Nickelodeon is accepting pitches

Saw this posted on Cartoon Brew and it looks great: Nickelodeon is accepting pitches from the creative community for our new Nickelodeon Comedy Shorts Program and would love to hear from you! These will be produced at the studio and we will support the creator with whatever they need, but it all starts with you - the creator. It’s a rare opportunity for us to try out new creators and new characters quickly and with lower risk which means we can take more chances. Please know that there are pretty strict guidelines listed below, and we are moving very quickly - the deadline for submissions is 3/30 6pm. Here is the link to the official submission website. Please submit your ideas, materials, and links here: http://nickshortspitches.com Here is the official press release: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/nickelodeon-announces-new-animated-shorts-program.html Guidelines for Comedy Shorts Program: •1 minute in length •1 setting •1 or 2 characters •Pitches must include character description and story treatment. Artwork – character design, thumbnail storyboard, layout, etc. is encouraged and will help but isn’t required. •Deadline for submissions is March 30, 2012 6pm PT •Goal is to complete 10 shorts this Summer •Platform is TBD – it could be online or on air What we are really looking for are Funny Breakout Characters that have a kid or kid-like perspective and can appeal to boys and girls both. We're looking for broad comedic characters that can drive lots of stories – not just react to crazy situations. Our main audience is boys and girls ages 6 to 11. What we’re not looking for: action, action comedy, anything too boy-centric or girl-centric, adult characters with adult perspectives, trendy topics, adult content. Some general rules: If human, your character should be a kid but an older kid because kids tend to aspire older. If non-human, your character can have an adult life – drive a car, have a job, live in their own home, so long as their perspective and mentality is kid-like and kid-relatable. Another rule: We make silly cartoons and love the creativity of the medium, so if it can be done in live action, then it's probably for live action and not for us. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you! Nickelodeon Animation Development

Fundraising for artists - kickstarter and grant writing

Just a reminder : The next class in Fund Raising for Artists starts on Wed, March 14th at SVA. Here is the info: Will be teaching a Continuing Education SVA class starting in next week, on Wed March 14th from 6 - 8:30pm. Fund Raising Basics for artists. We'll cover how to launch a kickstarter campaign (or USA projects, indiegogo, etc..) , how to apply for a guggenheim fellowship, artist residency and/or write a grant proposal. Here is the link if you are interested ( alumni get $50 off - woo hoo). Free for MFA or MPS students at SVA. http://tinyurl.com/7u9r8s5 email me with questions - rschaller@sva.edu

Pluto Mars Jupiter – what’s an artist to do?

We will talk about this and meditate on it at our next Day of Healing and Meditation on Saturday March 10th, 2012. Healing the unconscious wounds that drive the soul into action or inaction. Making that which is crazy making (karmic patterns) visible. Using visualization to heal the cells and create beauty. Create ideas. Create sanity. Symbols drive us forward into consciousness. Making the unconscious conscious – Pluto work. Hard, tears, destiny work. Art work. What are you creating these days? Are you creating these days? You better be… too much inside implodes and becomes biographical. Rather that you work it through via the mandala that calls your spirit name. Heal. Awaken. Share. Yet, Mars is retro till april 13th. Take stock now, not steps. Reflect now, don’t rush. Marinate, ponder, ruminate. Angry much? Perhaps. Feel it, release it. Dance. Initiate when the plans are well laid. take time now. Lists. Mind maps. Laughter yoga. Pluto sextiles Jupiter in my chart, natal chart, transit chart. – what about yours? Is it time for a psychological victory? Can you help someone feel more confident in being themselves? Can you help yourself? Jupiter asks us to define our non-boundary expansive pulses, breath like dots, musical ohms with vibratory frequencies of dancing beads that lead to relinquishing desire, relinquishing attachment – to attain or to avoid. Love that. Love that. I can see that image in my mind so clearly. Optimism. Faith. Waiting for realization. Free. Time for healing. Time for destiny. Time to shine.

Fund raising class - kickstarter basics and artist residencies + grant propoals

Will be teaching a CE SVA class starting in 2 weeks, on Wed March 14th. Fund Raising Basics for artists. We'll cover how to launch a kickstarter campaign (or USA projects, indiegogo, etc..) , how to apply for a guggenheim fellowship, artist residency and/or write a grant proposal.

Here is the link if you are interested ( alumni get $50 off - woo hoo). Free for MFA or MPS students at SVA.

http://tinyurl.com/76oqws7

email me with questions - rschaller@sva.edu

Respecting my elders

Ellen Wallenstein's photography is beautiful, and this project worth supporting. She is so close to her goal. I support her project. Please help her if you can: here is the link: http://www.usaprojects.org/project/respecting_my_elders "Respecting My Elders" is a collection of color portraits of creative persons over the age of eighty, photographed in their home and studios. They are the artists and intellectuals of my parents’ generation, whose wisdom and insight are important to our nation. Known as “The Greatest Generation”, and coming of age between the two World Wars, the effect of their contributions upon future generations is evident in their cultural legacies. As these people enter the last phase of long and productive lives, I believe they deserve to be celebrated. My photographs are meant to capture their spirit and beauty, and to inspire admiration by future generations.

Calling Professional Artists Age 62+

Calling Professional Artists Age 62+ ART CART: SAVING THE LEGACY will select professional visual artists from the Washington, D.C. and NYC Metro areas for a nine-month project (September 2012-May 2013). This is run by the Research Center for Arts and Culture at the National Center for Creative Aging to help organize and document the artists' work. Artists receive honoraria for public forums. To receive more information please send your contact information to rcac@creativeaging.org or leave it at 202-895-9489. Info materials will be sent in January for a February deadline.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - I'm certified

Hi everyone, Happy to announce that I am now a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self-report questionnaire designed to make Carl Jung's theory of psychological types understandable and useful in every day life, career plans, organizational planning, picking a major, etc.. It helps you to reflect on your preferences and actions in life, and to begin to integrate that knowledge into your choices and intentions. Psychological type is a theory of personality developed by Jung to explain the normal differences between healthy people. As people tend to act on these tendencies, the develop patterns of behavior. This assessment helps you to understand why you make the choices you make from a psychological point of view. How it works: You take the "test". Your results are emailed to you. I interpret your results for you. We discuss it. You apply it. Life is good.