Women In Animation

FIAPF and WIA Select Five Delegations For The Second “Stories x Women”

May 10th, 2023

Today, FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations) and WIA (Woman In Animation) announced the five delegations selected for the second edition of Stories x Women, a program aimed at increasing diversity of voices in animation globally. Stories x Women’s goal is to support access to international opportunities for women animators who want to tell […]

WIA Announces Honorees For Diversity Awards at Spark Festival

Lauren Ashton|

October 26th, 2022

Women In Animation has just announced the recipients of the WIA Diversity Award, presented alongside the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). This year’s recipients are: Producer Chris Nee, Epic Games, and Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib’s film, entitled: It’s a Gray, Gray World. Jena Olson (Head of Operations at WIA) is presenting the awards via […]

WIA ANNOUNCES 2023 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Lauren Ashton|

October 23rd, 2022

Women in Animation has just announced the largest amount of industry partners contributing to the WIA Scholarship Program. Eight partners, including Animation Focus, ArtStation, Autodesk, Animation Mentor Foundry,Toon Boom, Wacom, LAIKA, and Yellowbrick Learning have all contributed workshops, tutoring sessions, hardware, software packages and cash prizes. WIA’s Bay Area and Montreal Chapters are providing special […]

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Women In Animation Announces 2021 Scholarship Partnerships

Women in Animation is continuing to expand its ongoing WIA Scholarship Program with workshops and software packages for recipients of the 2021 cycle from industry partners Animation Mentor, Autodesk, Toon Boom and Unity. The WIA Scholarship Program is an annual award devoted to furthering the academic efforts of deserving animation college students who demonstrate artistic […]

Jerry Beck|October 22, 2020

Black N’ Animated and Women in Animation Join Forces to Offer Free Storyboard Class

Black N’ Animated and Women in Animation (WIA) are pleased to announce that they will be collaborating for the first time, together with several top independent animation studios – Oddbot, Powerhouse, Renegade, Six Point Harness and Titmouse – to host a free, virtual storyboarding class via Zoom on Saturday, November 7th from 9:00am-4:00pm. The class […]

Jerry Beck|October 13, 2020

Women in Animation Announces Virtual Summit at Annecy

Women in Animation (WIA) is pleased to announce the program for the first-ever Women in Animation Virtual Summit, in conjunction with this year’s digital version of Annecy International Animation Festival and Mifa 2020, Annecy 2020 Online. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Reimagining the Future: Race, Solidarity and the Culture of Work.” This year’s […]

Jerry Beck|June 11, 2020

Women In Animation awards Eight 2020 Scholarships

This past Friday at the 2020 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, Women In Animation President Marge Dean proudly announced the recipients of this year’s WIA Scholarships. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future […]

Jerry Beck|February 24, 2020

Women In Animation Partners With Animation Mentor and Toon Boom For New Scholarship Program

Women in Animation’s ongoing WIA Scholarship Program is being enhanced this year with the addition of two new partners – Animation Mentor and Toon Boom — who are granting workshops and software packages to add to the usual cash prize. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who […]

Jerry Beck|September 17, 2019

Women In Animation Launches WIA Global Fund

Women in Animation (WIA) is thrilled to announce the launch of The WIA Global Fund, recently established to broaden the organization’s international reach by developing and expanding WIA programs and initiatives, all in support of WIA’s goal to achieve 50/50 equality in creative leadership within the animation industry by 2025. WIA aspires to raise $1 […]

Jerry Beck|June 6, 2019

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