Category: Newsletters

Happy summer! Hope you’re finding ways to beat the heat, smoke and pollution.  YOU’RE INVITED! Biometrics & Cartoons: An SYEP Pride Community EventWith special guest project Crafting Our Legacy by Cam MbayoSaturday, August 15, 3:00-4:30PMBrooklyn Heights Public Library, Multipurpose Room286 Cadman Plaza W, Brooklyn NY 11201 In this 2026 NYC Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Career… Continue reading 🌈 You’re invited! Biometrics & Cartoons

🕹️Biometrics & Cartoons workshops continue until June📽️ This past March and April we have welcomed justice-impacted LGBTQ+ folks & women FREE WORKSHOPS on animation and motion capture basics. The participants will be continuing to working with biometric data through May and June and will receive a certificate at completion. GOOD NEWS! Registration is still open… Continue reading spring is blooming 🌷🌿

Happy Autumn! May cool weather and spooky vibes be upon us.  🍁🍂YOU’RE INVITED!📼📀 An evening of BIOMETRICS + BRAINS + CARTOONS + THEATRE + FOOD, THE GREAT TIT IS A BIRD(BRAIN) team would like to cordially invite you to a showcase at Goldfarb Gallery in Toronto on October 8th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. THE… Continue reading 🦜🌈 We invite you to join us Oct 8! & Other Updates

Through the SYEP Pride initiative, NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is proud to support SYEP participants who identify as LGBTQ+ through special programming and career exploration events. SYEP community partner Children’s Arts and Science Workshops and SYEP employer DuKode Studio (creator of THE GREAT TIT IS A BIRD) invite you to a free Career Exploration Panel in Creative Technology on August 8! Meet… Continue reading SYEP PRIDE This Friday

Happy Juneteenth, Happy Pride, and Happy Last Day of Spring! It’s been an unprecedentedly challenging year, but the team at THE GREAT TIT IS A BIRD is surviving — and happy to share a few updates with you. 📼📀 NEW RELEASES 📼📀 This past month, we released a trailer and a behind-the-scenes discussion of our… Continue reading New Releases, Opportunity, Accolades, Sneak Peeks, & More

Above: A saxophonist plays their music under bright red and blue lights. Could this be you or someone you know? Are you a musician with a passion for noir-inspired jazz music? Do you have a neighbor or friend who loves to wail on their saxophone? Have you passed by a saxophonist in your area and… Continue reading 🦩The Great Tit is a Bird 🦜 𝘅 Unsafe Space➕Seeking saxophonist🎷

Above: a film still of main characters, Renella and Medina, from the upcoming film DEMO DAY. Can you see the hidden ghost? In the midst of these challenging times, The Great Tit is a Bird (TGTIAB) production team has been putting the final touches on our latest film, “Demo Day,” and ramping up for the… Continue reading Drag Artist Interview➕Public Talks, Merch Shop & More

You’re invited to a sneak preview of  DEMO DAY July 18 @ 6PM, Brooklyn Heights LibraryMultipurpose Room286 Cadman Plaza West, 11201Free Admission As our team starts to wrap post-production on “Demo Day,” the first full film in The Great Tit is a Bird’s story universe, we’re excited to share it with you. In the film, 17-year-old Renella Mendoza… Continue reading DEMO DAY @ Brooklyn Library

You’re invited to an MIT Media Lab event: The Great Tit is a Bird & Unsafe SPACE,April 19 @ 5:30 pm online.https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMof-CoqzwpGNJb7J878ICjvITpoVEM45kY MIT alums and other talented creators are making The Great Tit is a Bird, a sci-fi arthouse animation series exploring issues its creators have witnessed firsthand in academic and institutional spaces, including race- and gender-based… Continue reading This Friday🦩🦜The Great Tit is a Bird & Unsafe SPACE 

You’re invited to the latest NYC Short Film Showcase on January 12, 7:30 PM @ New Plaza Cinema! Curated by award-winning filmmaker Michael Jacobson, the showcase will feature TGTIAB animation, as well as new work by multidisciplinary artist Leslie Arlette Boyce. Get tickets here 🎟️🎟️ Can’t make the screening? Consider a tax-deductible mini-donation via our new project page @ NYFA.org 🪙… Continue reading 🦩🦜Show your TGTIAB ❤️ Attend a Screening or Mini-Donate 🪙