International Costumer Blog Posts
Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Bryan Manternach Receive CC-39 “Angel” Awards
At Costume-Con 39 in San Jose, California, co-chairs Jennifer “Radar” Wylie and Christine Doyle presented special CC-39 “Angel” awards to ICG members Kevin Roche and Andrew Trembley, and to Bryan Manternach (Scout Fox) for their extraordinary service.
Christina and John O’Halloran Receive 2023 ICG Lifetime Achievement Award
On April 22, 2023, ICG President Kevin Roche presented the ICG’s highest honor, the ICG Lifetime Achievement Award, to Christina and John O’Halloran. The award was presented after the Science Fiction and Fantasy masquerade at Costume-Con 39 in San Jose, California.
ICG Annual Meeting Documents and Reports
Documents and reports that were submitted to the 2023 ICG Annual Meeting by officers and committees are available on the “BOD and Meeting Minutes” page of the ICG website.
Jeanine Swick Receives 2023 ICG President’s Award
ICG President Kevin Roche presented Jeanine Swick with a 2023 ICG President’s Award during the Costume-Con 39 for her work as ICG Treasurer and as a member of the ICG Budget and Finance Committee.
From The President’s Desk: April 2023
Greetings from the International Robogames! I am volunteering at this year's event rather than competing, putting my event-running skills to use to help the organizers keep things going smoothly and safely; it's amazing how much similarity there is between running...
“Making and Styling Wigs for Costumers” SiW Webinar Video Available
On March 12, 2023, Kendra Van Cleave gave a talk entitled "Making and Styling Wigs for Costumers" as part of the Silicon Web Costumer's Guild (SiW) webinar series, Kendra discussed how costumers can learn to make and style wigs for their costumes. She also talked...
From the Publications Committee
The International Costumer is now configured to operate without an editor. Articles are published as blog posts on the “International Costumer” page of the ICG website. Authors create their own posts rather than submitting content to an editor, making content...
“Cosplay: A History” SiW Webinar Video Available
On January 29, 2023, the Silicon Web Costumer's Guild (SiW) welcomed Andrew Liptak, who discussed his book Cosplay: A History. The book is a deep dive into the origins and culture of cosplay that covers a wide swath of its history to understand where it came from, how...
DC Cosplay Photo Shoots SIG Hosts Exhibition
The DC Cosplay Photo Shoots Special Interest Group (SIG) hosted an exhibition from February 4-11 at the Vulcan Muse Gallery in the Workhouse Arts Center of the work that guests to their events have made over the years. SIG chair Dan Arango said that they are very...
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