Women In Animation

WIA President Marge Dean spotlights value of domestic labor in new exhibit

Reprinted from Animation Magazine By Ramin Zahed This Friday, November 7, the Automata gallery in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood will open the doors on The Sweepers, a new conceptual art exhibition of the work of acclaimed animation leader and multi-media artist Marge Dean. Each piece is build around the same concept: What would a world where housework is […]

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WIA AWARDS 55 EMERGING CREATIVES WITH 2024-2025 WIA SCHOLARSHIPS

WIA recently announced the 55 global recipients — the largest group of award recipients to date — of the WIA Scholarship fund. The WIA Scholarship Program is an annual award committed to furthering deserving students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future in animation, VFX, or gaming.

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Margarita Beglaryan: WIA Stories of Impact

  Meet Margarita Beglaryan, a dynamic creative who has made WIA a vital part of her journey into the animation industry. From the WIA Scholarship to participating in the WIA Mentorship Circles program, Beglaryan has leveraged many of WIA’s programs to her advantage. She not only learned valuable practical lessons but also forged essential relationships

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WIA SELECTS FIVE TEAMS FOR 2025 STORIES X WOMEN PROGRAM

Today, WIA announced the five teams selected for the 2025 cohort for Stories x Women, a program aimed at increasing the diversity of voices in animation globally. Stories x Women’s concrete goal is to support access to international opportunities for women animators from emerging national film and audio-visual animation communities of Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin

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WIA AWARDS 55 EMERGING CREATIVES WITH 2024-2025 WIA SCHOLARSHIPS

WIA recently announced the 55 global recipients — the largest group of award recipients to date — of the WIA Scholarship fund. The WIA Scholarship Program is an annual award committed to furthering deserving students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future in animation, VFX, or gaming.

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WIA MOURNS PASSING OF BOARD MEMBER, RENOWNED PUBLICITY EXECUTIVE FUMI KITAHARA

Remembering Fumi Kitahara We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved friend, colleague, and longtime board member, Fumi Kitahara. She was a premier publicist, renowned awards consultant, passionate advocate, and cherished member of the animation community. Kitahara passed away on February 24, 2025 at age 56 due to complications related to her

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2025 WIA Stories – Pramita Mukherjee

WIA STORIES: Pramita Mukherjee Pramita Mukherjee’s journey to becoming the Senior CFX Developer at DreamWorks Animation began nearly 20 years ago in Kolkata, India. Always interested in creative arts, she took a leap of faith and followed her dream of one day creating the cartoons she loved watching on her television screen. Since then, she

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