Professor Charles Csuri has been selected to receive the ACM-SIGGRAPH Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art award for 2011. ACM-SIGGRAPH is recognizing the important contributions of visual artists to the field of Computer Graphics, in much the same way that contributions have been recognized for decades on the Computer Science side. This distinguished artist award is presented annually to an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art. Professor Csuri will receive this award in person in Vancouver, BC during SIGGRAPH 2011 on August 8th. [ See offical Press Release from SIGGRAPH. ]

ACM SIGGRAPH
Over the span of 37 years, beginning with its first gathering in 1974 (Boulder, CO), ACM SIGGRAPH has become the pre-eiminent international organization of computer graphics professionals which includes a diverse group of researchers, artists, educators, developers, filmmakers, scientists and enthusiasts who share an interest in computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM sponsors not only the annual SIGGRAPH conference, but also focused symposia, chapters in cities throughout the world, awards, grants, educational resources, online resources, a public policy program, traveling art show, and the SIGGRAPH Video Review. This year the annual conference will be held in Vancouver, BC.