BRIC Creative Academy partnered with Lightbox Expo for their inaugural event on September 7th & 8th. Students created a hero, villain, and compelling conflict or backstory and Wacom provided all participants with Intuous Pro tablets.

Co-Founder Nicole Hendrix Herman spoke last week to L.A. Promise Fund 's Girls Build USC MAE chapter alongside Crooked Media 's Mukta Mohan, LAFemTech's Murriel Grace Perez, and LATTC - Los Angeles Trade-Technical College's Hala Tweini about how to navigate gender in the workplace and how to stay motivated in your career. 

Sony Pictures Animation has named Alison Mann as a VP of creative and strategy, Variety has learned exclusively. She will advise on film and series-based development across the Sony Animation brand. Mann will focus specifically on developing global-facing content and dialing up outreach to international  talent.

BRIC Creative Academy partnered with Framestore on May 4th-5th and created education experiences for high schoolers on VFX and Game Design with USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet and UX for VR with Compton Early College High School and West Adams Preparatory High School.

I have been in this industry for over 16 years now, and in those 16 years, I have worked in talent recruitment for tv, film, gaming, and tech, and while the platforms for storytelling are evolving, the recruiting around the talent from where I stand hasn’t, and that is why I wanted to create a space to discuss how we can build a better infrastructure and support mechanisms for women and underrepresented groups who want to be creative leaders in the entertainment industry.

Creative Festival 2019 is passionate about inspiring and helping you to become the best possible maker. This great festival will include talks, workshops, networking, live music and creative market place.

The latest chapter of Women of Visual Effects is scheduled by VES (Visual Effects Society) and being hosted at The Third Floor. Various industry leading women speakers, from versatile segments, will talk about current trends and future opportunities in VFX and Animation arena. The ‘Women of Visual Effects’ event will be moderated by Alison Mann, VP Talent, Illumination.

Creativity is at the heart of the 5th -Ing Creative Festival in Dubai. Lectures and workshops will focus on how consumer-oriented models can be developed to harness creative potential. In addition to the annual set-up of the festival, workshops on the topic will be offered regularly in order to establish such approaches sustainably and alongside social processes.