Free Art Talk with Famous Animation Artist Don Duga

John Mitty Thursday, December 6, 2012

(RIVERHEAD, NY, December 6, 2012) – East End Arts is pleased to announce December’s installment of the Third Thursdays Arts-in-Community Series at Brecknock Hall, located at One Brecknock Road, at the entrance to Peconic Landing, in Greenport, to be held on Thursday, December 20 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Join famous animation artist Don Duga for this lively presentation, screening some of his current work, as well as his classic masterpieces from the days of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. This FREE, not-to-miss event is open to the public.

Legendary Rankin/Bass Animation Artist Don Duga has been at the forefront of American Animation for more than 40 years, having worked with some of the most prestigious animation studios in the world. He is a versatile animator, director and producer. His work includes but, is not limited to, UPA and Rankin/Bass Studios to commercials, Sesame Street and feature films. Duga has storyboarded such classic characters as Mr. Magoo and Underdog, and has worked on animated features such as The Last Unicorn, Mad Monster Party, and Day Dreamer. The journey for Don Duga began in 1958, when he studied with mentor, Don Graham, at California’s Chouinard Art Institute. After finishing school, Duga took his talents to UPA Studios, but it was his time with Rankin/Bass Studios where Duga took part in projects like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Mad Monster Party, The Little Drummer Boy, and of course Frosty the Snowman. As a Storyboard artist at Rankin/Bass Studios, Duga specialized in laying out the essential frame work for the various film projects. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Duga worked animating commercials for various national companies. A relationship with Hostess Foods proved to be a large success for Duga where he designed and brought to life such memorable characters as Twinkie the Kid, Captain Cupcake, King Ding Dong, and Fruit Pie the Magician. Polestar Films and Associated Arts, a company Duga co-founded along with animator, Irra Vertbitsky, has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Best Children’s Film of the Year and the ASIFA East Award for their work on Owen, which was narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker.

The East End Arts School is very pleased to present this series of Arts-in-Community forums and presentations on the third Thursday of every month, at the magnificent and historic Brecknock Hall in Greenport (One Brecknock Road; at the entrance to Peconic Landing.) For more information about the Third Thursdays event series, visithttp://www.eastendarts.org/events/index.html#ThirdThurs. Third Thursdays are made possible, in part, by the Miracle-Gro Fund––a donor-advised fund at the Long Island Community Foundation.

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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