Aurora Holiday Party
With Raffle and Silent Art Auction
Thursday, December 5, 6-9PM
Location: Aurora Picture Show, 2442 Bartlett Street
Aurora Members Free, Non-members enter with raffle ticket purchase
Shake the mothballs out of your bedazzled holiday sweater and don those light bulb earrings because it is time for Aurora’s annual Holiday Party.  This year VJ/DJ Peter Lucas will provide the entertainment to set the mood for the annual raffle and social gathering  Purchase a raffle ticket for only $10 and not only be a good little elf but also be entered to score some great gifts for yourself or someone else.  This year we are adding a special silent auction of small artworks and a pair of SXSW Film Badges too. Saint Arnold Brewery, Costco Wholesale and Phoenicia Specialty Foods will be sharing the good tidings with seasonal libations and snacks. READ MORE

Adult Lego Happy Hour Workshop
Tuesday, December 10, 6-9PM
$20 Aurora Members, $30 Non-Members SOLD OUT
Ages 21 and up
Our first workshop sold out, so we added another one for all those kids over 21 that missed out. We know adults like to play too and we created a workshop just for you grown up LEGO lovers. Join Aurora Picture Show for our Adult LEGO Animation happy hour where we will give you building blocks and booze. All you need to do is bring your imagination, and we will supply the LEGOs, technology and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own stop-motion animation.  READ MORE

Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle 2013
Co-presented with Houston Public Library
Saturday, December 14, 3:00PM
Location: Children’s Reading Room at Julia Ideson Library, 550 McKinney
Free Admission
Feel like taking a trip around the world? Then hop aboard a celluloid magic carpet to take a trip all the way from the Arctic to Mozambique, with stops along the way to see animated sights in Instanbul, Germany, France, Argentina, Germany and India! Kids and kids at heart of all ages will enjoy seeing the world in this selection of creative short animated films from the Children’s Film Festival Seattle.  READ MORE


AURORA NEWS

Winter Lego Animation Mini-Camp
Registration Open for a Winter Break Youth Mini-Camp
After selling-out our one-day LEGO animation workshops, Aurora ups the ante with a three-day mini-camp over Winter Break from January 2-4, 2014.  Be forewarned, these lego workshops sell out fast!  It pays to be a card-carrying Aurora member for those advance registration opportunities before these special programs open up to the general public. So bring you Vaders, your Hogwarts or just a whole pile of bricks and we'll show you how to make stop-motion animated films sure to start off your year right!  READ MORE

Extremely Young Film Festival
Now Accepting Submissions
Aurora Picture Show and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston proudly present the inaugural Extremely Young Film Festival, showcasing the innovative talents of youth and teen filmmakers from around the world. Born out of the spirit of Extremely Shorts which features film and video under three minutes long, Extremely Young puts the spotlight on films under three minutes long from makers under 17 years old. Celebrating their artistic, creative and technical strengths and interpretations on the world in which they live, these voices are the future of media expression.  READ MORE

Aurora Seeks Interns
Deadline to Submit is December 6
The Aurora Picture Show Internship Program provides students an opportunity to bridge the gap between studying media arts as a student and working in media arts field as a professional by providing hands-on experience within a well-established media art organization. Interns gain insight into the national and international world of new media art, along with basic administrative skills useful in any professional position. READ MORE

Mobile Media Literacy
Aurora Picture Show in the Community
Through our Mobile Media Literacy program, Aurora Picture Show hits the road to visit hospitals, non-profit groups and local schools to bring media literacy and filmmaking to the community.  By working with partners such as Writers In The Schools, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center Art In Medicine Program and Young Audiences of Houston, Aurora works with established community programs geared toward youth. VIEW A FILM

Meet Paris F. Jomadiao
Featured in the Curator's Corner
Each quarter, Aurora Curator Mary Magsamen highlights an artist from Aurora's diverse membership to showcase their work and introduce you to the Aurora congregation. This season, our featured member is Paris F. Jomadiao. Paris is an artist who has worked with Aurora Picture Show as volunteer, and also has participated in Extremely Shorts Film Festival.  Paris is an experimental filmmaker and stop-motion animator who residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Check out her film "Last First Flight" and READ MORE