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WINTER 2021 19 A F T E R H O U R S AT THE CARS & COFFEE MEET-UPS, GUILD MEMBERS COME FOR THE CARS AND STAY FOR THE CAMARADERIE. n certain aturday ornins, i you're in Grifith Par near the carousel, you might spot a small group of Animation Guild members gathered in the parking lot, sharing coffee, doughnuts, and stories about their cars. You've just stumbled upon one of the Cars & Coffee meet-ups that have been facilitated for the past three years y oer da and usan uyen da, a acround desiner on My Adventures with Superman, and Nguyen, ANIMATORS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE Gatherings offer the opportunity for casual conversation and checking out cars. a storyboard artist on The Casagrandes, originally bonded over their appreciation of cars when they were both at DreamWorks. Nguyen says, "I would communicate on the internal forum with the same handful of people about cars, including Roger. We would share iers or car eents and local eets, and eventually we came up with this wild idea of meeting in person!" Prior to that, hen da as orin on Motorcity, he also met colleagues who were into cars. "There are quite a few transportation design people who work in animation—so there's a lot of people who know actual car design philosophy." da says the ars oee eents seemed like a natural development because of Southern California's car culture in Burbank and Glendale, where many animation artists and writers work. He also likes having a casual activity where people from the industry can gather without needing a serious purpose for meeting up. He notes that in the Guild, many events are anchored in advocacy issues, adding, "I do think it's important that we meet under other circumstances."