Pixar's Totoro Forest Project 9/6/08

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"The benefit auction will be held at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville on September 6th 2008, its entire proceeds going to The Totoro Forest National Fund. The event will see artists and collectors from around the world coming together under Pixar's roof, and promises to be a special evening not to be missed"

For more information:
http://www.totoroforestproject.org/

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AND some of the art will be on display at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco September 20, 2008 – February 8, 2009

LINK to info: http://cartoonart.livejournal.com/14814.html

The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents original works of art from The Totoro Forest Project Charity Auction, a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition featuring paintings, illustrations and sculptures from nearly 200 critically acclaimed animators, fine artists, cartoonists and illustrators. All of the art for the exhibition was inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic animated feature film My Neighbor Tororo. The artwork will be auctioned at a fund raising event at Pixar Animation Studios on September 6, 2008, and then exhibited at the Cartoon Art Museum from September 20, 2008 through February 8, 2009. Proceeds from the auction will support The Totoro No Furusato National Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of Japan's Sayama Forest.

Details regarding the December 2008 reception for this exhibition will be announced shortly.

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Word coming from the Bay Area is that the Totoro Forest Project auction at Pixar was a stellar success. The world’s top film animators, comic book artists and illustrators came together after creating original works of art inspired by the iconic animated film My Neighbor Totoro for an auction to benefit the Totoro No Furusato (Totoro’s Homeland) National Fund – also known as the Totoro Forest Fund on September 6, 2008, at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA.

The Totoro Forest Fund is dedicated to preserving Sayama Forest, a large park outside Tokyo that inspired the beloved film by respected Japanese movie director Hayao Miyazaki.

AWN is proud to present some of the exclusive pics from the event to share with you.

Photo gallery at:
http://events.animationblogspot.com/...oject-gallery/

The last photo features Pixar's John Lasseter and Lou Romano, the voice of 'Ratatouille's Alfredo Linguini