Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) panel called "Women in...Animation: The Business of Creativity." Candy Kugel, Deena Beck, Bernadine Santistevan and Ginger Brown were generous with their experience and advice. The people of Raw Space/Imagenation should also be commended for supplying the venue (and the post-presentation refreshments and music!)
Some take-aways from the event:
1. Be fearless
2. Do what you can with the resources currently available to you
3. Maximize all avenues (web, film festivals, museum installations, children's books)
4. Pursue your passion project because it's most likely other people will relate to it