Masters from the animation world will be in Wolverhampton this weekend. Bill Plympton, Cosgrove Hall, and Aardman will all be gracing Light House with their presence at Flip Festival 2011.

Animators and fans can attend the Flip Festival at Light House, Wolverhampton from Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th October.

Animators, graphic artists and illustrators looking for a career in the games industry are running out of time to apply for Gamer Camp: Pro (a sister project of Animation Forum WM), which has just three places left on its intensive, industry-endorsed, training course.

Starting this September, Gamer Camp: Pro pits budding games artists and animators in teams with programmers, during working hours (Mon-Thu, 9-5), to give them the specific skills and experience needed to kick-start a career in games.

Animation Forum WM's sister project Gamer Camp has begun recruiting animators that are serious about working in the games industry for its 2011 training courses. [More]

Now in its 4th year, Stoke Your Fires Festival is running another convention stock full of fantastic animation screenings, talks and useful contacts to rub shoulders with, next week at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. [More]

Animators, developers, designers and programmers from the region's games industry are spoilt for choice this December as Gamer Camp and Game Central join forces to present a series of free-to-attend evening events across the Midlands. [More]