May 27th The Patchwork Post Sunday Evening Stitching the News Together One Issue at a Time
Free Craft Supplies The Omniosophical Academy of Arts and Sciences: A In need of craft supplies? Fantasy/Real World Creative Crossover Takes Off You can have your pick of materials right outside the Makers Workshop (Synergy 4)! They’ve got a variety of buttons, patterns, yarns, and much much more. Charity Update Thanks to the attendees at this morning’s Charity Auction, we raised $1,266 for the JDRF! Variety Show Wisconsin writer Cindy Freeman at the Academy of Omniosophical Arts and Sciences table in the dealers room. and The Academy of Omniosophical Arts and Science is at the heart of a Masquerade planned series of seven books by BayCon guest JS Devivre. 7:00 PM in Convene The first book, Mind the Portal, introduces 14-year-old Pete Drake, who runs away from home to attend this school at the nexus of everywhere, to find his life in danger and that there’s more to Pete’s parents than he ever Sunday Night imagined. The second book, Living in Oblivion, was introduced here at BayCon. Receptions (Devivre’s books make up an “omnitale”, while other AOSA authors craft their own.) The Z-Lair, Room 3052: Eric in the Elevator hosts this Beyond the books, the AOAS is cultivating a community of readers, nearly themeless party writers, musicians, and cosplayers who share the imaginary omniverse online, on paper, or outdoors, when AOSA creators take real world field Loscon 45, Room 3147: trips keyed to the “student’s” AOSA syllabus. Los Angeles’ Oldest Running Science Fiction and Fantasy Material that AOSA students would need in the fictional ‘verse — Convention course catalogs, orientation packets, and dormitory maps — exist in the real world as WorldCon 76 in San Jose, a result of Devivre’s job history orchestrating Room 3100: WorldCon is fully-immersive experiences for her back in the Bay Area customers. For instance, BayCon’s 8:30 AM Twitter @BayConNews Oasis, Room 3022: A place Tao Cheng classes are based in Tai Chi, but to get away from the noise of the exercise movements have new names the convention belonging to the fictional omniverse. Consuite, Room 3126: The The fictional omniverse/real world Submission Deadline convention’s own little lounge crossover literature encouraged many for Issue #7 (Mon.): area for members inexperienced creators to be published Fanzine Lounge, Room for the first time (“spreading their creative 8:00 AM 3069: A place to read wings”, Devivre said). through old fanzines Sunday Evening, May 27th Patchwork Post Makers Workshop Recommendations and Advice from Sunday
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM the Afrofuturism Panel Dinner Break By Michelle Cleaver Exploring new authors is part of the fun at BayCon. Here are some 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM recommendations from panelists and audience members of the Afrofuturism Ruffled Scarves panel. Enjoy! 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM • Lion’s Blood by Steven Barnes Adult Coloring Fort • Kindred by Octavia E. Butler • The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Monday • What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah 11:30 AM to Noon • Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Fiber Arts BOF • My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due 11:30 AM to Noon • Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany Drop Spindle Class • The Pack 001: A Wolf in Egypt by Paul Louise-Julie • Immortal by Valjeanne Jeffers Crochet Geek 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM • Janelle Monáe’s Visual Album “Dirty Computer” • Myungsung Kim’s PHd dissertation “Afrofuturism, Science Fiction, and the Open Stash Giveaway Reinvention of African American Culture” 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Levar Burton’s Podcast “Levar Burton Reads” • Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival • AfroComicCon Dead Dog Auction Panelist Sumiko Saulson had this advice for authors of speculative fiction, Miss the first two auctions “If everyone is white and able bodied it makes everyone feel like some Nazi to support the JDRF? eugenics program came through and that makes us sad. Don’t erase all these There’ll be one final auction cultural difficulties by erasing all culture.” Sumiko cautioned writers to beware at the Dead Dog tomorrow! of tokenism. Have more than one person or family of color on the spaceship. You can also stop by the And, do not always make these characters part of interracial couples. Take the JDRF’s table in the Convene deep dive - research and write multiculturally. Do not just represent the people lobby to find out other ways of other races, represent the cultures as well. to help.
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