{{Short description|Canadian nonprofit animation organization}} '''Quickdraw Animation Society''' (QAS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the art of animation. The organization was founded in 1984 in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The QuickDraw Animation Society Celebrates 15 Years |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/quickdraw-animation-society-celebrates-15-years |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref>
In 2004, the organization launched the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (GIRAF) which is held annually in Calgary and showcases animated films from around the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Calgary animation society festival celebrates past, future with 20th GIRAF Festival |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-animation-society-festival-celebrates-past-future-with-20th-giraf-festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109140248/https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-animation-society-festival-celebrates-past-future-with-20th-giraf-festival |archive-date=2024-11-09 |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=calgaryherald |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Notable members == * [[Richard Reeves (animator)|Richard Reeves]] * [[Tank Standing Buffalo]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Calgary filmmaker's autobiographical 'cartoon' chronicles his youthful imprisonment |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-filmmakers-autobiographical-cartoon-chronicles-his-youthful-imprisonment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221200821/https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-filmmakers-autobiographical-cartoon-chronicles-his-youthful-imprisonment |archive-date=2021-02-21 |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=calgaryherald |language=en-CA |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-09 |title=Lynne Perras – "Steadier, happier, and quicker at the work"? Women in Canadian Animation – Animation Studies |url=https://oldjournal.animationstudies.org/lynne-perras-steadier-happier-and-quicker-at-the-work-women-in-canadian-animation/ |access-date=2025-07-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Wayne Traut, director of [[Movements of the Body]]
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[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Alberta]] [[Category:Organizations based in Calgary]] [[Category:Organizations established in 1984]] [[Category:Film festivals in Alberta]]