MAGIC

Commencement Ceremony
2022-04-23 13:30 - 17:00 UTC | Marlins Park Stadium, 501 Marlins Way, Miami, 33125
All Ceremonies Will Take Place on Saturday, April 23, 2022
Below is the schedule of ceremonies at LoanDepot Park located at 501 Marlins Way, Miami, Florida 33125:

8:30 a.m. North, Padron and West Campuses
1:30 p.m. Wolfson, Homestead and Medical Campuses
6:30 p.m. Kendall and Hialeah Campuses

If you’re attending in person, please note:

All persons entering LoanDepot Park are subject to a security screening with a metal detector wand and/or inspection of belongings. Failure to consent to screening and inspection will result in a denial of entry to LoanDepot Park. MDC encourages wearing a tightly fitted mask while indoors.
Guest Tickets
Guest tickets will not be required for entrance to commencement. However, please note that up to 6 guests will be allowed per graduate.
Friends and Family Can Watch Online
Friends and families of graduates who are not able to attend in person can watch the ceremonies live online on the day of the event. A recording of the ceremonies will also be available after the live event is over at: www.mdc.edu/livestream.

Spring Term - Last day of classes
2022-04-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Spring Recess
2022-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Wolfson Campus Market & Movie Night: Ready Player One
2022-04-07 17:00 - 21:00 | Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Career & Internship Day @ MAGIC
2022-03-25 10:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

The Pitch Event - Industry @ MAGIC
2022-03-22 10:00 - 12:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

The Pitch Event
2022-03-21 10:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Art of Tech - Speaker's Series
2022-03-17 11:00 - 13:00 | 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

Employee Retreat. There will be no classes even though the college will be open.
2022-03-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Town Hall - February
2022-02-23 13:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - President’s Day
2022-02-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
2022-01-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Spring Term - Classes Begin
2022-01-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Winter Recess
2021-12-20 08:00 - 2022-01-02 17:00 | FL
The College will be closed for winter recess.

Fall Term - Last day of classes
2021-12-17 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

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

Holiday – Thanksgiving
2021-11-25 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

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

Holiday – Veterans Day
2021-11-11 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

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

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

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

Holiday - Labor Day
2021-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

Fall Term - Classes begin
2021-08-23 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

Fall New Student Orientation
2021-08-20 14:00 - 17:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Last day of classes.
2021-07-30 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

Summer Camp - 3D Game Design
2021-06-21 08:00 - 2021-06-25 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
3D Game Design Camp
Students ages 14-19 will learn the premier 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering software packages on the market. Using the industry-standard, intuitive toolset featured in Autodesk® Maya® realistic 3D models will be created and prepare them for game play in a gaming engine. Skills development will focus on the use of Autodesk ”Maya” and Adobe Photoshop. Pre-Requisite: Basic computer skills. Check in from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. get acquainted with equipment, meet and greet. From 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.– students can stay on premises and work on labs while waiting for pick-up. Drop-off and Pick-Up at Building 8, first floor. Camp location: Wolfson Campus. For more information please call (305) 237-7851.
Dates: 6/21/21 – 6/25/21 MTuWThF 9:00 am—3:00 pm
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.
Apply here for camp: To apply please fill out an online application HERE.

Summer Camp - Animation
2021-06-14 08:00 - 2021-06-18 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Animation Camp

Students ages 14-19 will get an introduction to character design and animation using Autodesk® Maya®, the application used by top video game development and film studios. Skills development will focus on the use of Autodesk ”Maya” and Adobe Photoshop. This class is project based; students will have the opportunity to complete a portfolio of their own animation. Pre-Requisite: Basic computer skills. Check in from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. get acquainted with equipment, meet and greet. From 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.– students can stay on premises and work on labs while waiting for pick-up. Drop-off and Pick-Up at Building 8, first floor. Camp location: Wolfson Campus. For more information please call (305) 237-7851.
Dates: Class 6/14/21 – 6/18/21 MTuWThF 9:00 am—3:00 pm
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.
Apply here for camp: To apply please fill out an online application HERE.
