2005 - 2006 Events

 2005 - 2006 Events Calendar - Printable PDF version

 Chapter Election Results
 June 29, 2006 - Applications Night (3D Modeling, and Sound & Graphics)
 June 14 - June 21, 2006 - Chapter Elections
 June 8, 2006 - Programming Committee Meeting
 May 18, 2006 - RESCHEDULED TO NEXT SEASON - Using Sound with Computer Graphics
 April 20, 2006 - CG Social
 April 13, 2006 - Programming Meeting
 April 3, 2006 - Bring Your Own Art
 March 20, 2006 - How to Get Get a Job in Computer Graphics
 March 13, 2006 - Programming Committee Meeting
 February 27, 2006 - An Evening with Laika Entertainment
 February 13, 2006 - Programming Committee
 January 30, 2006 - CG Networking
 January 9, 2006 - Programming Committee
 December 5, 2005 - Electronic Theatre (uncut)
 October 14, 2005 - Web Design

Chapter Election Results
2006 - 2007 Officers

Time to elect our new chapter leaders.

• Chair: Jeff Borg,
• Vice Chair: Demetra Gilmore Arnett,
• Treasurer: Andrew Dennis,
• Secretary: Fran Zandonella,
• Public Relations Officer: Kerry Tescher (appointed),
• Members At Large: Michael Smith, Hercules Silverstein
•   Write-in for Members At Large: Scott Lawrence, Kyle Welch

Applications Night
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Elections

Join us for our last meeting of the season!

Learn more about 3d modeling and sound applications. Experts from Second Story
will give a presentation on the "Media Wall" at the McCormick Tribune Freedom
Museum in Chicago and a 3d model of the Lagoda, a New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Second Story's computer graphics applications will intrigue and inspire you.

Next, experts from Mythod will present "Sound Off!" a brief history, theory and practical
implications of digital animation and sound. Mythod's application will demonstrate
how they creatively put sound with movement and how musicians collaborate with
animators to produce animated films.

Click Here for a Full Description of the Event

PCC Cascade Campus
Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building
705 N. Killingsworth (and Albina)
Portland, OR 97217

Time to elect our new chapter leaders.

Click here for the candidate bios.

• Chair,
• Vice Chair,
• Treasurer,
• Secretary,
• Public Relations Officer,
• Members At Large

Programming Committee Meeting

Thursday, June 8, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

McMenamin's Kennedy School
Courtyard Restaurant
5736 NE 33rd Ave
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 249-3983

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Monday, April 20, 2006
from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Please join us for an opportunity to discuss computer graphics and to network.

Huber's
Portland's oldest restaurant
411 SW 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 228-5686

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com so that we can reserve tables

Thursday, April 13, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

McMenamin's Kennedy School
Courtyard Restaurant
5736 NE 33rd Ave
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 249-3983

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Bring Your Own Art Night

Monday, April 3, 2006
at 6:30 PM

Members and others are invited to bring their computer graphic art for a social get together.

The Art Institute of Portland
1122 NW Davis
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 228-6528 or 1-800-616-2473

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

This is your opportunity to find out what you need to do to get a job in the computer graphics field: animation, gaming, modeling, web and print design. Industry experts will give their perspective and unique insights on what employers look for in resumes and demo reels. Highlights of the informative evening include: brief talks by an animation recruiter on resumes, a technical director on demo reels, and career counselors; a panel discussion comparing and contrasting different perspectives and an opportunity to ask your questions about getting a job in the industry.

PCC Cascade Campus
Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building
705 N. Killingsworth (and Albina)
Portland, OR 97217
map

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph (at ) gmail.com by March 16 so that we can plan for attendance and email your parking pass.

Cost: Free to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members; $5.00 public

Monday, March 13, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

Zaytoon
2236 NE Alberta St.
(at the corner of 23rd and Alberta)
Portland, OR 97211
map

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Join us for a special presentation by Laika Entertainment on the making of their Annie-nominated short film Moongirl.

There will be a short screening of Moongirl and discussions with award-winning Technical Directors, Animators, and director Henry Sellick (Moongirl, Nightmare Before Christmas). Laika staff will share their insights about the computer graphics used in Moongirl and be on hand to answer questions about the film, animation in the Portland area, and Laika.

Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at 6:00 PM

Schedule:
6pm Meet and greet
6:30pm Screening of Moongirl
7:00pm Discussion
Question and answer period until 8:00pm.

Governor Hotel
Grand Ballroom, third floor
614 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 224-3400

Please RSVP by Monday, February 27 at 10am, by sending an email to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com
so that we can plan for the number of chairs needed.

Click here for a printable version of this announcement.

Monday, February 6, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

McMennamin's Kennedy School
Courtyard Restaurant
5736 NE 33rd Ave
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 249-3983

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Please join us for an opportunity to discuss computer graphics and to network.

Huber's
Portland's oldest restaurant
411 SW 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 228-5686

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com so that we can reserve tables

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

December 5, Monday

Meeting Time: December 5, Monday

6:30pm: Networking in lobby

7pm - 8:40pm Screening of 2005 Electronic Theater

Location: Hollywood Theatre

4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

For a map look at: http://maps.cascadesiggraph.org/ET

Click here for a printed invitation

The energy and excitement of the annual SIGGRAPH conference, held in Los Angeles this past summer, will be brought directly to Portland by screening the SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater. For the first time in Portland, the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater will be shown in its entirety.

About SIGGRAPH’s Electronic Theater

Each year, the annual SIGGRAPH conference includes one internationally recognized showcase of the best computer graphics achievements from around the world. The Electronic Theater contains a selection of 18 juried works from hundreds of submissions. The pieces were selected based on extremely high standards of creative and technical excellence.

The Electronic Theater is the world's most prestigious film and video extravaganza, showcasing dazzling and innovative imagery in invited and submitted works selected by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts and specialists. The works selected for this year's Computer Animation Festival take us on a remarkable journey that combines the talent and brilliance of the current and future trends in art and science with the very best imagery depicting comedy, drama, romance, action, adventure, fantasy, scence fiction, and science fact.

Always a highlight, the Electronic Theater melds art with the latest trends in hardcore computing. It's the place to spot future trends in films and commercials.

The best computer graphics of 2005 program includes:

1.                  Helium — Supinfocom Arles (5:15)

2.                  La Migration Bigoudenn — Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image (2:31)

3.                  3. MODIS Global Daily Snow Cover and Sea Ice Surface Temperature — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (3:01)

4.                  La Dernière Minute — Forêt Bleue (14:37)

5.                  Things That Go Bump in the Night — Ringling School of Art and Design (2:02)

6.                  Dice — Kyoto Seika University (1:56)

7.                  Cubic Tragedy — National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (3:30)

8.                  Overtime — Supinfocom Valenciennes (4:55)

9.                  Espace La Vie d'Hector — Framestore CFC (:60)

10.              Fallen Art — Platige Image

11.              Learn Self Defense — Chris Harding Animation Concern (5:01)

12.              Visualizing the XYZ Color Space — Sony Pictures Imageworks (2:38)

13.              Workin´ Progress — Supinfocom Valenciennes (4:17)

14.              World of WarCraft — Blizzard Entertainment (3:10)

15.              East End Zombies — NCCA Bournemouth University (3:10)

16.              Visualization of an F3 Tornado within a Supercell Thunderstorm Simulation — National Center for Supercomputing Applications (1:15)

17.              In the Rough — Blur Studio (4:50)

18.              A Semi-Lagrangian Contouring Method for Fluid Simulation — UC Berkeley (:49)

Location and Registration

The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH December meeting will take place Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 at 6:30 PM at the Hollywood Theater, located at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, in the Hollywood District, Portland. Networking in the lobby will begin at 6:30 and the Screening will be from 7:00 to 8:40 PM. This and other SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH members, with a $5.00 fee at the door for non-members. Annual membership can be purchased at the door for $25.00 ($18.00 for students). Concession food is available for purchase. For more information on Cascade SIGGRAPH and membership, visit the Cascade SIGGRAPH Web site at http://cascade.siggraph.org/.

SIGGRAPH Cascade Meeting
Web Design
October 14th, 6 - 7:30pm

Speaker: Lindsay Bell, owner of DarkWater Studios (http://www.dwstudios.net/)
Location: Pala Fashion Lounge
105 NW 3rd (and Couch), Portland

Click here for a full invitation.

Programming Committee Meeting

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 6:30 PM

McMennamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Ave
Portland, OR 97211

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

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