He regularly attends events held by Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH and other organisations that provide support for emerging digital artists, producing content for film and video games.

He is passionately pursuing a career change from Business Information Analysis and software design into the world of 3D graphics.

Date: Wednesday 18th August 2010

Time: 6:15pm – 7:00pm

Venue: Art Store Meeting Room, CoFA

What’s it all about?

Agenda:

1. Report from the Chair, Nick Hore
2. Review of the year’s events from the Vice-Chair, Shilo McClean
3. Financial and Membership Report from the Treasurer, Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee
4. Election of 2010-2011 Executive Officeholders and Board Members, including Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Web Chair, Membership Chair and Member/s At Large.
5. Open Forum – comments and questions from members.

After the AGM a screening of a portion of Electronic Theatre from the recent Siggraph 2010 Conference held in Los Angeles, will be held in Lecture Theatre EGO2, COFA. EGO2 is in the main COFA campus at Selwyn Street Paddington. See here for details.

Note On The Election Of Officeholders And Board Members:

You must be a current financial member of the association to nominate for office or to vote at the AGM. Members who wish to renew their membership can do so on the night of the AGM if required. A copy of the membership renewal form is available here.

Members wishing to nominate themselves or other members for 2010-2011 executive or board positions should contact Shilo McClean via email findme@shilomcclean.com by 4th August 2010, including a succinct bio of no more than 300 words. Nominees are expected to give a 2 minute introduction of themselves to fellow members at the AGM, stating how they would like to contribute to the goals of the Association over the next twelve months.

If you are a current member, or are intending on becoming or renewing your membership of Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH, you are encouraged to attend this meeting. It is a good opportunity to meet with colleagues and Board members and to contribute, by voting and otherwise being involved, to the direction of the chapter for the next year.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Cost: Free for all Siggraph members, their guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)

RSVP: Why don’t you RSVP via email to nickh@al.com.au or indicating your attendance via Facebook by 10th August 2010.

Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.

Here are various links to their sites, courses and resources:

• Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)
• Australian Film Television Radio School (AFTRS)
• Animation Mentor— here are some useful resources
• Built Environment, UNSW
• College of Fine Arts (CoFA), UNSW
• Metro Screen
• Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW
• Raffles
• QANTM Australia

Created by: James Christopher Murty
Date Created: 1st-3rd May 2010
Technology Used: Nikon D5000, HDRtist
Description: A bunch of shot taken down in Kangaroo Valley just outside of Berry with a Nikon D5000, mashed together with HDRtist. See Flickr set for others.

ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee invites students to submit their work for The 2010 SpaceTime student competition. The international juried exhibition is open to students who are currently enrolled in school/university, or graduated within the last one year. Interested students can submit up to three works in categories of:

• Prints
• Animation
• Interactive Works

to be judged by an international panel of jurors. Students in K-12 can submit works in the Prints category. Selected works will be exhibited during the annual SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles, CA

Submission Deadline: May 8th, 2010

For more information, go to
http://education.siggraph.org/students/competitions/call-2010

Reproductions of accepted works will be on exhibit at the annual SIGGRAPH conference, and will also tour nationally and internationally for approximately one year with the SpaceTime Traveling Student Exhibition conducted by the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee.

For further information, please contact

Shaurya Kumar
Curator of SIGGRAPH SpaceTime 2010
Email: shauryakr@gmail.com