You’ve heard of bar crawls and bakery crawls — now join Philly SIGGRAPH for our first-ever Capture Crawl!

What is a Capture Crawl?

It’s a walk through several locations to capture cool sculptures, textures, and reference material for use in your 2D and 3D projects.

We’ll spend the afternoon exploring parks and local sculptures while practicing photogrammetry, reference photography, and even gaussian splatting! Whether you’re interested in scanning assets for games and VFX, gathering texture references, or simply enjoying a creative walk with fellow artists, this event is for you.

Our route will include stops at locations such as LOVE Park, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Calder Gardens, and the Rodin Museum, ending with an optional happy hour at the Rodin Garden Bar.

What should I bring?

• Comfortable walking shoes
• A water bottle (Hydration is important!)
• A fully charged smartphone with plenty of storage space
• Optional: DSLR, VR camera, selfie stick, tripod, or portable battery pack
• Optional: Download the RealityScan app and/or Scaniverse app ahead of time for photogrammetry captures or Gaussian Splats

All skill levels are welcome! Come learn, explore, and connect with the Philly SIGGRAPH community while capturing the city through a new lens!

📍 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
🕝 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
📅 Friday, June 5th

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Event Route/Schedule:

This is a walking/outdoor event, so feel free to explore at your own pace and join or rejoin the group whenever you’d like. We’ll officially be following the route and schedule below and will generally be at these locations during these times:

2:30 – 2:45  LOVE Park

Meet up with the group and explore the redeveloped plaza, fountains, and surrounding architectural details.

2:45 – 3:00 Cret Park

Capture statues, landscaping, textures, and smaller environmental details along the way.

3:00 – 3:06  Walk to Logan Circle & Academy of Natural Sciences

Optional quick captures of exterior architectural elements and public art along the Parkway.

3:06 – 3:26 Logan Square & Academy of Natural Sciences

Explore the fountain sculptures, plants, stone textures, and dinosaur sculpture outside the Academy.

3:26 – 3:35 Walk past the Franklin Institute toward Calder Gardens

Optional quick captures of exterior architectural elements and public art along the Parkway.

3:35 – 4:00 Calder Gardens

Capture the sculpture, modern landscaping, plants, and environmental textures throughout the park.

4:00 – 4:15 Rodin Museum Grounds

Explore sculptures including The Thinker and The Gates of Hell, along with the gardens and topiary.

4:15 onward Optional Happy Hour at the Rodin Garden Bar

Relax, grab drinks and snacks, and continue chatting with the group after the crawl concludes. Food and drinks are not included and must be purchased separately. See website for more details.

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Couldn’t make it to Vancouver last year? No problem!

Join us in person for our third annual screening of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, featuring standout shorts from last year’s conference.

What began as an annual showcase of cutting-edge advancements in computer graphics has grown into a celebration of CG as a powerful storytelling medium, spanning animation, visual effects, games, scientific visualization, and beyond.

Whether you’re an animation enthusiast, a tech lover, or simply looking for an evening of inspiration and entertainment, the Computer Animation Festival delivers awe-inspiring visuals and immersive storytelling you won’t want to miss.

This year’s screening will be on the top floor of Philadelphia Brewing Company! (21+) Drinks, snacks, and Philly SIGGRAPH merch will be available to purchase before and after the screening.

Reserve your spot soon, space is limited! We can’t wait to see you there.

📅 March 12th | 6-9 PM

📍 Philadelphia Brewing Company
2440 Frankford Ave

Event Details

Opening Remarks 6:00-6:15
Computer Animation Festival Screening 6:30-7:30
Networking Hour 7:30-8:30

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Join us for a full-day immersive symposium exploring how Digital Twin technologies are transforming design, visualization, and production across architecture, product design, fashion, interiors, film, and immersive media.

Hosted by Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and sponsored by Adobe, Epic Games, and HP, this hands-on, all-day event brings together industry leaders, educators, and creators to showcase real-world Digital Twin workflows – from physical capture to real-time visualization and digital humans.

Our officers Valentina Miller and Tima Ozen will be part of the community panel at 11 am.

What You’ll Experience

Throughout the day, attendees will explore cutting-edge tools and production pipelines, including:

• Adobe Substance 3D + AI workflows for material creation, asset development, and intelligent content generation
• HP Z-Captis scanning technology: Demonstrating high-fidelity capture of real-world materials and surfaces for use in in Digital Twin and immersive production pipelines
• Epic Games Twinmotion for real-time product visualization, architecture, and interior design
• Reality Scan for rapid, photography based digital asset capture
• Digital human & MetaHuman production, including motion capture pipelines demonstrated by Drexel faculty and students

Live demos, case studies, and guided walkthroughs will highlight how Digital Twins are being created and used today across creative industries and how these technologies are reshaping design education and professional practice.

There is no charge for admission. Lunch and post-event reception are included.

📅 March 6th | 9 AM- 6 PM

📍 URBN Center, Drexel University
3501 Market Street

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April 3rd | 7-11 PM Philadelphia Brewing Company 2440 Frankford Ave

A night of projections, up close and local. Select storefronts. Hidden visuals. SIGGRAPH will have a Hydra station set up. If you’d like to volunteer or be involved with the event, email arts@ekna.org with the subject line “Illuminate Kensington – SIGGRAPH”

Our members Colin Sass, Larry Barnes, and Taj Rauch will be premiering work at the Ministry of Awe, a new immersive space that’s opening in Old City! 
Stop by their grand opening on Saturday, March 14, 2026, and the world debut of an immersive, interactive, and multisensory art experience unlike any other.

📅 March 14th

📍Ministry of AWE
27 N. 3rd Street

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Nov 15th | 3 PM
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Crane Arts. 1400 N American St

Join us for a walkthrough of Other Home, a dual exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid where Amy Lee Ketchum and Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero use animation and interactive installation to dig into what home means when you’re caught between cultures. Lee Ketchum connects Chinese folklore about sun crows to lanternflies and invasive species rhetoric, and what that says about how we talk about immigrants. Estarita-Guerrero creates spatial paradoxes in her installation that mirror the impossible distances of displacement. During the walkthrough the artists will talk about their process and you’ll get behind-the-scenes looks at how these animated worlds were made. Come see how two artists are wrestling with belonging, loss, and the homes we have to keep reinventing. 

Join us for our end-of-year wrap-up. A night of live visuals, music, and creative exploration at Algorave, an open mic for visual artists of all levels. Whether you’re a seasoned VJ or just curious about generative art, this is your space to play, experiment, and celebrate the year’s end with the community.

We’ll kick off the evening with a hands-on, beginner-friendly Hydra workshop led by UPenn Professor Ana Estarita, where you’ll learn to create real-time visuals right in your browser, no downloads or installs needed. The workshop starts at 7:15 PM.

After the workshop, the mic and screen open up for live visual jamming, create generative art, glitch visuals, and motion experiments synced to sound. Curios will be DJing throughout the night, setting the vibe as we close out the year with creativity, collaboration, and some unexpected magic.

This is a night of experimentation and play, not perfection. Come to try things, remix, mess up, and make something new together.

When: Nov 11th | 7-10 PM

Where: Post Haste, 2519 Frankford Ave

What to Expect:
A fast, fun intro to live visuals with Hydra
Music-fueled performances by local artists + DJ set by Curios
Cocktails & chill vibes by Post Haste
A welcoming, open space for creativity, connection, and discovery

Bring your laptop if you want to jam, or just come to watch and soak it all in. We’ll also have a shared laptop set up for anyone to use.

This is a free event, but we kindly ask that you support us by purchasing 1–2 drinks, your support helps us keep the creative energy flowing into next year.

Let’s wrap up the year with art, sound, and good vibes.

See you at Algorave!