MAGIC

Art of Tech Speaker's Series
2023-11-08 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday – Veterans Day
2023-11-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - Thanksgiving
2023-11-23 08:00 - 2023-11-24 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Fall Term - Last day of classes and final exams.
2023-12-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Winter Recess. The College will be closed for winter recess.
2023-12-18 08:00 - 2024-01-01 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Winter Recess. The College will be closed for winter recess.
Student Services offices open Wednesday, December 27th and Thursday, December 28th from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Spring Term Begins
2024-01-03 08:00 - 08:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2024-01-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Town Hall – February
2024-02-07 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Students currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to voice their opinions, concerns, or suggestions to improve our academic program.
This special session will be moderated by Ms. Soraya Rojas and Ms. Nicole Garay in Room 8106. We hope to see you then.

Holiday – President's Day
2024-02-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Workshop - Basics to ZBrush, Part 1
2024-03-01 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Introduciton to ZBrush, by Daniel Ozuna. In this in-person workshop, Daniel will cover:

Starting a sculpt
Saving/Loading a sculpt
How to move around
Brushes
Masking
Selecting

Employee Retreat No Classes. The college will be open.
2024-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Open registration for Summer term 2024 begins.
2024-03-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Workshop - Miami Animation Incentive Program Registration & Profile
2024-03-15 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Animation Incentive Program for Miami Animation Talent
The Miami Media Film Market (MMFM), CAMACOL, in collaboration with CareerSource South Florida and the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) at Miami-Dade College (MDC), is launching an innovative program to link our next generation of animation/gaming professionals, with animation companies worldwide.
The objective of this animation and training incentive program is to create jobs and opportunities for talented, emerging Miami gaming and animation professionals who are financially challenged. The program will provide participants with free, hands-on skills training and grant them the opportunity to work on local, national or international animation, gaming and visual effects projects. Training will be provided at MDC’s MAGIC. Work will be performed remotely, or onsite with local companies.
How to Submit Your Portfolio
Animators and Game Developers residing in the City of Miami can submit their portfolios and resume on the animation incentive program website: Creatives & Professionals. For further information, please contatct: info@creativesmiami.com

The Workshop at MAGIC
Join us on Friday, March 15th at noon at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex to learn about this exciting program for local talent, how to be part of it, how to submit your portolio and how the program works. Patricia Arias and Jose Luis Martinez, Founder and Co-Founder at the Miami Media and Film Market, will be at MAGIC to present the program and answer questions on ways y0u can participate.
For further information about the Miami Animation Incentive Program, please contact info@creativesmiami.com
Key Benefit for Employers

Financial incentive based on a reimbursement of the animator salary which is estimated to range between approximately 40% to 75% for the first 12 to 24 weeks of employment (This is Subject to negotiation with our workforce training partners).
Employers choose talent for their project from a talented, educated, pool of Miami based animators.
Ability to provide on-the-job training (OJT) / supervision either on-site or remotely.
Program is designed to increase productivity and improve workforce quality.
No-cost additional skills training at MDC Magic for qualified Miami based animators. Skills training is provided by CAMACOL through the City of Miami’s ARPA program. The skills training at Miami Dade College is for City of Miami Residents.

MDC MAGIC + FIU Articulation Agreement Information Session
2024-03-20 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MDC MAGIC + FIU Articulation Agreement Information Session
Florida International University’s Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media will host an information session fto provide information about the transfer pathway for MDC graduates of the Associate in Science (AS) in Animation and Game Art or the AS in Game Development and Design to pursue a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Digital Communication and Media at FIU. Please make sure to attend this event if you’re interested in transferring to FIU to continue your studies.

The Agreement
Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) signed an articulation agreement that creates a seamless transfer pathway for MDC graduates of the Associate in Science (AS) in Animation and Game Art or the AS in Game Development and Design to pursue a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Digital Communication and Media at FIU. Both MDC and FIU recognize the significant roles they each play as exemplars evolving successful transfer pathways, which have positively impacted student outcomes.
Students pursuing the AS degree at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex would matriculate at MDC for 4 semesters. Upon successful completion of the AS degree at MDC, MDC graduates would seamlessly enroll at FIU to complete the remaining 4 semesters of the BS in Digital Communication and Media. MDC students who transition to FIU under the terms of the Agreement will be required to complete any remaining General Education requirements at FIU or through approved accelerated credit mechanisms. MDC students must meet FIU’s transfer admission criteria for the catalog year when they first enrolled at MDC. MDC students must successfully complete the Foreign Language Graduation Requirement prior to enrolling at FIU. In addition to meeting FIU’s transfer admission criteria, students seeking admission to the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media, must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.85.
FIU will accept major-specific courses completed at MDC to count toward the BS in Digital Communication and Media. Students are allowed no more than 12 credits of lower-division courses to count toward upper-division requirements, as stipulated by the Accrediting Council in Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media’s accrediting agency.

Both Animation & Game Art and Game Development & Design transfer maps to FIU are available for review by clicking here: MAGIC + FIU TRANSFER MAPS. For more information and further details about this agreement and transferring to FIU, please contact us at (305) 237-3560

Spring Break - College Closed
2024-03-25 08:00 - 2024-03-31 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

The Pitch Event
2024-04-02 10:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
What’s your idea?
Short-films, video games or immersive simulations are produced at MAGIC as a capstone project during the second academic year. All students are granted the opportunity to pitch an idea for a project. Selection is based on having an original idea, strong and defined characters, production feasibility and the potential to elevate MDC MAGIC and our community through its message.
Selected projects are then paired with executives and professionals from animation studios currently partnering with MAGIC as part of our mentorship program. Visit MAGIC’s YouTube Page to watch all students’ projects created and produced at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex.

The Pitch Event – Industry @ MAGIC
2024-04-04 10:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Open registration for Fall 2024 begins.
2024-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Commencement Ceremony
2024-04-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Marlins Park Stadium, 501 Marlins Way, Miami, 33125
See You at the Ceremonies in 2024!
Remember to apply for graduation at your campus Advisement Office. For more information, please contact your advisor.
Have You Met the Civic Literacy Graduation Requirement?
All MDC degree seeking students must take an approved civic literacy course and pass an exam in order to graduate. For more information, please contact your advisor.

2024 MAGIC Premiere Night
2024-04-24 18:00 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC Students’ Imaginative Capstone Projects Come To Life

Rain boots adorned with frog eyes are reason for bullying in “When Rain Falls,” short animated movie created by Maggie Bacallao.

Frog rain boots, fast dining and a budding romance between ants. What do these topics have in common? They’re all themes in three exciting student projects under development at Miami Dade College’s Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex (MAGIC).
MAGIC students produce animated short films and video games as capstones during their second academic year under the mentorship of industry partners. This year, three students are leading projects ranging from a virtual reality (VR) video game simulating a ventanita restaurant, to a 3D-animated short film about a hungry lizard posing a threat to two unsuspecting ants.
In Lewis Tamayo’s Ventanita, players are immersed in a culinary world familiar to Hispanics in Miami, where you’ll find piping-hot cortaditos being served through a window at restaurants like Versailles. Tasked with making enough money to bring abuelo to the U.S., players fulfill daily orders of dishes like tostones.
“I wanted to simulate to the player that feeling of being put in a situation where you don’t have your family and you’re trying to fix that,” said Tamayo, who is working with mentor animation expert Will Buckley.
In Maggie Bacallao’s 2D-animated short film When Rain Falls, a young girl finds herself bullied for wearing rain boots featuring frog eyes on the front. The story, produced under the guidance of TelevisaUnivision, emphasizes acts of kindness after a bully has a change of heart and apologizes.
“This experience gave me a chance to not only challenge myself as a leader, but also show support and kindness to my team,” she said.
If you’re two ants falling in love while on a picnic, the last thing you want is a hungry lizard looming over you. That’s the premise of Juliana Betances-Rendon’s 3D-animated short film romANTics. Betances-Rendon’s team is being mentored by Disney Jr.’s Drew Tolman.
“I’m grateful to be able to talk to someone who has experience in the industry,” she said.
Article published at the MDC College Forum.
The capstone projects will screen at MAGIC’s Premiere Night on April 24th at 6 PM at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex for guests only. General audience will be able to watch the premiere at the same day and time streaming on YouTube (link to the YouTube screening will be available on Monday, April 22 2024).

For more information about the MAGIC program at Miami Dade College, please contact us at (305) 237-3560 or magic@mdc.edu

Spring Term. Last day of classes and final exams.
2024-04-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Classes Begin
2024-05-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday – Memorial Day
2024-05-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Camp - Esports Week 1
2024-06-10 09:00 - 2024-06-14 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Esports Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
Esports Week 1: Join us at MDC College for our first ever Esports Summer Camp. Week 1 will show you around the world of Esports while enjoying some time learning about Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. You will learn about “What is Esports”, being healthy while playing, how to play with people you know, and people you don’t know. Broadcasting and game analysis, as well as coaching other players and yourself to achieve your player goals. Building 1, Room 1156-1. Course Hours: 25.

Summer Camp - Animation/3D Modeling with Maya
2024-06-10 09:00 - 2024-06-14 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Summer Camp – Animation/3D Modeling with Maya
3D Modeling with Maya: You’ll learn valuable workflows that pros use and create and sculpt 3D models. We’ll teach you the fundamentals of character design and rigging before you create your own original 3D props, set pieces, and characters. You’ll learn valuable workflows that pros use and create and sculpt 3D models. We’ll teach you the fundamentals of character design and rigging before you create your own original 3D props, set pieces, and characters.

Summer A - Last Day of Classes
2024-06-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Camp - Esports Week 2
2024-06-17 09:00 - 2024-06-21 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Summer Camp – Esports Week 2
Esports Week 2: Join us at MDC College for our first ever Esports Summer Camp. Week 1 will show you around the world of Esports while enjoying some time learning about Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. You will learn about “What is Esports”, being healthy while playing, how to play with people you know, and people you don’t know. Broadcasting and game analysis, as well as coaching other players and yourself to achieve your player goals. Building 1, Room 1156-1. Course Hours: 25

Summer Camp - 3D Game Design with Unity
2024-06-17 09:00 - 2024-06-21 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Game Design with Unity: Create your own video games that can be explored on a PC. You’ll learn the proper workflow to create custom environments, objects and player challenges using Unity. We’ll teach you the basics of coding in Unity using the C# programming language. Create your own video games that can be explored on a PC. You’ll learn the proper workflow to create custom environments, objects and player challenges using Unity.

Summer Camp - Character Animation with Maya
2024-06-24 09:00 - 2024-06-28 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Character Animation with Maya: Using Autodesk Maya, you’ll learn how to bring characters to life, using lighting, settings, and camera angles. We’ll teach you a workflow that will take pre-rigged models and animate them in a short sequence that tells a story. Using Autodesk Maya, you’ll learn how to bring characters to life, using lighting, settings, and camera angles. We’ll teach you a workflow that will take pre-rigged models and animate them in a short sequence that tells a story.

Holiday – Independence Day
2024-07-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
