See all the shows in the festival for one low price. A limited number of festival passes are available. $109 from November 18 to December 24. $129 from January 4 to Feb 1.
Available at the Box Office. Please note that the pass by itself is NOT a ticket. Call Festival Box Office to reserve your tickets.
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FESTIVAL MOVES TO MARCH!
In a winter-defying move, the 5th biennial International Festival of Animated Objects will take place in March, 2011. Stay tuned for updates.
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SUBMIT YOUR FILM
Animovies at the International Festival of Animated Objects seeks films that feature animated objects. Submit your short film or feature-length via WITHOUTABOX to be screened at Animovies, part of the 2011 Festival of Animated Objects. Screening fees paid to selected work. Selected work is eligible for glorious Awards and Prizes.
Earlybird Deadline: August 15, 2010
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SPIRIT OF WHITE BUFFALO
Summer is calling Spirit of White Buffalo to Key First Nation, Saskatchewan to work with children and youth at their traditional Culture Camp on the August full moon.
Led by Anishnabae multi-media artist Sharon Jinkerson-Brass, the team consists of mask/puppet/stilt artist Xstine Cook, photographer Sean Dennie, their children Maezy, Medina and Zaiyah, clown Mooky Cornish, Tlingit dancer and singer Heather Bell, theatre and electronic artist Kyle Hinton, dancer/singer Jaese Lecuyer, music teacher Natasha Platt, artist Chrystene Ells, and amazing man-of-the-world, CAOS President John Holt.
Kookum and Mushum Clowns with Mooky Cornish photos by Chrystene Ells
We are in great need for donations to support this important, though costly venture. Charitable tax receipts issued for all donations. Send cheque or money order to: CAOS, 1030 - 20 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 1M6.
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WALK AROUND THE MEDICINE WHEEL
Anishnabae filmmaker Sharon Jinkerson-Brass traveled to Calgary in January to share teachings of the Medicine Wheel in Elementary schools. We also traveled back to Drumheller Institution to work with the Native Brotherhood.
We look forward to welcoming Sharon back in June, to document the creation of Piitoayis’s original aboriginal opera. It will premiere on National Aboriginal Day / the Summer Solstice. Check back for details.
Sharon Jinkerson-Brass
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SUCKATHUMB
Bloody thumbs! A starving brat! Spontaneously combusting cats! A child’s imagination runs wild in the Canadian wilderness, fueled by her mother’s horrific bed-time tales.
Directed by Xstine Cook, and starring Cirque du Soleil clown Mooky Cornish, this twisted 9 minute film also features animation by Chrystene Ells and puppets by Xstine Cook.
Augustus Who Would Not Have Any Soup - Illustration by Chrystene Ells
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COZ WE’RE FRUM RAMSAY… ROIGHT?!
Every week this winter, CAOS’s Ramsay Art Club families created masks for halloween, paintings, mobiles and other projects. Thanks to the dedicated parents of our emerging artists for supporting the kids, and also for the great food and the good times. RCA website.
First-time Festival goer wins the Alabaster White Buffalo Sculpture, carved by the Native Brotherhood in Drumheller Institution, after buying ticket from Siamese Twins at the Galabash! Congratulations Curtis!
Curtis Poulson!
The Fifth Biennial INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED OBJECTS runs March 9 - 13, 2011
Spring! Calgary becomes an exploding hotbed of masks, puppetry and all things animated. We present mainstage shows, films, workshops, lectures and exhibitions at various venues in coolest Inglewood and downtown.
The Festival is curated by Xstine Cook
The 2011 Festival lineup will be announced in January 2011.
Xstine P. Cook FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Trevor Anderson ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & FILM CURATOR Skye Perry PRODUCTION MANAGER Stephanie Hawking ABORIGINAL PROGRAMS OFFICER Richard Van Hazendonk CULTURAL ADVISOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Holt PRESIDENT
Sean Dennie VICE-PRESIDENT
Poul Bay TREASURER
Michal Lavi SECRETARY
Kathleen “Mooky” Cornish DIRECTOR
Jesse Glasnovic DIRECTOR
Aviv Fried DIRECTOR
Juanita Dawn, DIRECTOR
Kerry Clark DIRECTOR
Xstine Cook FOUNDING DIRECTOR
ABOUT CAOS
Spawned in the shadow, or shall we say stench, of a chicken factory in 2003, the Calgary Animated Objects Society, a.k.a. CAOS, burst onto the art scene with a mandate to develop and promote the arts of puppetry, mask, and animated objects. Bringing the world’s best manipulators to Calgary is our primary obsession.
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