AME INSTITUTE BURBANK 2024

The Arts Media and Entertainment (AME) Institute will return to Burbank, CA for the annual AME Institute on June 26-28 at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and at additional Burbank locations. The 2024 AME Institute Burbank will feature speakers, software trainings, workshops, tours, an AME Expo, and networking events to support educators who are building the pipeline from public education to the creative industries. There will be more than 500 Arts, Media, and Entertainment educators and industry professionals in attendance.

The final day of the Burbank Institute, June 28, will also be Community College Day. This day’s special programming will be hosted by the Television Academy Foundation and will feature panels and speakers for the Community College AME educator. Community College educators can add this day’s special programming onto their three-day Institute ticket for an additional fee or they can purchase a single-day registration.

Pre-Conference add-ons include Adobe Bootcamps and Pre-Apprenticeship Day. The Adobe bootcamps are specifically designed to help teachers pass the Adobe Certified Professional exam and equip participants with the necessary skills to effectively teach Adobe Apps and prepare students for certification. Pre-Apprenticeship Day will focus on the tools needed to develop a Registered Apprenticeship pathway.

AME Institute

2024 Sponsors for AME Institute events include Adobe, CVL Economics, CA Film Commission, Dolby, Editmentor, Foundry, Soundtrap, Toon Boom, USITT, Visit Burbank, Wacom Technologies, Woodbury University, and Wix. The AME Institute is supported through funding from the Snap Foundation and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Local programming partners and keynote speakers are to be announced.

AME Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to providing industry-aligned professional learning for AME educators. By bringing creative industry and educators together, AME Institute ensures that all students, and particularly those furthest from opportunity, get access to the high-wage creative industry jobs of today and tomorrow.

For more information, please visit ameinstitute.org

DC’s Green Lantern John Stewart Arrives in Burbank

On November 14, 2024, Visit Burbank, along DC and Warner Bros. Discovery, unveiled a new seven-and-a-half-foot tall, 600-pound statue of Green Lantern John Stewart under Hangar 28 at Burbank Empire Center.

Step Into Holiday Magic at Universal Studios Hollywood November 29-January 6

Step Into Holiday Magic as Universal Studios Hollywood Expands Its Festivities to Include SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™, along with Fan Favorites “Grinchmas™” and “Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™,” Beginning Friday, November 29 and Running Daily Through Monday, January 6

Friendsgiving Returns to Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

In honor of the Friends 30th anniversary, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood is bringing back Friendsgiving.

Burbank Halloween Delivers a Seasonal Playground in 2024

Our list of 2024 Halloween must-dos in the city.