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Welcome to “the Radar,” our event calendar.  Now we’re cookin’ with technology!  The functionality is in place below to view the upcoming VFX & Animation events – or better yet, you can try the subscription system (still in beta!) and automatically have listings added to your personal calendar.  Subscription links:
Google (gmail) calendar
Outlook calendar
Apple Calendar/iCal
Other Calendar
(Note: it’s best to have your calendar open when clicking these links)

Submit new or missing event listings (or any errors) to J Bills.

Sep
6
Sun
Portland Film Fest VFX Supervisor Roundtable @ 5th Ave Cinema
Sep 6 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

More info on the home page.

Special thanks to organizer Dawn Macleod and the Portland Film Festival for bringing some serious talent to the table.

Jim Rygiel is a three time VFX Oscar winner as a member of the seminal Weta Digital Lord of the Rings crew; most recently Jim was supervising the Godzilla reboot.  Sue Rowe comes down from Vancouver BC, where she has been helming such blockbusters as The Maze Runner, Ender’s Game, and John Carter.  As if that wasn’t enough firepower for one afternoon, it just wouldn’t be complete without some Portland representation, and Ed Irastorza is taking time out from a busy shooting schedule on Grimm to join in on the fun.

Moderated by LAIKA and VFX/PDX (with a healthy amount of audience Q&A planned), it probably goes without saying that you need to cancel whatever Labor Day weekend plans that were taking you out of town and stay close for this one!

Seating is limited and you’ve been warned that this will hit capacity quickly, so act now.

Direct link to tickets for this event.

Or have a look at the festival pass offerings here.

Your handy VFX/PDX discount code is: “VFXDISCOUNT” – good for 10% off the industry pass or festival pass.

Nov
12
Thu
Autodesk Hits Portland 5.0 @ OMSI
Nov 12 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Be there or be []!

Dec
7
Mon
HoloLens Meetup #1 @ Oregon Story Board
Dec 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Step out for the first HoloLens meetup group.

The first speaker will be Andy Mingo, the director of the Digital Media Program at Clackamas Community College, recipient of the Microsoft Research HoloLens grant. Come learn about the exciting plans for the grant, as well as the upcoming class on mixed reality development to be hosted at Oregon Story Board.

Please eat dinner before attending. There will be no food service at the meetup.

Dec
10
Thu
MODO w/the Foundry @ Ebay Community Lounge
Dec 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us and our reseller 3DV on the 10th of December in Portland. Our Creative Specialist Greg Brown will be presenting how to leverage the power and ease of use of MODO and MARI to quickly create compelling real time assets for engines such as Unreal 4.

Apr
9
Sat
Star Wars Presentation at OMSI @ OMSI Empirical Theater
Apr 9 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

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A screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens followed by long time model shop guru Fon Davis joining us from LA to present “The Secret Models of Star Wars.”

Get your advance tickets here.  Act now, seating is limited and likely to sell out.

VFX/PDX Presents – Reverse Angle w/Fon Davis: The Secret Models of Star Wars
Saturday April 9th
Doors 7pm, Film 7:30pm, Presentation 10pm
OMSI Empirical Theater
1945 SE Water Ave
$10