MDC Works Workshop – "Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills"
2020-01-29 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Your resume may be your only chance to get an employer’s attention, so you must get it right the first time.

Learn about appearance, style and formats in writing a resume. It is important to follow a powerful resume with a strong interview so that you appear to the employer as being consistent, professional, and are taking the opportunity seriously.
Learn effective tools on how to prepare for the interview process to help them excel and give them confidence including communication skills and dress code for an interview.
Learn the format of a “Thank you” letter after the interview to restate your interest in the position so that the employer is thinking about you.

Town Hall - February
2020-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

MDC Works Workshop – "How to Create MDCWORKS & LinkedIn Profiles that Get You Noticed!"
2020-02-26 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MDC WORKS has partnered with a new career platform called Handshake that offers MDC students access to connect with employers about jobs and internship opportunities.

Learn the features that Handshake offers, including accessing personalized job recommendations based on student majors and interests.
View sample resumes, cover letters, thank you letters and the most commonly asking interview questions to help you prepare.
Since Handshake is only available to you as a student we highly recommend that students also create a profile on LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site available today. This workshop will show students to effectively use LinkedIn as well to create a branded profile to fit their specific career.

Art of Tech - Phil Weinstein
2020-02-27 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Phil Weinstein
Phil Weinstein is a veteran of the animation industry. His directing credits include: Hellboy Animated for Starz, Curious George Back to the Jungle for Universal, Disney’s Hercules series, Jackie Chan Adventures for Sony, Scooby Doo Where’s My Mummy for Warner Brothers, Mickey and the Roadster Racers for Disney and Stretch Armstrong for NETFLIX.
He also Produced and Directed Balto: Wolf Quest and Balto: Wings of Change for Universal. Phil began his career as a storyboard artist. Credits include: Darkwing Duck, Winnie The Pooh and The Lion King II. Phil created the main title for The Spectacular Spiderman, and storyboarded most of the musical numbers in the film SouthPark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
Phil won an Emmy award for his work on the CBS special Boo To You Too Winnie The Pooh, was nominated for another Emmy for Hellboy: Sword of Storms and was awarded a Humanitas Prize for producing Balto: Wolf Quest. Phil was a recipient of the Scholastic Art Award in high school.
Phil earned his BFA in Fine art from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He lives with his wife and two boys in Los Angeles, California.
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MDC Works Workshop – "I got a Job, Now What?"
2020-03-25 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join MDC Works for this workshop and learn everything about employer’s expectations:
Communication, Team Work, Adaptability, Conflict Resolutions, Problem Solving, Leadership & Social Networking

Software Installation Workshop - LIVE on Discord
2020-09-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Twitch.tv

Art of Tech - Karl M Kapp, Instructional Technology @ Bloomsburg University
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Twitch.tv
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Karl M Kapp – Guest Speaker
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is an award-winning professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches instructional game design, gamification classes and online learning design. He is the Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies and is recognized internationally as an expert in the application of games, game-thinking and gamification to learning. Karl earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is currently a senior researcher on a grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the application of microlearning and gamification to help childcare workers identify child abuse. Karl has previously served as a Co-Principle Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants related to games and simulations. Karl is an advisory group for several EdTech start up companies and is a member of the Learning Guild’s Learning Leaders Advisory Board.

Join us on Twitch on October 8th at 1PM – Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/magic_mdc/schedule
Confirm you’re coming on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-tech-speakers-karl-kapp-tickets-123183720825?aff=ebdssbeac
For more information please contact Nicole Garay at (305) 237-6530

Town Hall - December
2020-12-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Discord @ MAGIC_MDC
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 with the goal of improving our academic program.
Join us on December 10th @ 2pm for our Fall Semester Townhall. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions for MAGIC, come to the Townhall and share it! We will be discussing some exciting opportunities for our students:
Scholarships
Job Opportunities
Advising information
Pitch Practice 2021
and what the next steps will be for Spring 2021!! The event will be hosted on our Discord server. Be sure to tell your friends and we hope to see you all there!

Art of Tech - Cameron Bolinger, Science & Games
2021-03-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Twitch.tv
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Guest Speaker: Cameron Bolinger
Cameron Bolinger created Explorasaurus Studios with Erica Holcomb a cross-platform media company focused on making innovative science-fiction games, apps, and entertainment—with an emphasis on science. He got his start at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology with a bachelor in Science for Physics, then went on to graduate from Fullsail University with a degree in Game Design. Cameron started the company as a Unity Engineer specializing in game play systems and front end development. He has experience in with every facet of game development: scripting, asset creation, animation, optimization, UI design/coding, publishing, VR development, game design, and writing.

Join us on Twitch on March 18th at 1PM – Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/magic_mdc/schedule
For more information please contact Nicole Garay at (305) 237-6530

Town Hall - March
2021-03-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Discord @ MAGIC_MDC
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 with the goal of improving our academic program.
Topics to be discussed will cover the remote learning experience, when we will be fully back on campus, challenges with online learning, etc.
This special session will be moderated by Mauricio Ferrazza, Chairperson at MAGIC. We hope to see you then.

Career & Internship Day at MAGIC
2021-04-16 10:00 - 14:00 | FL
You are invited to join the 2021 Career Day at MAGIC. The event will be set up virtually and you will have the opportunity to interview for job and internship opportunities.

The Career Day event will be hosted on Airmeet, join us: https://www.airmeet.com/e/8f621f10-9629-11eb-bfbb-3361cd1b2fd8

2021 MAGIC Premiere Night on YouTube
2021-04-28 18:00 - 20:00 | YouTube

Summer New Student Orientation
2021-05-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Online Event

Town Hall - October
2021-10-13 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 with the goal of improving our academic program.
Topics to be discussed will cover the remote learning experience, when we will be fully back on campus, challenges with online learning, etc.
This special session will be moderated by Mauricio Ferrazza, Chairperson at MAGIC. We hope to see you then.

For more information please contact Nicole Garay at (305) 237-3560

Story Workshop
2021-10-19 13:00 - 14:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Halloween Pizza Party
2021-10-29 16:00 - 21:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for MAGIC’s Halloween Pizza Party. Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.

Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 29th, 2021
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on the 30th and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by the MAGIC Halloween committee and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & Magic Shirts

Art of Tech Industry Series
2021-11-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Discord @ MAGIC_MDC
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Speaker’s Bio:

Samir Patel is a Senior CG Animator that has been working in the animation industry for the past 24 years. His experience spans the video game, commercial and film industries. Samir grew up in New Jersey surrounded by the lush Pine Barrens and a television that pumped out Transformers, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes and Saturday morning cartoons. As a kid, Samir split his time between being outdoors riding his bike or playing street hockey and indoors watching cartoons, movies and finishing classic video games such as Contra, Zelda and Pitfall.
In the late 90s, Samir began his animation career as an intern for Elan Communications, a design company for the trade show industry. He then quickly worked his way in to the video game industry at MagicArts Studio and then at Midway Games, where he was an animator on Freaky Flyers and Crank the Weasel. Honing his skills, he graduated to Blur Studios where he went on to work on Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas and a variety of video game cinematics. Three years later, he moved on to Rhythm and Hues where he worked on several films, including Academy Award winning: The Golden Compass, Happy Feet and Life of Pi. His experience led him to ILM to work on Cowboys and Aliens. He then detoured through Method Studios, working on Marvel hits: Antman and Captain America Civil War. Currently, Samir is a Senior Animator at MPC Studios in L.A. concentrating on advertising. After more than two decades in the animation industry, Samir looks forward to what other adventures his journey will take him on. He hopes that he will have the opportunity to tell his own stories or, to even someday, teach. But in the meantime, he enjoys his peaceful, happy life with his wife, Maggie, in Los Angeles, California.
Samir Patel IMDB page.
How to attend this event:
You can attend Samir Patel’s lecture on MAGIC’s Discord/Art of Tech Channel – discord.gg/NPpaj2gBZU and on MAGIC’s Twitch Channel – https://www.twitch.tv/magic_mdc

Story Workshop - 2
2021-11-30 13:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Town Hall - December
2021-12-01 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Miami Cancer Institute - Melanoma Prevention Event
2022-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Esports Team Try-outs - VALORANT
2022-08-12 11:00 - 16:00 | Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Esports Team Try-outs – SUPER SMASH BROS
2022-08-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Esports Team Try-outs – ROCKET LEAGUE
2022-08-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Digital Portfolio - Workshop
2022-09-09 11:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
About this workshop
This workshop will explore ways to use digital portfolios to showcase an individual’s identity. We will discuss how portfolios can serve as more than just a showcase of already-completed work by focusing on a formative approach to digital portfolio building that teaches multimedia composition, reflective decision-making and self-presentation skills, while encouraging students to approach learning and skill development as personalized and contextualized processes.
The workshop will be facilitated by Mr. Jose Soto and Ms. Shona Rose

Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop - Workshop
2022-09-23 11:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
About this workshop
Photoshop is an indispensable tool for every artist. But as important as it is, it is equally as difficult to navigate. Mr. Jose Soto, will guide students through important tasks for artists to improve the quality of source photos for your paintings and documentation of your photos including: adjusting saturation and contrast, blurring backgrounds to create depth, removing unsightly items, and understanding how layers work in Photoshop.
This workshop will be facilitated by Mr. Jose Soto.

Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) Workshop by Microsoft
2022-10-17 10:00 - 11:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Denise Mendez from Microsoft will be visiting MAGIC on Monday, October 17th at 10:00 am to conduct a workshop on how to use the Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) on the HoloLens 2. It’s a Microsoft-driven open-source project to accelerate cross-platform mixed reality development in Unity. This new version is built on top of Unity’s XR Management system and XR Interaction Toolkit. MRTK3 runs on OpenXR, meaning that the toolkit supports a range of extended reality (XR) devices.

Student Portfolio Review with Nickelodeon & First Contact Entertainment Games
2022-10-28 13:00 - 17:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
What is a portfolio review

Having a portfolio review means getting a professional’s opinion on your work. You get your chance to have talented industry professionals look at your portfolios or projects and give invaluable feedback on where you might improve, and advice on what to look at next. Featuring industry professionals across a variety of different roles, the one-to-one portfolio reviews will last approximately 15 minutes, giving you an opportunity to speak with artists, programmers, recruiters and more to discuss your career path and future aspirations. Nickelodeon and First Contact Entertainment will join us as our guests for portfolio review on Friday, October 28th at MAGIC.

Our industry guests
Bill Buckley / Character Director – Oversees all Animation, Character Art and Weapon Art Development at First Contact Entertainment
Bill Buckley has been working as a developer in the video game industry since 2005. His roles have included Senior Animator, Story Artist, Writer, Digital Cinematographer, Concept Artist and currently, Animation Director with First Contact Entertainment. He has worked on popular titles for companies such as THQ, Disney Interactive, Limbic, SCEA, Activision (Neversoft and Infinity Ward) and StarBreeze. His resume includes major titles such as Tony Hawk Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw, NBA 2007, Disney’s Club Penguin, eight Guitar Hero titles, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, John Wick The Impossible Task in VR, ROM Extraction, Firewall Zero Hour and most currently SOLARIS OFFWORLD COMBAT. Bill is also a lecturer, mentor and teacher of animation and game development both domestic and abroad.

Conrad Montgomery / Vice President, Current Animation, Nickelodeon
Due to last minute engagements in Los Angeles, CA; Mr. Montgomery will be unable to attend portfolio review on Friday, Oct. 28th at MAGIC. He will participate as an industry guest juror at the Miami Halloween Hackathon on Saturday, Oct. 29th as scheduled.
Experienced senior executive with a wide creative network and a demonstrated history of success working in the entertainment industry. Strong creative professional skilled in animation development and production for series, various content formats across new media platforms, complemented by a background founded in live-action television and feature film. Conrad sets the tone for all creative content and is responsible for production content for current series at Nickelodeon. He serves as liaison between teams spanning the country and oversees entire productions, from idea to delivery, pushing through digital, linear television, social media, and public relations. Conrad was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and always wanted to be behind the scenes of the entertainment industry. He received a BA in Cinema and Television Arts and Business Administration from CSU, Northridge, and began his career as a freelance associate segment producer for Good Morning America. He became Creative Executive with Lions Gate Films on “Monster’s Ball.” His work has won both Oscar and Emmy awards. His success can be attributed to passion, drive, education, faith, and goal-setting. Conrad volunteers with the City Light Church in Los Angeles and is a supporter of Women in Animation.

How to attend and prepare

To attend this event, you must be a student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, just come in-person on Friday, October 28th from 1pm – 5pm and make sure to sign in to get in the queue. This is a first come first serve event. Make sure to bring a link to your work along so it can be reviewed digitally. We will be offering a Digital Portfolio Workshop at MAGIC on September 9th at 11 am, if you’d like to learn how to crate your digital portfolio.

Times for the event may change, please check back to confirm the event, place and times prior to attending. This event is for MAGIC students only.

MAGIC Halloween Hackathon
2022-10-28 18:00 - 2022-10-29 18:00 | Miami Dade College – Chapman Center, Building 3, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, MIAMI, FL, 33132, United States
Game Development, Mixed Reality & Animation Hackathon
Artwork by Shona Rose
Eligibility
Attendees from all backgrounds, genders, and geographies are welcome. There is no age restriction to attend the hackathon. In case you are under 18, your parents/legal guardian should contact the hackathon to request a waiver authorizing you to attend the hackathon and submit their plan for your attendance and transportation to and from the hackathon. Committee members are not eligible to participate in the hackathon. They may, however, assist teams and mentor them during the coding/development phase.

The MAGIC Halloween Hackathon is organized by the MAGIC Club, for more information and to register, visit the MAGIC Club’s Webpage. This event is free and opened to all to attend, register here:

Halloween Pizza Party
2022-10-31 15:00 - 20:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for MAGIC’s Halloween Pizza Party. Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.
Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 24th, 2022
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on September 31st and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by the MAGIC Halloween committee and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & Magic Shirts

Art of Tech Industry Series
2022-11-02 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
