by Philip Gust | Jul 14, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized
The International Costumers’ Guild has an anniversary in 2024. Which anniversary is part of the story behind the ICG’s founding. Here is a brief summary of how the ICG came to be, and some of the milestones that lead up to it. In November 1983, a group of...
by Byron Connell | Jun 1, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized
The Marty Gear Costuming Arts & Sciences Fund is an International Costumers’ Guild program to provide grants in support of projects by ICG members that advance the art and science of costuming and benefit costumers in general or in specific groups. These are...
by Bruce Mai | May 4, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
The dictionary defines art as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” An artist must make a leap...
by Eric Cannon and Jacqui Ward | Mar 9, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
It all started at Costume-Con 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a number of first-timers from Canada attended the convention. After the Science Fiction and Fantasy Masquerade awards ceremony, a number of the first-timers asked why the funniest entry didn’t...
by Jeanine Swick | Mar 1, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized
The ICG is an affiliation of local and regional organizations who have joined the ICG as chapters. Anyone who joins one of these chapters can also become an ICG member by paying the ICG membership dues. Many chapters support the ICG by including ICG membership in...
by Kathe Gust and Philip Gust | Feb 16, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
In March 2022, the Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild Board voted to reconstitute the “Dreamcatcher” award and rename it to honor the life of Dana Rae MacDermott, a founding member. The award is now known as the “Dana Rae MacDermott Memorial...
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