-Exhibition, a new exhibition celebrating established and female artists from the VFX and animation industry→
Limitless Q&A with Isobel Stenhouse
From her beginnings in engineering to working in animation as an artist, before diverging into production and finally heading back into the world of→
Introducing the Limitless Exhibitors | Part 2
With less than two weeks until we open the virtual doors on our first-ever virtual exhibition – Limitless – it’s time to introduce→
Introducing the Limitless Exhibitors | Part 1
As we get closer to the launch of the Limitless virtual exhibition in September, we wanted to share some of the brilliant exhibitors we have lined up→
AWUK/CAVE Academy Collaborate to Enhance Student’s Knowledge and Skills
“I believe that this is one of the best simulations of a real daily that I have ever seen”. High praise from Erica Vigilante, CG Supervisor→
Online Animation Training Courses
Online Animation Training Resources
For anyone with a passion for Animation and a desire to enhance their animation skills we have compiled a→
Member Profile | Debra Coleman
This month we caught up with Debra Coleman who recently left DNEG after 16 years to set up Open Frame Coaching. We find out how Debra got into the→
Member Profile | Lisa Graydon
In this member profile, we asked Lisa Graydon, a voice-over artist and vocalist to share her story and discover that, in her case, voiceover work is→
Life in Lockdown 3.0 | VFX Chair | Lou Hussey
Life in Lockdown 3.0
As I write this, it is the 2nd weekend of 2021, and we are Lockdown again. The news is unremittingly tough in terms→
Animated Women UK launches Mentorship Programme
AWUK reveals a new mentorship programme for its members in the VFX and animation industries, pairing seasoned professionals with emerging female talent.
AWUK’s F*CK UP NIGHT | Inglorious WTF moments shared
You’re not alone: inglorious WTF moments shared
December started with a bang and an irreverent look at life, work, and everything in→
Lizzie Hicks | Achieve Alumni in Lockdown
Lizzie Hicks is a Creative Producer at Blue-Zoo and attended the Helen North Achieve Programme in 2018. Continuing our series of blogs on different→
AWUK Board in Lockdown | Beth Parker
Continuing from our post a few months ago, we caught up with AWUK Animation Chair, Beth Parker to see how her life had changed during 2020.
I→
Mentoring | All your questions answered
We’ve had lots of questions about becoming an AWUK mentor, so have pulled them together in one blog post. If you still have questions, please→
Pitch Yourself Perfect | Top Tips
Animated Women UK Board member Georgina Hurcombe took part in the Children’s Media Conference’s ‘Pitch Yourself Perfect’ skill→
Isolation Animation Nominated at Indie Short Fest
In our May Newsletter we put out a call for animators to ‘Beat the Isolation Blues’ by producing up to 60 secs of animation as part of a collaborative→
AWUK Connect and AGM
On August 4 2020 we hosted our AGM followed by our first ever AWUK Connect online Networking event.
In case you missed it, in the AGM we→