Stephanie Maxwell at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum on November 22 and 23!!

WORKSHOP! Sunday, November 22, 12-4pm: Stephanie will conduct a direct on film and experimental filmmaking techniques workshop. For more detailed information on this workshop and registration online, click on the following link: Direct on Film Workshop with Stephanie Maxwell.

PRESENTATION! Monday, November 23, 8pm: This screening will feature selections from Stephanie's work from 1984 through her two newest works from 2008, as well as a 12-minute documentary about her filmmaking processes, with footage of the artist at work. The artist will be in attendance at this screening. For more information, including location and ticket price, click on the following link: Stephanie Maxwell Visual Music.

VISUAL MUSIC MARATHON to be held at the School of Visual Arts in New York City on Saturday, April 11, 10am-10pm!

The Computer Art Department at School of Visual Arts, the New York Digital Salon and the Department of Music and Multimedia Studies at Northeastern University present the New York premiere of the Visual Music Marathon, a 12-hour festival showcasing 120 works by contemporary digital artists and composers from around the world. Time Streams (a collaborative work by Stephanie Maxwell and composer Allan Schindler) and All That Remains (a collaborative work by Stephanie Maxwell and composer Michaela Eremiasova) open and close this program.

End To End, a graphical score for Open Music Ensemble composers and live performers, premiered in the Open Eyes and Ears: Sound Needs Image Part II at Hallwalls in Buffalo, New York in April.

Currents, a collaborative work with composers, Michaela Eremiasova and Jairo Duarte-Lopez, premiered in the ImageMovementSound 2008 Festival in Rochester, New York in April.

IOTACENTER PUBLISHES NEW DVD, "Stephanie Maxwell, Animated Works, 1984-2007"

iotaCenter in Los Angeles has released a DVD compilation of 14 stunningly beautiful and original experimental animations by artist/animator Stephanie Maxwell. Included on this DVD is a new documentary, " The Art Form of Stephanie Maxwell" that presents the artist in her studio at home where she creates her unusual works. This documentary shows clips from her animations to demonstrate concepts and techniques, and the artist and composer Allan Schindler discuss the nature of 'true collaboration' where all artists on a project contribute to a work, from concept through realization. You can learn more about this new DVD and make a purchase online at iotaCenter's Kinetica Video Library and Store.

ZAGREB SELECTS "All That Remains" AND "Runa's Spell"!

The 18th ANIMAFEST Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film in Croatia presented TWO works by Stephanie Maxwell this year. Runa's Spell and All That Remains are both collaborations with music composer, Michaela Eremiasova.

NEW BOOK, Animation Bible - A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash, FEATURES WRITINGS ON THE WORKS OF STEPHANIE MAXWELL....

Animation Bible by Maureen Furniss covers every aspect of production, from finding a concept, choosing a medium, and creating characters all the way to getting the end result screened and distributed. In addition to traditional cel animation, Furniss also examines direct filmmaking, stop-motion animation, and Flash; includes many color pictures and graphics illustrations. Publisher: Abrams, 340 pp., 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0810995451.

ESSAY ON COLLABORATIVE FILM/MUSIC COMPOSITION BY STEPHANIE MAXWELL AND ALLAN SCHINDLER....

"Animated Image, Animated Music" by Stephanie Maxwell and Allan Schindler is an essay on the authors' personal artistic processes for creating their unique collaborative 'image/music compositions'. The essay is a chapter in the book The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema by Chris Gehman and Steve Reineke. Publishers: YYZ Artists' Outlet and the Ottawa International Animation Festival, 288 pp., 2005. ISBN 0-920397-32-8.