Art Papers

Your active involvement in SIGGRAPH 2026 is crucial for fostering collaborative creation and enhancing immersive experiences through cutting-edge computer graphics and interactive techniques. We are excited that you are submitting your work for consideration.

Submission steps:
To start, read the information below about how to prepare your submission. Then log into the submission portal, select the “Make a New Submission” tab, and select “Art Paper — Long” or “Art Paper — Short.” To see the information you need to submit, view the sample form:

Art Paper — Long: Click Here 

Art Paper — Short: Click Here

Art Paper Categories

Prospective authors may consider one of the following categories as they prepare their work for submission.

1. Projects and case studies

Papers in this category rigorously document a realized project that combines computer graphics and interactive techniques with creative practice. They also critically explore its social, cultural, and affective impact.

2. Methodological contributions

Papers in this category identify, document, and explore emergent methodological approaches that open new pathways for the practice and scholarship of computational art and design as well as art-engineering collaboration.

3. History, theory, and criticism

Papers in this category offer new historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives on computational art and design, as well as technical artifacts, infrastructures, and communities that support them.

4. Innovation through art practices

Papers in this category explore the potential use of emerging digital technologies and their impact on users and citizens; through artistic practice and design research. They may also engage in transdisciplinary work between digital engineering and art practices to develop solutions that confront major challenges of our times.

English Review Service

Non-native English speakers may opt to use the English Review Service to help improve the text of submissions. Please note this process takes time. For the best chance of having your submission reviewed by the English Review Service, please ensure that you complete your submission at least 14 days before the deadline.

Please read the ACM Submission Guidelines carefully, and prepare your submission following the Microsoft Word Template or LateX Template.

Submissions must be made by uploading your full text, formatted according to the given template. We also ask you to add a very short text explaining why your artwork is important for the whole SIGGRAPH community, in a large sense, from raising critical issues to opening perspectives or generating solutions. In doing so, we aim to enhance the impact of your cultural contributions.

Long and Short Papers

Authors may submit a long or a short paper to this program. Accepted papers will be published in The Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques: PACMCGIT and archived in the ACM Digital Library. The differences between the two submission formats are below:

Beyond the difference in length, long papers will favor full academic practices to generate original knowledge, for instance, through extensive literature reviews, argumentation, and observations or evaluations of human impact through validated protocols.

Long Papers

• Word Count Maximum: 3,500
• Figure Count Maximum: 10 images
• In-Person Presentation: 15 minutes
• 20-second Pre-Recorded Art Papers Fast Forward Video
• Why It Matters, short text, Word Count Maximum: 100 words

Short Papers

• Word Count Maximum: 2,500
• Figure Count Maximum: 5 images
• In-Person Presentation: 15 minutes
• 20-second Pre-Recorded Art Papers Fast Forward Video
• Why It Matters, short text, Word Count Maximum: 100 words

For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see the “Uploading Files” section of the Art Papers Call for Submissions FAQ.

We use the ACM Article Template for all submissions.

To prepare your paper for submission, please use the single-column format using the provided Word or LaTeX templates. Therefore, the correct template for submission is: single-column Word Submission Template and single-column LaTeX (using the “manuscript,review,anonymous” style available in the template). Please use the “author year” citation and reference format.

When generating the PDF file, please make sure that the fonts are embedded in the PDF file. This will ensure that reviewers can view the paper without problems. Reviewers will review your paper in the single-column format.

Before submitting, authors must ensure that:

• All pages are numbered and contain the paper’s ID number in the page footer. Authors will receive their paper’s ID number after completing the online submission form and before finalizing their paper.
• The paper is fully anonymized, i.e., it does not contain any information that would identify the authors, including their names and those of their institutions, laboratories, and research groups, as well as any of their bibliographic references. See detailed anonymity guidelines below.

Once a paper is fully accepted, authors will receive specific formatting instructions for the final, de-anonymized version.

OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

All figures and tables should be submitted in the Supplementary Materials section.

Authors can provide up to four optional supplementary materials to accompany the paper. Multimedia content may include videos, code, and audio files, as well as additional images and/or other supplemental text files (up to 100 MB each). Each file must be accompanied with a title, 50-word description, and caption (including any credits and copyright information). We strongly encourage MP4 video files.

All complete submissions received by the deadline will be acknowledged by email. For this purpose, a submission is complete if a paper ID has been assigned and an anonymized file of the paper, 50-word description, and representative image have been successfully uploaded. Complete submissions will be reviewed unless they are withdrawn by the author. For additional information about the Art Papers submission and review process, please refer to the Art Papers Call for Submissions FAQ.

The Art Papers program requires that all submitted papers are fully anonymized.

Please remove author and institution information from the author list on the title page, remove author information from all paper headers, and remove from the text any clues that would directly identify any of the authors. Please anonymize your submission file. Please note that PDF creator programs may automatically include author information in the file metadata.

Citations of your own published work (including online) must be in the third person, in a manner that is not traceable to the identity of the authors. For example, the wording “in [3], Mountain and River have proposed…” is acceptable, whereas “in [3], we have proposed…” is not. (Where reference [3] is listed explicitly as “Mountain, A. and River, A., Detecting Mountains and Rivers, In Proc. XYZ ’16, 721-741.”)

Please refrain from mentioning the name of your institution in the study approval statement. For example, do not say “Our study was approved by the IRB board at the University of Excellence” as that reveals your university’s name.

You must not include an “acknowledgements” section in the submission. If your Art Paper is accepted, you will submit a revised version that identifies you and your co-authors, your affiliations, and any appropriate acknowledgements.

The Art Papers Jury will evaluate papers using the following criteria:

• The paper makes a significant contribution to the literature on digital and computational arts and design, particularly as it relates to computer graphics and interactive techniques.
• The paper is methodologically sound and its claims are adequately supported in the field’s literature and previous works.
• Supporting media are of high quality and reinforce the paper’s claims.
• Clear thesis and compelling exposition.

Each paper will be distributed to at least three experts for review. However, if the jury determines that a submission has been previously published or is off topic, incomplete, does not meet or exceed the word count guidelines, or is otherwise unsuitable for publication, the submission will be rejected without external review.

Once reviews are complete, the committee will meet to deliberate the final outcome of each paper at the Art Papers Jury meeting. If there is no clear consensus among the original reviewers, additional reviews will be solicited.

Following the Art Papers Jury meeting early-March 2026, authors will receive an email with a decision regarding their paper, as well as the reviews. At this stage, papers are either rejected or conditionally accepted.

Please note that submissions will be administratively rejected without review if it is found that:

• The submission violates the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism.
• Word count exceeds the maximum word count.
• The submission is a dual submission. That is, if the submission is simultaneously under review for any other conference or publication. For more details, see the Work Submitted Elsewhere section of the Art Papers Submissions FAQ.
• Electronic files have been submitted that have been designed to have side effects other than presenting the submitted work to reviewers and committee members (for example, a “phone home” script).
• The paper contains material for which the submitters have not secured the necessary copyrights.
• The work has been previously published, as previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the same work be submitted to any other conference or journal during the SIGGRAPH 2026 Art Papers review period.

A member of the Art Papers Jury is chosen as a “shepherd” for each conditionally accepted paper. Their role is to summarize and convey to each author the issues raised by reviewers, which would need to be addressed in order for the paper to be fully accepted. A revision period starts during which shepherds are available to address authors’ questions.

After the revision period, authors submit a new version of the paper which undergoes a second review. During this review, shepherds verify that the authors have addressed the issues raised by reviewers and make a final decision about the paper’s acceptance or rejection. In addition to addressing the issues raised in the review, authors must ensure that their paper and any supporting materials are correctly uploaded by the corresponding due date.

Authors may expect to receive the final decision about their paper by late April 2026.

Authors of accepted papers must:

• Submit a final, de-anonymized version of their paper and update their contact information;
• Register and provide ACM with a valid ORCID ID prior to paper publication;
• Submit a 20-second Papers Fast Forward video of their paper;
• Complete the ACM Rights Management Form [Note: If the corresponding author — the author completing the rights form — is affiliated with an ACM Open institution (see below) and they use their institutional email address (not gmail.com or other email providers) on the rights form, the APC will be waived]; and
• Upload their paper to TAPS.
• Prepare a research poster (36″ high x 48″ wide) based on their accepted paper for display and on-site engagement with fellow conference attendees and contributors in Los Angeles. You are responsible for printing, bringing, and hanging your poster at the conference.

See details below:

Publication

If your submission is accepted, you must prepare and submit your paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Please prepare your abstract using these templates and instructions. When your rights form has been delivered to ACM, you will then receive an email from tapsadmin@aptaracorp.awsapps.com with information about the preparation and delivery of your material to TAPS for publication. Please make sure that emails from rightsreview@acm.org and tapsadmin@aptaracorp.awsapps.com are part of the “allow list” in your email program so that you do not miss these email messages. The source (Word or LaTeX) of your paper, as well as any supplemental materials, must be delivered to TAPS, ACM’s article production system. TAPS will generate the PDF and HTML5 versions of your paper for publication in the conference proceedings. You must deliver your material to TAPS, resolve any formatting issues identified by TAPS and approve your material for publication by 8 May 2026. If you cannot meet that deadline, you will not be allowed to present your material at SIGGRAPH 2026. Information about the preparation and delivery of your final material to TAPS also can be found at this link.

Papers Fast Forward

For each accepted Art Paper, one author is required to participate in the Papers Fast Forward session on-site in Los Angeles, Sunday, 19 July 2026. In addition to the material that is part of your publication, you will be asked to provide a short presentation for the Papers Fast Forward. The authors will be given a short amount of time to summarize the paper and entice attendees to attend their paper presentation during the conference week. The deadline for the Papers Fast Forward pre-recorded video is 8 June 2026. Additional information will be provided upon acceptance.

Representative Image and Text

Your representative image and text may be used for promotional purposes. Some SIGGRAPH 2026 programs may prepare preview videos for pre-conference promotion of accepted content, which may include a portion of the video you submitted for review. You may grant or deny us the ability to use the representative image and submitted video for these purposes.

ORCID Mandate

ACM requires that all accepted journal authors register and provide ACM with valid ORCIDs prior to paper publication. Corresponding authors are responsible for collecting these ORCIDs from co-authors and providing them to ACM as part of the ACM eRights selection process. You and your co-authors can create and register your ORCIDs at https://orcid.org/register. ACM only requires you to complete the initial ORCID registration process. However, ACM encourages you to take the additional step to claim ownership of all of your published works via the ORCID site.

ACM’s New Open Access Publishing Model

Important Update on ACM’s New Open Access Publishing Model for 2026 ACM Conferences!

Starting 1 January 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-discretionary-open-access-apc-waivers.  Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:

• $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
• $350 for non-members

This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.

ACM Rights Management Form

Authors of accepted Art Papers must complete the ACM Rights Management Form. Authors will receive an email from “rightsreview@acm.org” with a link to your work’s rights permission form within 72 hours of notification of acceptance of your work to the conference.

Note: If the contact author – the author completing the rights form – is affiliated with an ACM Open institution (see above “Important Update on ACM’s Open Access”) and they use their institutional email address (not Gmail or other email providers) on the rights form, the APC will be waived.

Presenter Recognition

Art Papers (Long and Short)
One contributor per accepted paper.
Contributor Registration Benefit: 25% discount off Experience registration and above
Registration level needed to attend this program: Experience registration and above.

At least one author of each paper must be present at the conference in Los Angeles during one of the Art Papers sessions in order for the paper to be part of the SIGGRAPH 2026 Art Papers program. Presenting authors must be registered at the Experience registration level or above.

You will receive an email by early May explaining how to access the registration discount code as well as instructions for registering. The author using the discount code is eligible for the early-bird registration rate regardless of when registration is completed. Any additional author that will be presenting the Art Paper are required to register at the appropriate registration level for the program and prevailing registration rates will apply.

In-Person Presentation

For each accepted Art Paper, one author is required to present in-person at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles, 19-23 July 2026. Additional information will be provided upon acceptance, including livestreaming and recording details.

Each 90-minute session will proceed as follows:

1. Authors make a 15-minute presentation of their paper; (4 authors per session)
2. The session chair moderates a panel conversation and Q&A with the authors (15 minutes)
3. Following the panel conversation/Q&A, authors are expected to participate in an interactive poster session discussion where they will have the opportunity to interact with participants in a more intimate setting. Additional information will be provided upon acceptance (10 minutes)

Authors should only present accepted, jury-reviewed Art Papers content. Presenting new content is not allowed.

Contributors should plan to present from their own personal laptops. SIGGRAPH will provide adapters needed to connect personal computers to the session projector.

Stay tuned for more details on a new initiative — Art Posters submissions will take place through the SIGGRAPH Posters program, where students, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, and practitioners can present their latest novel ideas and ongoing research.

All deadlines are 22:00 UTC/GMT unless otherwise noted.

13 January 2026

Submission deadline for Long Art Papers and Short Art Papers.

(Note: All Art Papers submissions must be anonymized.)

11 March 2026

Authors are notified about Round 1 results by email (conditional acceptance or rejection). Revision period for conditionally accepted papers starts.

14 April 2026

Submission deadline for revised papers. Revision period ends.

Late April 2026

Authors are notified about the revision results (acceptance or rejection).

8 May 2026

Final, de-anonymized paper submission deadline.

8 June 2026

Deadline to submit the 20-second Art Papers Fast Forward video.

3 July 2026

Official publication date for the PACMCGIT Special issue on SIGGRAPH 2026 Art Papers.

Please Note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.)

19-23 July 2026

SIGGRAPH 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California