Our first sponsor has been with us from the beginning, allowing us to develop the show, and get it up and running on the air. At the moment, we have a half-hour show, but once we get additional sponsors, we will expand it to an hour.

The UPA Legacy Project is an umbrella group for several activities to raise the awareness of UPA Pictures, which many feel was the birthplace of contemporary animation. The two primary groups, under the UPA Legacy Project umbrella are The UPA Collection, which is just getting started, and UPA: Magoo, McBoing Boing & Modern Art, a documentary feature well into production. For more on this part of the project, visit the UPA documentary web site.

The UPA Collection is presently being formed to collect and restore the nearly 1,000 films produced by UPA, from the early 1940s to the present. At this time, The UPA Collection is acquiring its non-profit status, and will then put up a web site, and begin a mass appeal for films and funds.

“Modern animation was born at UPA. It is impossible to love animation and not to be keen of these films. I am surprised no one has ever attempted before to gather this collection.”

Serge Bromberg

Director, Annecy International Animation Film Festival

UPA: Magoo, McBoing Boing & Modern Art is a documentary feature now in production, which will cover the history, films, and artists that became the innovative animation studio, which has affected nearly every part of contemporary animation. Its influence has been world-wide … yet, its story has been largely forgotten, so this documentary will bring it back to a new generation. You can find out more by visiting the UPA Legacy Project web site.

Other activities under the UPA Legacy Project are screenings and tributes of UPA films, and merchandising of UPA films and characters. The next event will be the largest tribute ever mounted on UPA, with four programs of UPA films, at next year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival. You can contact us through the UPA Legacy Project web site if you would like to get involved in the UPA Legacy Project.

Our initial Sponsor is the UPA Legacy Project - devoted to collecting, resorting, and exhibiting the films of UPA Pictures, the studio that changed the face of animation and influenced several generations of animation artists. You can hear their spots on any of the shows via the Listen In! page, and you can find out more about a feature length documentary on UPA, now in production, UPA: Magoo, McBoing Boing & Modern Art by visiting the UPA documentary site. We also have Sponsors that come to us through the radio station, which you can listen to on KCLA-FM, every Sunday at 7:30 PST. Once we get a few more animation-related Sponsors, we will expand our show from the present half hour, to a full hour. If you want to know more about becoming a sponsor, click here.