27/New York: Director/cameraman Cosimo Scianna’s "Textures," a collection of fine art photography at the Wickiser Gallery. Info, Roberta Lawrence, (212) 627-0297; Irene Scianna, (212) 206-1818….May 11/New York: Freelance Producers Network meeting at ServiSound. Bill Sobel, (212) 921-0555…May 13-15/New York: School of Visual Arts’ 1st annual New York Animation Festival at the Tishman Auditorium. Info, (212) 479-7742; www.members.tripod.com/ ~nyafest/ home.html….May 15-16/Minneapolis: AICP Commercial Production training seminars. Olga Iris, (212) 420-8900…. May 17-18/New York: School of Visual Arts’ 10th annual Dusty Film Festival and Awards ceremony at the Actors Studio Free Space. Info, (212) 592-2011…. May 17-21/New York: The 40th Clio Awards Festival. Info, (212) 683-4300…. May 17, 19 and 21/Dallas: AICP Commercial Production training seminars. Olga Iris, (212) 420-8900….May 20/ New York: Second New York Regional Student Showcase for 3-D Animation. Contact Amy Schilling, (212) 592-2523; amys@belle.sva. edu….May 23-25/Miami: 1999 Film Florida Conference at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Annie Perez, (305) 375-3288…. June 8-9/New York: 8th Annual AICP Show & Lecture Series at MoMA. Jennifer Jacovsky and Ileana Montalvo, (212) 475-2600….June 9-12/San Francisco: PROMAX & BDA’s 1999 Conference & Exposition at the Moscone Convention Center. Info, call (310) 788-7600….June 10-15/Montreux, Switzerland: Montreux Symposium ’99 looking at the challenges arising from digital and HD technology. Info, 41 (21) 963-3220 or email message@symposia.ch….June 15/ Palo Alto, Calif.: Communication Arts magazine’s 40th annual juried competition for graphic design and advertising. Deadline for entries is June 15. Info, www. commarts.com….June 16-19/ Washington: American Advertising Federation’s 1999 American Advertising Conference. Info, (800) 999-2231, ext. 356; www.aaf.org….June 17/Chicago: Chicago ADDY awards/ Chicago Show. (312) 321-9464….June 21-26/Cannes: 46th International Advertising Festival. Info, (212) 752-5774….July 13-19/Sydney, Australia: SMPTE ’99 Conference at the Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Center. Info, 61 (2) 99.77.08.88 or www.exevents.com.au….
July 21/New York: 1999 ITS Annual Forum at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Contact Monica Mathis, (703) 319-0800….August 8-13/Los Angeles: SIGGRAPH 99 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Info, call Sheila Hoffmeyer or Ann Kilhoffer, (312) 644-6610, fax: (312) 245-1083, or email media-s99@siggraph.org….September 16-18/Portland, Ore.: Portland Creative Conference at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Speakers include Matt Groening, production designer Eugenio Zanetti, cartoonist John Callahan and Disney animation producer Don Hahn. Info, (800) 597-0099/(503) 234-1641; www.cre8con.org….Sept. 24-27/New York: The 107th AES Convention at the Jacob K. Javits Center. Contact AES, (212) 661-8528 or www.aes.org….Oct. 21-23/Mumbai (Bombay), India: Broadcast India ’99 Exhibition & Symposium at the World Trade Centre. Info, (91-22) 215 1396, 215 2721 or www.saicom.com/broadcastindia….Nov. 19-22/New York: 141st SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition’s "Sprockets, Samples, and Satellites: Moving Images Into the Third Millennium," at the New York Marriott Marquis. Contact: Bryan Nella, (914) 761-1100 or Website www.smpte.org….Jan. 25-27/New Orleans: 37th Annual NATPE Program Conference & Exhibition. Info, (310) 453-4440; www.natpe.org….