The Los Angeles Chapter of
ACM SIGGRAPH
Presents

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008, Tuesday

Best Of SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival
"Plugged-In: On & Off Screen"
Unique, double-header season opener in Hollywood
• Come experience the world's best animation and visual effects in a special showcase version of the SIGGRAPH Conference's Computer Animation Festival. This primo special edit reel of feature work, art, science, broadcast and games is brought to us by Computer Animation Festival Chair, Jill Smolin.
• Reactrix will provide a presentation on their state of the art STEPscape and WAVEscape systems featuring projection and gesture-based interactivity. Experience their revolutionary system in action at selected hot spots like Hollywood and Highland. www.reactrix.com

This event is FREE to members!
Become a Member at the Door...

When:
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 6:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

Program:
6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. - Social Hour outside,  Hors d'Oeuvres and Water are included with your entry-fee or membership.
In addition, as a SPECIAL FEATURE: Barnsdall will run a Cash Bar, with Beer, Wine and Soft Drinks.
7:30 - 10:00 P.M. Program Presentation.

Where:
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in the Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90027

DIRECTIONS:
From the Hollywood (101) Freeway take the Hollywood Blvd. exit, go East on Hollywood Blvd.  The entrance to Barnsdall Art Park is between Edgemont & Vermont on Hollywood Blvd. (one block West of Vermont.

PARKING:
Free parking on-site. Enter through a fence in what looks to be a deserted area.  Come up the hill and park around the circular road. There is also parking below the park in the lot.

SPECIAL THANKS this month goes to:
Reactrix, Mar Sorell, Diane Piepol, Howard Neely, Joan Collins Carey, Claudia Sumner, Jill Smolin, Sheri Ki Sun Burnham, Diana Lee, and the Executive Council and all the Volunteers.

This event is FREE to LA ACM SIGGRAPH members and $20 for non members. New members who sign up at a meeting and pay the $40 annual membership fee (checks or cash only) do not have to pay the $20.

2008 - 2009 CALENDAR of EVENTS

UPCOMING MEETINGS

OCTOBER 14, 2008, Tuesday
Motion Capture: Current Practice
Presenters from Sony Pictures Imageworks and Image Movers Digital lead us on a tour of latest developments in Mo-cap practices as employed in their front-running feature projects. Co-hosted by The Los Angeles Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH and the Motion Capture Society.

LA ACM SIGGRAPH Presents DIGITALEYES 2008
at the Barnsdall Art Park
NOVEMBER 6, 2008 - January 18, 2009
Reception
NOVEMBER 9, 2008, Sunday 6 - 9 pm,
with Performance by MLuM, 8 - 8:30 pm
DIGITALEYES 2008: New Esthetic Dimensions in Computer Visualization Technology.
Exhibition includes works from the ACMSIGGRAPH Traveling Art Show, a selection of ACM SIGGRAPH Video Reviews & SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival with additional works by internationally recognized artists.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park.

DECEMBER 9, 2008, Tuesday
Bolt
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the making of Bolt.

JANUARY 13, 2009, Tuesday
LA ACM SIGGRAPH and the Visual Effects Society (VES) present a joint event bringing our members in-depth coverage on a topic of professional interest that features the latest developments and achievements in computer graphics and visual effects.

FEBRUARY 10, 2009, Tuesday
Interactive Virtual Humans: The R&D
Join University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies' insiders Patrick Kenny, Diane Piepol and colleagues as they brief on the challenges of R&D as well as the prototyping of interactive characters for spoken word interaction in real world use.

MARCH 10, 2009, Tuesday
Building the Perfect Pipeline
What are the important factors in building a working CG pipeline for animation, visual effects, or commercials? Come learn how to create or improve your digital pipeline from the 'Pipe Masters'. Moderator, Fran Zandonella.

APRIL 14, 2009, Tuesday
Web Environments Now
LA ACM SIGGRAPH goes virtual. A panel discussion focusing on the graphics and interactive techniques employed in current popular web-based virtual world games and social networking sites. Moderator, Leonard Daly.

MAY 12, 2009, Tuesday
The Hottest, The Latest: A Special CG Effects Presentation
Join us for a CG effects presentation from a leading Los Angeles based studio.

JUNE 9, 2009, Tuesday
We close the season with a focus on creativity, capital C. The LA ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Council is considering a Bring Your Own Video juried festival of independent CG works or a possible Electronic Fashion Show. Details forthcoming.-

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The 2008 - 2009 Executive Council is proud to announce our newly elected members:

Diane Piepol, Chair
Joan Collins Carey, Vice Chair
Mar Sorell, Secretary
Howard E. Neely, III, Treasurer
Don Jordan, Membership Chair
Electronic Services Committee Chair: Leonard Daly
SIGArt Co-Chairs: Jen Grey & Sheriann Ki Sun Burnham
Executive Advisor/Past Chair: Claudia Sumner
Education Outreach Chair: Kathleen Milnes
Catering Services Director: Diana Lee

Mission Statement

L.A. ACM SIGGRAPH is a Professional Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics, serving the Los Angeles area. Our goal is to bring members in depth coverage of the latest developments and achievements in the field of computer graphics including Animation, Visual Effects, Motion Capture, Multi-Media, Internet and Web Design, Virtual Reality, and others.

Our newly elected
2007-2008 Executive Council:

Chair:
Diane Piepol
Vice-Chair:
Joan Collins Carey
Secretary:
Mar Sorell
Treasurer:
Howard Neely, III
Membership Chair:
Don Jordan
Volunteer Chairs:
Christobal Cheng

Catering Services Director:
Diana Lee
SIGART:
Sheriann Ki Sun Burnham, &
Jen Grey
SIGTECH:
Leonard Daly
Electronic Services Committee: Howard E. Neely, III, Chair John Sterni, Alan Botvinick, & Steve Boelhouwer,
Donor Committee: Howard E. Neely, III, Sharon Eisenberg, Diana Lee
Nomination Committee: Sharon Eisenberg, Pam Thompson, and Leonard Daly.
CG Community Outreach & Education Committee: Kathleen Milnes, Diana Lee.
Active PAST CHAIRS: Joan Collins Carey, Sharon Eisenberg, Claudia Sumner, Diane Piepol, Alan Botvinick.
Graphic Designer: Sheriann Ki Sun Burnham
Webmaster: John Sterni

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Steve Boelhouwer , Carlos Cabral, Norma Foster, Diane Holland, Paul Holman, Avneet Kaur, Elizabeth Keith, Don Levy, Candice Miller, Andy Milne, Michael Wahrman, Diane Wright.