NICE SHORTS
JUNE 2022
Nice Shorts is an animator interview and behind the scenes series. I sat down with hosts Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle and over two episodes, we discussed the making of my early pandemic film Stuck at Home with Neville in Part 1, and my path in the animation industry and much more in Part 2.
NEW WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER
09/14/21
The NEW Women’s Business Center provides resources and tools to ensure women entrepreneurs are on the right track for economic independence through small business ownership. NEW WBC recently launched a Women in Entertainment Program, and featured Catalyst Castle in their weekly newsletter.
SHOUTOUT LA
06/21/21
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
Shoutout LA believes in putting small business owners and creatives at the center of discussions designed to spark conversation within the community—they think meaningful conversations are at the heart of community building. In our interview, AWC organizers Casey and Lex discuss the journey of managing Animation Wild Card thus far and the influences that helped shape the growth of the organization.
ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK
11/27/20
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
Animation World Network is the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet—providing a wide range of interesting, relevant, and helpful information about all aspects of animation. Animation World Network featured our podcast episode from the Animation Industry Podcast, and it's terrific host, Terry Ibele!
INK AND PAINT GIRLS PODCAST
11/18/20
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
We're on Ink and Paint Girls Podcast—a look at animation through the women who make it! A huge thank you to our host Cassie Soliday for having us on the show, asking great questions and having a lovely conversation with us! It eased our nerves and lead to some really interesting places.
ANIMATION INDUSTRY PODCAST
10/13/20
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
AWC organizers Casey Follen, Alexis Deprey, and Cami Kwan were on Terry Ibele's Animation Industry Podcast. They chatted about how AWC came to be, how animators can get involved, and plans for the future.
VOYAGE LA
10/01/20
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
Voyage LA's mission is to build a platform that fosters collaboration and support for small businesses, independent artists and entrepreneurs, local institutions and those that make our city interesting. As part of their local stories series, Voyage LA interviewed AWC founders, Casey Follen and Alexis Deprey, about Animation Wild Card's journey.
STOP MOTION MAGAZINE
08/07/20
Project: Animation Wild Card (co-founded by Casey Follen/Catalyst Castle)
Stop Motion Magazine helped us get the word out about our very special Episode 7: New Friends. For this episode, we reached out to New Friends outside of our personal networks to contribute and they more than delivered. These animators chipped in from all over the world!
This article also shares the story of how Animation Wild Card got started, our evolution over the first seven episodes, and our goals for the future.
