Austin TouchDesigner Meetup v12

💙 Join us for the TWELFTH Austin TouchDesigner Meetup at dadaLab on Thursday, August 27th, from 7:30–9:30 PM! This meetup is all about bringing together the local TouchDesigner community to connect, share, and get inspired.

We’ll feature talks and demos from artist and UT Austin Professor SYDNEY PARKS and new media artist JAMES PRICER. Learn more about Sydney and James below!

We are continuing our Show & Tell Sandbox—a casual space where anyone can bring their laptop to share projects, get feedback, or collaborate with fellow TouchDesigner enthusiasts. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started, come hang out, learn something new, and help shape this growing creative community!

Sydney Parks is an interdisciplinary artist who works at the intersection of virtual and physical space. Holding a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston, her career spans exhibitions, teaching and public art. She worked as Assistant Director at Anya Tish Gallery in Houston and is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas in Austin. She has previously taught as a Teaching Fellow in painting, drawing, and virtual reality art at the University of Houston. Sydney’s interest in community engagement led her to teach Prison Drawing to male inmates in the Huntsville Holliday Unit. Sydney’s artwork has been included in institutions like the Blaffer Art Museum and Lawndale Arts Center, with publications including HCE Review Volume II Issue I in Dublin, Ireland, and R2: The Rice Review 2019 Issue in Houston, Texas.

James Pricer has a degree in psychology from UT, Austin, TX, and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA. As a Data Scientist at Teradata in San Diego, CA, and New York, NY, he was awarded multiple patents in pattern recognition methods and software, with hundreds of additional patents listing his work as prior art. He is currently a Data Artist who has won awards and shown in galleries and at public art events. One of his videos and prints were exhibited and acquired by the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. He was a cofounder of Generative Art Project gallery in Austin, TX.