Cuban Animation from the 1960s to Today
@ Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
Cuban Animation from the 1960s to Today: Revolutionary Aspirations with Cuban Animator Ivette Avila
Closing Reception: Cuba – David Obermeyer
Opening Friday, March 6, 2020 from 7-9pm
URI-EICHEN Gallery 2101 S Halsted Chicago IL 60608 info@URI-EICHEN.com
Post screening discussion with Alex Halkind of Americas Media Initiative and Ivette Avila
Ivette Ávila Martín, Animator, Director, Designer and Scriptwriter
Ivette earned an undergraduate degree in Biology 1999 and a masters in Anthropology in 2009 both at the University of Havana. Ivette received her animation training at the Cuban Television Animation Studios where she also worked. She is currently a freelance animator who collaborates with ICAIC (Cuban Film Ministry), Cuban Television and is a professor at the Film Program of the National Art School. In 2008 she founded CUCURUCHO Productions. She is also the Founder and Director of the children’s animation film festival, La Espiral and the yearly international animation festival, Animation Days in Havana. She has produced music videos and animated shorts receiving national and international awards in festivals worldwide such as VideEau in Montreal, and she received the award for Best Animation in the Cine Pobre Film Festival in Cuba in 2012. She has received awards for her animations in Argentina, Turkey, and Peru. Ivette has screened her work in the the Mobius Experimental Animations by Women. She is also a member of Cuban Society of Anthropology, and the Pantzerki Community of Women Puppeteers. Ivette is the Founder and Coordinator of the Children’s Animation Academy, ANIMALUZ.
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