Animation & Digital Media News

1. 07 May 2010 Winners of the 2010 CCS Alumni Scholarship Competition announced

   CCS full-time freshman, sophomore and junior students participated in the annual CCS Alumni Scholarship Competition. A committee of CCS alumni reviewed the 47 submissions and was impressed by the high caliber of the work.

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2. 04 May 2010 Department Highlights - Entertainment Arts

   The work of Entertainment Arts students, faculty and alumni is being highlighted across the industry.

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3. 08 Mar 2010 CCS Entertainment Arts alumnus wins Best Editing Award at the Detroit Independent Film Festival

   CCS Entertainment Arts alumnus, Jamie Surgener, ‘09, won the Best Editing award for his film AVABOT at the Detroit Independent Film Festival (DIFF). AVABOT was created by Surgener as his senior thesis project at CCS.

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4. 04 Mar 2010 Work of CCS Entertainment Art student and alumnus to be featured in Detroit Independent Film Festival

   CCS’ Entertainment Arts department will be represented during the first Detroit Independent Film Festival (DIFF), Tuesday, March 2 – Sunday, March 7 with the work of one alumnus and one student being screened.

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5. 22 Oct 2009 Detroit News features CCS Entertainment Arts department and students in story about the video game industry

   Detroit News features CCS Entertainment Arts department and students in story about the video game industry Ever since Kevin Ingrassia first played Super Mario Brothers at age 3 he's been obsessed with video games.

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6. 04 Aug 2009 CCS Entertainment Arts students showcase their work at the Great Lakes Machinima Festival

   The Stratton Foundation will present the Great Lakes Machinima Festival on Sunday, August 16, 5-8pm at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak, Michigan. The event, free to the public, spotlights various animations, including works by CCS Entertainment Arts students in machinima, a digital animation genre that utilizes virtual world technology.

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7. 19 Jun 2009 Don’t miss the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival TechFair on June 26 and 27 at CCS

   With activities spread all around Detroit and Windsor the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival (DWIFF) June 25 – 28 offers great events for the whole family - watch movies under the stars at the free drive-ins, walk the red carpet for premieres, laugh with your kids at the free Children's Film Festival and see how the industry works and how you can work for it at TechFair at College for Creative Studies (CCS).

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8. 19 May 2009 Winners of the 2009 CCS Alumni Scholarship Competition announced

   The Alumni Scholarship Fund was established in 1983 with a gift from married alumni who met while taking the same class at CCS. Throughout the years the fund has been maintained by gifts from many CCS alumni. CCS freshman, sophomore and junior students enrolled full-time are annually invited to enter the competition, which asks for 3 images of recent work and a statement of intent. This year the competition received 50 entries.

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9. 28 Apr 2009 CCS Entertainment Arts student wins Stratton Prize and creates video for Liz Larin

   CCS Entertainment Arts student Jayna Shropshire recently won the $2,000 Stratton Prize and completed a video for Liz Larin, owner of Bona Dea Music. The Stratton Prize asked students to integrate their art with virtual world technology to create a machinima video to Larin’s music. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpTYiQ1BQs" target="_video">Watch the video</a>.

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10. 21 Apr 2009 CCS alumni featured in Crain’s Detroit Business 'Twenty in their 20s'

    CCS alumni Karry Brook, Advertising Design, ’05 and Daniel Casey, Animation and Digital Media, ’05 are featured in the annual Crain’s Detroit Business “Twenty in their 20s.”

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