[Bf-education] SIGGRAPH 2013 BOF

[Morgan Barnard]

I know there is an LA Blender meetup. Looking to start attending this year. Are there others you know of?

M

On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:02 AM, "arno.kroner" <arno at arnokroner.com> wrote:

> Hi Morgan
> 
> Do you know there are Blender user group meetings in the area now?
> 
> Arno
> 
> 
> On 1/26/13 9:53 AM, "Morgan Barnard" <morgan.barnard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Wobbe,
>> 
>> I've been using Blender in the art department at long beach city college
>> for the past year. I'm planning on attending siggraph 13 and would love
>> to participate in the session to share my experiences. We also offer a
>> suite of open source alternatives on our systems.
>> 
>> I'm new to the Blender education list and fairly new to Blender. While
>> there are challenges to using open source in education, I think there are
>> some great advantages especially for fine artists working with
>> technology. 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Morgan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:41 AM, "Wobbe F. Koning" <wobbe at siggraph.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I just subscribed to this list with a very specific goal: I am looking
>>> for educators who use Free and Open Source Software in the visual arts.
>>> 
>>> I am organizing a education Birds of a Feather session for SIGGRAPH
>>> 2013 
>>> and have found a software expert and a professor in Computer Sience
>>> willing to participate. I would also like to have an educator from the
>>> visual arts to join us, beside myself. We are using Maya.
>>> 
>>> Are there (higher ed) schools out there using Blender (and/or other
>>> FOSS), especially within the arts?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Wobbe.
>>> _______________________
>>> Wobbe F. Koning
>>> websysadmin, ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee
>>> wobbe at siggraph.org
>>> education.siggraph.org
>>> 
>>> a.k.a.
>>> 
>>> Wobbe F. Koning
>>> Assistant Professor of Animation
>>> Department of Art and Design
>>> Montclair State University
>>> wobbe.koning at montclair.edu
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