The 2016 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has finally arrived! The Washington DC Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH has selected some of the best animations from the 2016 Computer Animation festival to showcase and discuss. The Computer Animation Festival showcases some of the most dazzling and innovative collection of submitted works selected by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts and specialists. SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival celebrates its 43rd year as the world’s leading festival of the most innovative and accomplished computer graphics.
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a “Best Animated Short” Academy Award. In the words of CAF Director Jerome Solomon, “There’s no other stage in the world comparable to SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival.”
Please join us on Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 7pm to 9pm at the US Patent and Trademark Office as showcase some of the best examples of animation from the 2016 Computer Animation Festival.
LOCATION:
The meeting will be held at the
Remsen Building (400 Dulany Street) at the 1st floor conference room. We are located 2 blocks from the
KING STREET METRO station (BLUE/YELLOW Lines)
http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=48
http://goo.gl/maps/UW6p0 -(Walking Directions)
PARKING:
Street Parking
$1.75 per hour, 2 hour max
Free after 9pm
Hoffman Town Center Garage
206 Swamp Fox Rd
Alexandria, VA 22314
$1.50 per hour, $7.00 max
Additional paid parking garages are also available in the area.
Contact ACM SIGGRAPH Washington DC:
http://washington-dc.siggraph.org/
http://www.meetup.com/DC-ACM-SIGGRAPH/
https://www.facebook.com/DCsiggraph
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dc-siggraph