Dear friends,
The Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association is moving forward with many new and exciting projects that will continue our mission to promote Asian culture and understanding through the use of Japanese Animation.

EVENTS OUTLINES

Sakura-Con 2005
Click Here For Details

ANCEA Presents "Another Day In The Orient!"
June 25th, 2005 at the Tacoma Firefighters Union Hall
Come see a fun mix of PG and PG13 Asian films on Saturday, June 25th at the
Tacoma Firefighters Union Hall. From ten in the morning to midnight, A.N.C.E.A. will be showcasing some
great films from Japan, China, Korea, and other Asian countries! This will be a potluck,
so bring something to eat. Costumes are always welcome!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cost is $10 for Non-A.N.C.E.A. Members
(A.N.C.E.A. Members Get In Free, So Register Soon!!) Register at the door and get in free.
Click here for more information on the hall.
For directions, click here.

ANCEA Joins Cascadia Con!
September 1st - 5th 2005 at the Sea Tac Airport Hilton
Come and check out our Anime room at this exciting convention! We will be running a twelve hour video room and hosting several anime related panels. We look forward to seeing many of you there! A program guide will be posted as soon as possible. Take care!
Click here for more information on Cascadia Con.

ANCEA Will Be Running An Anime Room At Norwescon!
March 24th - 27th 2005 at the Double Tree Sea Tac Hotel
Come and check out our Anime night at this exciting convention! ANCEA will be showing six hours of great new Anime Saturday night from 8pm to 2am. We look forward to seeing many of you there!
Click here for more information on Norwescon.
For a schedule of the Anime we will be showing, click here.

More Pending
 
 
Past Events

ANCEA Presents "One Day In The Orient"
Like Asian movies? ANCEA is providing a one day movie marathon for the community. We have a fun selection of PG and PG13 movies from China, Korea, Japan, and other Asian countries. It will also be a potluck, so bring something fun to munch on. A list of the movies that will be shown will be up shortly. Here is the info:
The Place: Jane Park Building Located at the corner of N. 39th and Orchard
The Time: 11am - 7pm
The Date: Sunday November 21st
Cost: $10 for Non-ANCEA members. (ANCEA members get in FREE!!) ANCEA Registration will be taken at the door. I hope to see a lot of you there. It will definately be a fun time!!

Sakura Matsuri
For the past seven years, the Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association has produced Sakura-Con, the North West’s premiere Japanese Animation and Cultural Festival. This year, we have added a new event to meet our educational outreach goals.
Sakura Matsuri is a mini-festival targeted for the high-school audience that explores contemporary and traditional Japanese culture. Sakura Matsuri will take place on April 23, 2004 from 8:30am to 1:00pm at the Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center.
The event will feature a premiere animated film, three 40-minute panels featuring traditional and contemporary Japanese culture and an opportunity for students to explore exhibits at Sakura-Con 2004. The cost is $10.00 per person and space is limited to only 250 persons.
We are taking reservations now for this event. You can register by mail or online at www.ancea.org . After we receive your reservation, you will be sent an information packet outlining payment dates, panel topics, directions and maps. We look forward to you and your group attending Sakura Matsuri.
Contact Wallis Lindsey for more information

Sakura-Con
April 23-25 2004
Max Pham
Sakura-Con is the Northwest's Premiere Anime Convention located in the Seattle area of
Washington State. It is ANCEA's Flagship event held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The next Sakura Con will be held at the same location as last year,
It will be Sakura Con's 7th year and the third year held at the Seatac Hilton.
Come and celebrate with us! ^_^ For more information please visit the website.

Aki Matsuri
September 2003
Dawn Minges/Isaac Alexander

Autumn Festival; this event is held at the Bellevue Community College campus
in September. Food, games, arts, music, and even some anime - it's a really
fun event for the whole family! ANCEA will have a table set up for
information, pre-registration for Sakura-Con 2004, and ANCEA memberships.

Anime Evolution
July 25 - 27 2003
Julie and Jeff Allen
A three day anime festival held at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,
British Columbia. ANCEA will have a table set up for information,
pre-registration for Sakura-Con 2004, and ANCEA memberships.
http://www.animeevolution.com/index.cfm

Anime Evolution
July 3rd-6th 2003
Westercon 56 a general Science Fiction and Fantasy convention will be held at the Seattle Doubletree Hotel in Sea-Tac. ANCEA in support of this convention will be running an anime room. 24 hour anime will be shown through the entire convention featuring both new titles and old classics. Please come see us and support WC56!
http://www.wester56.org

High School Day
April 23 2004
Need Volunteers

As part of the education mission we are looking into the possibility of
having a Friday High School Day at the con. Students will be brought in with
their supervisors, offered a special admission price, given a cycle of 4
things to do, and be given guided tours through the cycle. Friday is a small
attendance day, especially from 9:30 to 1:30. We are envisioning a separate
entrance, separate badges that would give them a discount when they come
back later Friday night or Saturday, and a specially designed schedule that
would answer to our education needs as well as theirs. Contact person?
Currently we don't have one. Julie, Wally, Max, Chris, are among the
creative minds wrestling with this one. Want to help? Email the staff
mailing list. One of us will get it.

Seattle Children's Museum
January - May 2004
Wallis Lindsey

More information click here

SCM will be running an exhibit entitled "Jump
to Japan: Learning about Culture through Popular Art.". SCM will
run a Studio Ghibli film festival - and imagine if you will, a giant cat
bus.. ANCEA has been approached to run some panels and workshops. Wally has
all the info regarding this event, and we will fill this space up with more
as it becomes available.
"The Seattle Children's Museum is calling for Artists-In-Residence for Jump
to Japan: Learning about Culture through Popular Art. This newly created
exhibit with input and support from ANCEA will run from January 1, 2004
until May 31, 2004. The exhibit will contain animation stations featuring
the work of Miyazaki, a manga shop, and an area to explore the tradition of woodblock
prints. ANCEA encourages all ages to visit the Seattle Children's Museum
and explore Jump to Japan: (Be sure to have your photo taken in the life
size Cat Bus from Miyazaki's Totoro)"

Fern Hill Library
Tacoma, WA
November 22 2003
Tentative Schedule
10:00 Manga/Anime Display - Library books, plus ANCEA member private collections
11:00 How to Watch Anime and Why You Should - Wally
12:00 Dragon Ball Panel/ Art - Chris
1:00 Parents Guide to Anime - Dan
2:00 Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament - Library Staff or ANCEA
Contact person: Julie-Lynch-Allen

Museum of Glass
July, August (August 2,3 Main Events )2003
Daniel Harrison
The Museum of Glass (Tacoma) is hosting an exhibit entitled "My Reality."
This is a Japanese art exhibit, and in keeping with this theme, ANCEA has
been asked to contribute volunteers to host several anime showings, as well
as provide some lectures and a Cosplay. Folks attending the first weekend in
August in costume will get in free of charge. There will be an
ANCEA/Sakura-Con table set up for information, pre-registration for
Sakura-Con 2004, and ANCEA memberships.
http://www.museumofglass.org/s01_upcomingexh.jsp

Many of our members will be giving lectures about various anime films at the Museum of Glass event during the weekends of July and August. Admission to view these films is free of charge. To see the exhibit you must pay the proper fees.

ANIME MIDNIGHT MAGIC: Was Held Oct 11, 2002
Anime Midnight Magic was held at V-con Friday, October 11th, 2002 from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 am in a ballroom which V-con had donated to ANCEA for this event. It was presented by the Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association in conjunction with V-Con the Vancouver Canada Science Fiction convention. It was a J-Pop and Anime music ball. In addition to the dance which featured anime music images screened on
the wall during the dance, Anime movies were shown afterward.
It was ANCEA's first event in Canada! And a smashing success! Thanks to all who helped put this event on.
We may return again for October 2003.
For more information about V-Con you can visit their Website at http://www.v-con.ca
This year's event took place at the
Plaza 500 Hotel
500 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
For information about the hotel call:
(604) 873-1811 or toll free: (1-800) 473-1811.

(Convention Committee Convention aka C-Cubed):
Was Held May 31-Jun 2, 2002
C^3's mission is to bring convention planners together to share ideas and to learn from each other in order to improve their events. ANCEA was the presenting sponsor for last year's event. It was a great success!
Next years C-Cubed is planned to be in Bellingham, WA.
Stay tuned for more information.