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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday January 26, 2007 - 37 Fine art and dining Sheridan grad up for Oscar Animator nominated for work on No Time for Nuts Sheridan College animation grad Michael Thurmeier has been given an Oscar nod. Thurmeier has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film category. An animation supervisor for New Yorkbased Blue Sky Studios, Thurmeier earned the nod for his work in No Time for Nuts, a spinoff of the popular Ice Age movies, which were also created by Blue Sky Studios. Thurmeier, a native of Regina, Saskatchewan, graduated in 1997 from the Classical Animation program at Sheridan. There, he says, "I got an amazing education and exposure to the world of animation." After graduating, he was hired by Blue Sky Studios, where he has worked on films including Ice Age as a lead animator, and on both Robots and Ice Age: The Meltdown as supervising animator. Thurmeier is the sixth Sheridan grad to receive an Academy Award nomination, and the third to be nominated in the Best Animated Short Category. Jon Minnis won for Charade in 1983, and Eric Armstrong won for The ChubbChubbs in 2003. Sheridan's animation program was launched nearly 40 years ago, and has since earned the college international renown as one of the world's top animation schools. The former classical animation diploma program is now integrated into Sheridan's Bachelor of Applied Arts ­ Animation, which combines traditional and contemporary approaches to the discipline. The first class in the BAA ­ Animation program will graduate this spring. Intrada Brass performs at Festival of Brass For the fourth time, Intrada Brass of Oakville has been invited to perform at the annual Festival of Brass in Toronto. The Hannaford Street Silver Band event, which hosts groups from Toronto, Weston, Whitby, Ottawa and Buffalo, will be held at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts on Saturday, March 3. Intrada Brass will perform at 3.30 p.m. as part of a day-long event that kicks off at 10 a.m. The Saturday night gala concert will be performed by the New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army, one of the world's great brass bands. They have performed all over North and South America, the Far East, Australasia and Europe in venues including Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and The Sydney Opera House. For more on the Festival of Brass, visit the St. Lawrence Centre website at www.stlc.com or call 416-366-7723. BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER COLOURFUL ARTIST: Robin Hollindrake is seen here with her oil painting, Key, which is one of many works included in her show, A Colourful Collection. The show is on at Ristorante Julia, 312 Lakeshore Rd. E., until Feb. 5. HALTON CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #RFP07-01 CHILD CARE OPERATOR FOR OPERATING A NON-PROFIT CHILD CARE CENTRE UNDER BEST START FUNDING ORCHARD II ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUTTON DRIVE, BURLINGTON, ONTARIO Proposals clearly marked as to the contents will be received by the Board until 2:00 p.m. local time on Friday, February 16th, 2007 Request for proposal documents are available on the Board website www.hcdsb.org For any information about the Request for Proposal please contact Frank Crouchman, Manager, Purchasing Services (905) 632-6300, ext. 136 crouchmanf@hcdsb.org RUNNING WILD HOLY BODY TATTOO THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER'S CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE THE ARROGANT WORMS with The Polyjesters Friday, February 2nd The Holy Body Tattoo mines Saturday, February 24th Friday, March 2nd the bittersweet landscape of Please join Classic Albums Watch as The Arrogant Worms human relationships with a Live as more than 20 bore into your funny bone with collection of short works, musicians recreate note infectious songs about being duets and solos that linger in for note, cut for cut, one of Canadian, then enjoy the sound the dark reaches of memory, the Beatles most defining of "Chunk" music a blend of sifting through the imprints albums "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely swing, folk and roots done in Hearts Club Band". the Polyjesters style! left there by desire. All performances are at The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts To order tickets call 905-815-2021 or 1-888-489-7784 Order on-line www.oakvillecentre.ca Lou Piovesan Director of Education F. Crouchman Manager, Purchasing Services