Two New Works By Stephanie Maxwell...

End To End, a graphical score for Open Music Ensemble composers and live performers, will premier in the Open Eyes and Ears: Sound Needs Image Part II at Hallwalls in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, April 4 at 8 pm.

Currents, a collaborative work with composers, Michaela Eremiasova and Jairo Duarte-Lopez, will premier in the ImageMovementSound 2008 Festival on Sunday, April 6 at 8 pm at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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.

"All That Remains" and "Runa's Spell" to be presented at the 18th ANIMAFEST - Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, Croatia on May 31st to June 5th, 2008.

All That Remains wins top awards at international film festivals: Best Experimental Short, MicroCineFest; Best New Art, Georgetown Independent Film Festival ; Director's Choice, Gold Medal for Excellence, Park City Film Music Festival; 2nd Place Non-Narrative Independent, 2007 KAFI; Excellence in Experimental Techniques Award, ASIFA-East Animation Festival.

"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 published as 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.

Book Unsung Heroes of Animation by Chris Robinson features a chapter on Stephanie Maxwell. The book is a collection of 31 biographical essays on contemporary independent animators. As John Canemaker says on the back cover of the book, "these artists inhabit a world of little known, fiercely independent contemporary animators." This is a well-researched and well-written book, with b&w and color illustrations. Publisher: John Libbey Publishing, 265 pp., 2005. ISBN 0-86196-665-1.