Arisia Town Hall

newsdesk — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:16:25 +0000

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Arisia 2022 will hold a public Town Hall on February 21 from 4-6 pm, to hear comments and suggestions from our community. All may attend via Zoom, or post questions via Twitter or Facebook. We want to hear from you! To gain access to the Zoom session, please email conchair at arisia.org.

This is an opportunity to hear from folks who attend and/or staffed Arisia 2021, as well as folks who have done so in the past. We want to hear from our vendors, from our program participants, from anyone who has a connection with Arisia. We especially want to hear from those who had such a connection in the past, but have not attended in recent years, and would be interested in attending again someday.

Arisia is in a period of change, accountability, and healing. We have altered our structure significantly in the past few years. We have heard your voices and we will continue to work to make our community better. But, even as we continue that work, we want to continue to listen and make sure that we are inclusive of the needs and wants of our community.

To facilitate this, folks can participate in the town hall in several ways. You can join the Zoom meeting. You can comment on Arisia’s Facebook or Twitter accounts any time before the meeting on Feb. 21, and moderators will read your comments aloud in the meeting. Everyone will have an opportunity to speak who wants to. (We may limit speaking time in order to accomplish this.)

We hope to see you there!

Vivian Abraham

Arisia 2022 Con Chair

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Arisia 2022 Guests of Honor Announced

newsdesk — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:02:05 +0000

Arisia 2022 Guests of Honor Announced newsdesk Sat, 01/16/2021 - 09:02

The Arisia 2022 Convention Committee is thrilled to announce our Guests of Honor for Arisia 2022!

Andrea Hairston is author of Will Do Magic For Small Change, a New York Times Editor’s pick and finalist for the Mythopoeic, Lambda, and Tiptree Awards. Other novels: Redwood and Wildfire, Tiptree and Carl Brandon Award winner, and Mindscape, Carl Brandon Award winner. She has published essays, plays, and short fiction and received grants from the NEA, Rockefeller and Ford Foundation. Andrea is a Professor of Theatre at Smith College. Tor.com published Master of Poisons in Sept 2020.

Reiko Murakami is a U.S. based concept artist and illustrator specializing in surreal fantasy art. With her expressive gesture drawings she focuses on capturing moments filled with unspeakable emotions. In 2013 she started a series called Resonance, a project that depicts complex emotional reactions through metaphorical representation of a figure. Her work has appeared on many science fiction media including: Tor.com, Pyr, Subterranean Press, Tachyon Publications, DC comics, Wizards of the Coast and Lightspeed Magazine. Her work has been exhibited at Nucleus Portland, Helikon Gallery, Krabjab Studio, Light Grey Art Lab and published in Spectrum, Infected by Art, Exposé, 2D Artist, and many others.

Hugo, Aurora and BFA winning editor Elsa Sjunneson is a Deafblind hurricane in a vintage dress. Her nonfiction editorial work has appeared at Uncanny Magazine and Fireside Magazine. As an author, her work has appeared at CNN Opinion, Tor.com, the Boston Globe, and the Nebula nominated Fate Accessibility Toolkit among numerous other venues. She also co-authored Marvel's Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire which was produced by Serial Box. In addition to editorial and authorial pursuits, she destroys structural ableism in her spare time. Her memoir will be released in 2021 from Simon & Schuster Elsa lives in Seattle, Washington with two cats. Want to know more? Go to snarkbat.com!

Registration for Arisia 2022 will go live on Monday, January 18.

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