Animation Guild | We are 839 Digital Magazine
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WINTER 2019 11 We are in good company—other unions celebrated included publications from the California Federation of Teachers, the American Postal Workers Union, United Food and Commercial Workers, and SAG. These unions now know who we are, strengthening our bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood across the United States. Our efforts to elevate the profile of our craft and celebrate the artists, technicians, and writers who work within it, are finally starting to pay off. And, in this issue, 70 TAG members were featured—that's an all-time record! In the 2019 Holiday Gift Guide (p. 29), you'll meet 21 artists who are turning their after hours passions into unique crafts for sale at our Holiday Market on December 6. You'll also get to know 21 TAG members who were honored with a Golden Award for dedicating 50 years to the craft (p.46). While thirteen artists, technicians and writers share the creative solutions they implemented while working on Frozen II (p. 38). Many of these individuals often get overlooked in the mainstream media, which tends to focus on those at the top without fully acknowledging the contributions of thousands of Animation Guild members. In Keyframe, we get to change that narrative and applaud our diverse talent. None of this, however, would have happened without the vision of Business Representative Jason MacLeod or the support of the Executive Board or the commitment of the Publishing Committee. As many of these individuals step aside from leadership positions, we salute their dedication, perseverance and enthusiasm. Happy Holidays! Alexandra Drosu editor@tag839.org THIS ISSUE MARKS THE EIGHTH INSTALL- MENT OF KEYFRAME AND WE ARE CEL- EBRATING WITH TWO ACCOLADES FROM THE INTER- NATIONAL LABOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION—A FIRST PLACE WIN IN THE BEST FEATURE STORY CATEGORY AND A SECOND PLACE WIN IN THE BEST CARTOON CATEGORY FOR ONE OF KRIS MUKAI'S INFORMATIVE COMICS. CELEBRATIONS & SALUTATIONS CONTRIBUTORS KAREN BRINER (Hand Drawn Ham) is the author of two middle-grade children's novels and is busy working on a third involving time travel, while also ghostwriting a biography. Her work as a scriptwriter includes the animated South African television series Magic Cellar that aired on HBO. MARTIN COHEN (Cover Photograph) has been working as a freelance photographer in Los Angeles since 1988. His photographs have been shown in galleries in Amsterdam, New York and Los Angeles, and appeared in Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar and more. Originally from Amsterdam, where he attended the Dutch Film Academy, he has lived in the USA for over twenty years. LA based photographer TIM SULLENS has one wife, two daughters and six cameras. Over the years, he has captured images of musicians and performers, political rallys and weddings. In this issue, he snapped the crafts in the Holiday Gift Guide and the honorees at the Golden Awards. You might recognize RUSTEEN HONARDOOST (Hope Floats) from the TAG office but after hours he contributes to Keyframe, competes in Killer Queen weekly at Free Play and is writing a cartoon pilot. E D I T O R ' S N O T E above, from left: Alexandra Drosu, Recording Secretary Paula Spence, Business Rep Jason MacLeod, President K.C. Johnson and Vice President Jeanette Moreno King posing after the Golden Awards banquet.