2006 - 2007 Events

 Jun 29 - Jul 1, 2007 - Society for Animation Studies Conference (in Portland)
 June 25 - 30, 2007 - Platform International Animation Film Festival (in Portland)
 June 7, 2007 - BYOA: Bring Your Own Art & Election Results Announced
 June 1, 2007 - Elections begin
 May 9, 2007 - CHIFOO/SIGGRAPH Panel Meeting
 May 1, 2007 - Election Bios due
 April 17, 2007 - How to Get a Job in Computer Graphics
 March 22, 2007 - GPU Shader Programming for Fun and Visualization
 March 14, 2007 - Programming Committee Meeting
 March 9, 2007 - Animation and the Death of Fantasy
 February 27, 2007 - Aberle Films presents Mix it Up!
 February 12, 2007 - Programming Committee Meeting
 January 31, 2007 - CG Social w/Showing the Space-Time Animation Competition
 November 30, 2006 - Programming Committee Meeting
 November 15, 2006 - Birds of a Feather Mixer: IXDA / CHIFOO / SIGGRAPH / ASIFA - Social
 November 1, 2006 - Autodesk's 3D Modeling Software Preview - Make the Story Come Alive Tour
 September 21, 2006 - Electronic Theatre - UNCUT
 August 30, 2006 - Programming Committee Meeting - We need your ideas for planning this year's events!
 July 31 - Aug 3, 2006 - SIGGRAPH 2006 Conference in Boston
 July 24, 2006 - Conference Networking - a Social Event
 July 17, 2006 - Programming Committee Meeting - Cancelled

Platform International Animation Festival

Tuesday - Saturday, June 25 - 30, 2007

First Thursday, June 7, 2007

Time to elect our new chapter leaders.

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

Thursday, May 9th, 2007

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Doors open at 6pm
Show starts at 6:30pm

Computer Graphics Idol
6:30pm - 7pm

Resumes and Demo Reels: If Yours Don't Work, Neither Do You!
7pm - 9pm
by Pamela Kleibrink Thompson

Enjoy a candid look behind the Demo Reel critiquing process ala American Idol style! The first half hour will give the audience a rare inside look of how a Demo Reel is judged.

Next, learn what it takes to get a job in the computer graphics field. Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, a top career coach and recruiter, reveals the secrets of how to create an irresistible resume and showcase your talent in a demo reel to get the job you want. Sample resumes and demo reels are included.

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

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com by noon on April 16
so that we can plan for attendance.
Free parking pass if you email your request by noon on Apr 16.

We suggest parking in PCC designated lots only located off of Albina St.
(one block North of Killingsworth).

Cost:
FREE to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members;
$5.00 public;
complimentary appetizers will be available.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Join us for a lecture by award-winning Oregon State University professor in Computer Science, Dr. Mike Bailey, on graphics processing unit (GPU) shader programming and visualization. Dr. Baileys lecture will discuss the basics of vertex and fragment GPU shader programming, as well as the brand-new geometry shader capability, and its specific use in scientific data visualization. This talk will also introduce glman, a free piece of software that greatly simplifies learning shader programming.

The ability to program the GPU, that is, injecting ones own algorithms into the graphics pipeline, is one of the most exciting things to ever happen in computer graphics, said Dr. Mike Bailey, Computer Science professor at Oregon State University. This increased control with little sacrifice in speed, is a development that will impact all areas in the graphics community, from game development to scientific visualization.

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

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com by noon on March 21
so that we can plan for attendance.
Free parking pass if you email your request by noon on Mar 21.

We suggest parking in PCC designated lots only located off of Albina St.
(one block North of Killingsworth).

Directions and a map can be found on the web at:
http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/

Cost:
FREE to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members;
$5.00 public;
complimentary appetizers will be available.

March 14, 2007
at 6:00 PM

The next programming meeting for the Cascade SIGGRAPH chapter
is upcoming up and you are invited. The agenda is to discuss and plan
all events through next fall with stronger emphasis on nearer events.

Lucky Lab Brewery in NW Portland
1945 NW Quimby
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 517-4352

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Friday, March 9, 2007
at 7:30 PM
at Willamette University in Salem, OR

Please join us for a lecture by Bill Kroyer, award-winning animator and director. Kroyer will discuss Animation and the Death of Fantasy, a provocative look at new computer-based techniques and their relation to and influence on traditional animation and storytelling. For more information about Bill Kroyer and this event, see: http://www.willamette.edu/cla/keck/Kroyer.htm. This lecture is sponsored by the W. M. Keck Foundation Arts and Technology grant and Willamette University and is FREE to all Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH members.

Click Here for a Poster of the Event

Montag Den
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 370-6122

Directions
Campus Map

Montag Den is on the lower level of the Montag Student Center complex on the northeast end of campus (#29 on the map above)

Parking is free after 4pm.

For more information, please contact Cheryl Cramer at Willamette University at (503) 370-6122

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Doors open at 6pm
Show starts at 6:30pm

Stop-motion and computer animation combine in unique ways

Join us and hear Doug Aberle from Aberle Films give a unique perspective and showcase a mixture of stop-motion and computer animation. Doug has a wide variety of experiences which combine and mingle in strange ways — like his work — of which we'll see samples.

Click Here for a Full Description of the Event

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

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com by noon on February 27
so that we can plan for attendance.
Free parking pass if you email your request by noon on Feb 27.

We suggest parking in PCC designated lots only located off of Albina St.
(one block North of Killingsworth).

Directions and a map can be found on the web at:
http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/

Cost: Free to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members; $5.00 public; complimentary pizza will be available

Monday, February 12, 2007
at 5:30 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

Lucky Lab Brewery in NW Portland
1945 NW Quimby
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 517-4352

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

January 31, 2007
6:00 pm
at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne

This quarter our social mixer will be showing the the best of the Space-Time Animation Competition. The ACM SIGGRAPH Eduation Committee sponsors the Space-Time Animation Competition which is open to students, primary grades through college, worldwide.

Lucky Lab Brewery on Hawthorne
915 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 236-3555

Directions
Parking is available on the street and in the parking lot
behind the building, on the corner of 9th and Madison.

The Event is FREE!
(You pay for your own drinks and food.)

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com
so that we can plan for attendance.

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Thursday, November 30, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

Big Red's
5515 SW Canyon CT
Portland, OR 97221
(503) 297-5568

map

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

November 15, 2006
5:30pm - ??

This quarter our social mixer includes folks from other local groups: IxDA (www.ixda.org), CHIFOO (www.chifoo.org), ASIFA Portland (http://www.asifaseattle.com), and Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH (http://www.cascadesiggraph.org). This is your opportunity network and find out more about different related groups in the NW and meet like-minded folks.

Lucky Lab Brewery in NW Portland
1945 NW Quimby
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 517-4352

Directions

The Event is FREE!
(You pay for your own beer and food.)

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com
so that we can plan for attendance.

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Click Here for a Full Description of the Event

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Registration / Networking starts at 5:00 PM
Demonstration starts at 6:00 - 8:15 PM

Join us at the Make the Story Come Alive Tour featuring Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9 and Autodesk® Maya® 8 software launch. Be among the first to see and learn about the new features designed to meet the present and future demands of increasingly complex 3D production environments. Guest speakers will demonstrate how they use Autodesk Media & Entertainment solutions to turn their creative vision into reality.

Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall
Washington Park
4033 SW Canyon Rd.
Portland, OR 97221
(Across the parking lot from Oregon Washington Park Zoo)
directions

The Event is FREE!, so is the parking and pizza. Registration requested.
Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com by October 31
so that we can plan for attendance.

Click Here for a Full Description of the Event

Electronic Theatre from SIGGRAPH 2006
UNCUT

Thursday, September 21, 2006
Doors open at 6pm
Show starts at 6:30pm

Join us for our first meeting of the season!
Click Here for a Full Description of the Event

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

Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail.com by September 19
so that we can plan for attendance.

PCC is providing FREE PARKING for all Electronic Theater attendees.
We suggest parking in PCC designated lots only located off of Albina St.
(one block North of Killingsworth).

Directions and a map can be found on the web at: http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/

Cost: Free to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members; $5.00 public; complimentary pizza will be available

Featured Productions

The collection of 37 shorts were selected from over 600 submissions and juried at the recent International SIGGRAPH conference. The highly-acclaimed showcase of amazing computer graphics and special effects shorts from around the world offers insight on future trends in films, commercials and scientific visualization.

458nm -- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
A Great Big Robot From Outer Space Ate My Homework -- Vancouver Film School (Canada)
Brush -- Boumermouth University (United Kingdom)
Bubble Girl -- PSYOP, Inc. (USA)
The Building -- Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image (France)
Carlitopolis -- ENSAD (France)
Dairy Crest "Cityside" -- Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)
Discord: metal and meat -- North Michigan University (USA)
Doll Face -- (USA)
"Everyone's Hero" -- IDT Entertainment (USA)
Flow -- Scanline Production (Germany)
Foster's Australia "Big Ad" -- Animal Logic (Australia)
Growth by Aggregation 2 (the Utah variation) -- (USA)
Guinness "noitulovE" -- Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)
ILM 2006 -- Industrial Light & Magic (USA)
The Inner Life of the Cell (excerpt) -- XVIVO LLC (USA)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets - 12 Interstitials -- Gagné International Inc. LLC, Viacom Inc. (USA)
Into Pieces -- (Brazil)
King Kong -- Weta Digital Ltd (New Zealand)
King Kong: "In a New York Minute" -- Weta Digital Ltd (New Zealand)
Monster Farm 5 Circus Caravan -- Digital Media Lab. Inc. (Japan)
Monster House: There Goes the Neighborhood -- Sony Pictures Imageworks (USA)
Monster Samurai -- Sprite Animation Studios (USA)
My Date From Hell -- Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)
Noggin -- Brigham Young University (USA)
One Man Band -- Pixar Animation Studios (USA)
One Rat Short (Best of Show) -- Charlex, Inc. (USA)
Open Season, Separating the Trees From the Forest -- Sony Picture Imageworks (USA)
Racing Beats -- Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)
Rexona "Go Wild" -- Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)
Robin Hood Flour -- Giving - Red Rover Studios (Canada)
Toohey's "War of the Appliances" -- Animal Logic (Australia)
Toyota "Meteor" -- Method (USA)
Tread Softly -- Camegie Mellon University (USA)
Vodafone "Mayfly" -- Passion Pictures (United Kingdom)
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Intro Cinematic -- Digic Pictures (Hungary)
Wojna -- Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)

Wednesday, August 30, 2006
at 6:30 PM

Brainstorm with us to generate ideas for the 2006 - 2007 Season. You can influence and co-create the kind of events Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH will have in the coming year. Specifically, we hope to collaborate and co-sponsor events with other organizations to attract great speakers, get an economy of scale, and multiply our efforts. If you've ever wanted to work together with SIGGRAPH or simply want to lend your ideas, we welcome you.

Meeting to plan this season's events; your participation welcome!

Tektronix Bldg 38

CHIFOO is graciously letting us use their meeting space at Tektronix, in Beaverton. Parking is free and there will be some light snacks available. Directions and can be found at:

Area map

Tektronix Campus Building Map

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

SIGGRAPH 2006

Sunday - Thursday,
July 30 - August 3, 2006
in Boston, MA

International Computer Graphics conference.

July 24, 2006
An opportunity to meet and make arrangements for the SIGGRAPH 2006 conference

BridgePort Brewing Company
Old Knucklehead room
1313 N.W. Marshall
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 241-7179

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Monday, July 17, 2006 - CANCELLED
Rescheduled to Wednesday, August 30, 2006
at 6:00 PM

Meeting to coordinate events; your participation welcome!

Lucky Labrador Public House
7675 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 244-2537

For more information, please contact Demetra at 503.367.1522

Past events