Deadline: June 1, 2026
The Chair of the Art Advisory Group leads the SIGGRAPH Art Advisory Group, a body established by the Executive Committee of SIGGRAPH in 2018. The AAG has been established to ensure that Art Gallery and Art Papers continue to be valued SIGGRAPH programs that serve the artist community and beyond. This group will also provide counsel to the Conference Advisory Group (CAG) and SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG), as needed, on multi-year, cross-conference issues that affect the Art Gallery and Papers community. The AAG membership consists of Ex-Officio members (past/current/future/ Art Chairs + current the Digital Arts Community Chair) and Executive members appointed by the Chair.
The AAG Chair convenes the Art Advisory Group members in person at the annual SIGGRAPH Conference, and online as needed. This includes periodic engagements with the DAC committee and with the Conference Chairs of SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia as they develop their programs. In this capacity the Chair:
- solicits feedback and suggestions on Art programs and initiatives from committee members
- transmits collective wisdom around best practices and suggestions for program activities
- facilitates communication across programs and program leads year-over-year
- promotes collaboration between Conference and year-round Standing Committee activities
- elicits suggestions for future program leadership and juries
The Chair also serves as a liaison between the Art program communities and the CAG/SACAG and the SIGGRAPH EC. In this capacity the Chair:
- advocates for SIGGRAPH Art community initiatives, including program support at the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Conferences
- Facilitates publications agreements and processes, currently with PACMCGIT for SIGGRAPH Art Papers and the ACM Digital Library for Art Gallery proceedings
- Researches and facilitates extra-institutional collaborations with partner and related organizations, such as ISEA, Leonardo, and Ars Electronica
- Reports annually to the Executive Committee on AAG activities
The Chair of the Art Advisory Group serves a three year term, plus one year as Past Chair, if applicable. An individual may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms as AAG Chair.
CHARTER: SIGGRAPH ARTS ADVISORY GROUP (AAG)
Mission:
The AAG has been established to ensure that Art Gallery and Art Papers continue to be valued SIGGRAPH programs that serve the artist community and beyond. This group will also provide counsel to the Conference Advisory Group (CAG) and SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG), as needed, on multi-year, cross-conference issues that affect the Art Gallery and Papers community.
- Budget
The AAG has no budget. If the AAG ever needs money, the AAG chair would ask for it from CAG/EC president’s budget or as a special CAG/EC allocation. - Authority
The AAG is a purely advisory body and has no explicit authority. - Meetings
The AAG communicates primarily electronically, with occasional in-person meetings as needed, usually at a conference or Art Jury meetings. - Recognition
AAG members will receive recognition of their contributions on the SIGGRAPH web site. There is no compensation or free conference registration for members of the AAG. SIGGRAPH will not provide fi nancial coverage for AAG members to attend the conference. - Membership
Members of the AAG with have their contribution recognized on the SIGGRAPH web site but there will be no conference registration provided. The types of members and their terms are:
- Ex-officio members. These are the N-1, N, and N+1 art Gallery and Papers chairs for SNA and SA and the current chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community (DAC) .
- Appointed members. There are 2 to 3 members, who are appointed by the AAG chair. The appointed members should be experienced, respected, senior members of the fi eld who think independently, are proactive and clear in articulating their views, and are good at working collaboratively with others.
- Chair. The chair is nominated by the preceding AAG chair in consultation with the AAG and approval of the CAG/EC. The chair would usually be a current or former appointed member.
- Past chair. When a new chair starts, the former chair serves as a nonvoting member for one year.
- Executive members. This refers to the 2 to 3 appointed members, the chair, and the past chair (when there is one).
- Terms. The appointed members and chair serve staggered 3-year terms. The ex-officio members serve from when they are approved as Art Papers or Art Gallery chair by the CAG/EC until they become the N-2 chair — for DAC chair, until their term ends.
- Removal of appointed members. Appointed members can be removed by the chair with CAG/EC approval.
- Removal of the chair. The chair can be removed by the CAG/EC. If the chair is removed, they do not serve as past chair unless invited to do so by the incoming chair.
- Replacement of appointed members. If an appointed member resigns or is removed, the chair can appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of their term.
- Replacement of the chair. If the chair resigns or is removed, the CAG/EC can appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of their term.
- Term limits. No one can serve more than 2 consecutive full terms as an appointed member. No one can serve more than 2 consecutive full terms as the chair.
- Initial terms. Note that the initial terms of the founding AAG chair and appointed members exceed 3 years, but those initial terms are counted as single full terms for purposes of the term limit provision. The founding members and the end of their initial terms are as follows:
- Responsibilities
The AAG has the following responsibilities:
- Be a resource to the ACM SIGGRAPH community for matters that affect the Art Gallery and Papers community
- Represent the Art Gallery and Art Papers community in multi-year, cross-conference issues
- Be a forum for discussion of issues that affect the Art Gallery and Papers community
- Provide support for Art Gallery and Papers chairs
- Provide institutional memory for the Art Gallery and Papers chairs and programs
- Help provide continuity and communication among Art Gallery and Papers Chairs
- The AAG’s executive members have the following additional responsibilities, without the involvement of the ex-officio members:
- recommend and vet Art Gallery and Papers Chairs to the SIGGRAPH Conference Chairs
- recommend AAG governance guidelines to the EC/CAG for approval
