MAGIC

Holiday - Memorial Day
2018-05-26 - 2018-05-28 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Classes Begin
2018-05-14 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Classes begin: 12-week, 6-week mini-term: Registration only with instructor and/or departmental approval.

MAGIC Premiere Night
2018-05-02 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Final exams: regular weekday and evening classes
2018-04-28 - 2018-05-04 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Last day of classes
2018-04-27 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Sprint Express @ MDC during Art of Tech
2018-04-26 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Sign up to win a Samsung Galaxy S8 at the Sprint pop up store in Building 2

Sprint will be hosting a raffle for a Samsung Galaxy S8 among the participants and will be collecting the names of the participants at the pop up stores on 4/17,4/18, 4/19, 4/25 and 4/26 at the campus.
All names will be included in a “fish bowl”. The person should attend the lecture in room 8106 to receive the prize.

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Art of Tech, guest speaker Conrad Montgomery
2018-04-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Conrad Montgomery. Cartoon Network, Director of Comedy Animation
Conrad Montgomery is director of comedy animation for Cartoon Network. In this role, Montgomery is responsible for supervising the pop culture phenomenon Adventure Time, the Emmy® Award-winning Regular Show and Cartoon Network’s latest hit original animated series, Uncle Grandpa, all of which are produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, CA. Montgomery reports directly to Curtis Lelash, vice president of comedy animation for Cartoon Network.
Prior to joining Cartoon Network, Montgomery was a development and current series executive at Walt Disney Television where he worked on Fish Hooks, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil and Motor City. Earlier in his career, he was a creative executive at Lions Gate Films where he worked on such films as Confidence and Monster’s Ball.
Montgomery graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor of arts degree in Cinema and Television Arts.
Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com) is consistently the #1 U.S. television network among boys 6-11. Currently seen in 99 million U.S. homes and 194 countries around the world, Cartoon Network is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for kids and families. In addition to Emmy-winning original programming and industry-leading digital apps and online games, Cartoon Network embraces key social issues affecting families with solution-oriented initiatives such as Stop Bullying: Speak Up and the Move It Movement.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Pitch day for Industry
2018-04-09 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Pitch Day!
2018-04-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday – Spring Recess
2018-03-30 - 2018-04-01 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Last day to apply for graduation
2018-03-26 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Last day to apply for graduation so that name appears in commencement program.

Art of Tech, guest speaker Chris Bailey
2018-03-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Chris Bailey, Warner Bros Animation, Director & Producer
“I have over 20 years experience in traditional feature animation and CG character animation. Ten of those years was at Disney Feature Animation after which I began to direct short theme park films and CG characters for live action films. I’ve supervised the animation on the films Hocus Pocus, Garfield I and II, X-Men ll, Mighty Joe Young, Alvin and the Chipmunks I and II, Eragon and Hop. Unlike most Animation Supervisors, I work mostly show side and supervises the film’s storyboarding, 2D and 3D animatics in prep, work closely on set with the director and DP blocking out shots and direct the animators in post. I’ve also directed second unit and plate photography.
My TV animation experience began with CLERKS, the Cartoon and I followed that as Executive Producer and Director of KIM POSSIBLE for Disney TV. My most recent notable project was as director of the 3D CG motion ride film Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem for Universal Orlando.”

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Summer Regular Registration Begins
2018-03-07 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Summer Registration begins, log in to your MYMDC account (https://my.mdc.edu/) to register. Classes begin 8 week second mini-term: Registration only with instructor and/or departmental approval.

Summer Priority Registration Begins
2018-03-05 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Summer Priority Registration begins, log in to your MYMDC account (https://my.mdc.edu/) to register. Classes begin 8 week second mini-term: Registration only with instructor and/or departmental approval.

Intro. To Photoshop Workshop For Artist
2018-03-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Room 3410-1

Holiday - President’s Day
2018-02-17 - 2018-02-19 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Art of Tech, guest speaker Kimberly Dennison
2018-02-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132
Mix and mingle with key leaders from the tech industry and meet guest speaker Kimberly Dennison, Director of Development for Disney TV Animation.

Lecture Series: Christine Brownell- Game Design Consultant
2018-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Friday, January 19, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

College closed for Winter Recess
2017-12-25 08:00 - 2018-01-05 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Final Exams
2017-12-18 08:00 - 2017-12-22 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Last Day of Classes Fall Term 2017
2017-12-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Screenwriting Workshop with Professor David Schroeder - Archetypes and the Epic Story
2017-12-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Miami Game Dev Meetup
2017-11-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for the monthly game dev meetup at Miami Dade College’s MAGIC school, Miami’s largest game developer campus. These meetups are a great way to network with other developers, learn how to get into the industry, improve your game or just feed the brain for fun.

Screenwriting Workshop with Professor David Schroeder - The Creative Process
2017-11-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Lecture Series, Christine Brownell
2017-11-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Hi, I’m Christine. I am a Creative Director, Producer, and Product Owner, and have worked in the video game industry for over 13 years. My background is pretty diverse: game design, production, management, graphic arts, and even a bit of quality assurance – where I started my crazy adventure.
Along the way, I’ve gained a lot of life experience, met a ton of awesome people, and learned that the path to your dream job doesn’t always lead in the direction you thought it would — and sometimes, that new place is even better than you imagined!
Nowadays, I work as an independent creative consultant, helping teams design, evaluate and improve their products. I enjoy sharing information, solving hard problems, helping others, and learning, always.

Lecture Series, Kevin Smith - CEO Spine
2017-10-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Kevin is the founding partner of SPINE, one of the nation’s leading studios in providing visualization services. Founded in 2000, the focus of his company has been on the reliable production of high quality 3D renderings, animations, interactive presentations, mobile applications, & real-time simulations for many different market sectors (architecture, building product manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, etc.).
SPINE is an award-winning interactive media and 3D visualization studio that was established in 2003. Headquartered in Doral, with over 25 full-time staff, which consists of the three owners (Kevin Smith – Chairman & CEO, Johann Beckford – COO, & Eddie Leon, CMO), an architecturally-trained account management team, and core team of artists. We specialize in the creation of visual assets for advertising agencies, product manufacturers, real estate developers, designers, and world-class destinations.

Screenwriting Workshop with Professor David Schroeder - Making a Scene
2017-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

2017 MIA Animation Festival & Awards Ceremony
2017-10-14 18:00 - 19:30 | MDC Wolfson Campus Auditorium, 300 NE 2nd Ave - Building 1, Room 1261 , Miami, FL, 33132, United States
6 PM – Screening of the 2017 MIA Animation Festival
7 PM – Awards Ceremony honoring the winners of the Animation Festival, The Pitch to the Industry and Game On.

2017 MIA Animation Conference & Festival
2017-10-13 11:00 - 2017-10-14 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MIA ANIMATION, founded in 2009, is an industry conference that focuses on Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, Film, Web Design and Visual Arts. It has been designed to be a forum for active networking and practical information exchange with strong commitment and emphasis in education while developing and nourishing new talent.
MIA ANIMATION hosts every year world-renowned speakers, technology influencers from the nation’s top animation studios, universities and the best talent in the industry. It has become one of the most exciting and cutting edge events in Miami, alongside a community of advanced technology-explorers, decision-makers, trend-setters, software developers and creative industry professionals.
MDC MAGIC Students REGISTER HERE

The MIA Animation Conference and Festival is hosted by the Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College. Conference attendees are welcome to stay at our Hospitality Partner, The Intercontinental Miami at discounted rates.
