Steampunk University and Store

Posted on behalf of Diana Vick:

Steampunk University
August 28th 11:00 - 6:00


Steampunk University consists of classes to help beginners understand
the genre of steampunk, and teach them how to work up costuming and
props for the upcoming steampunk convention, Steamcon in October.
Space is limited. Only 200 students will be accepted.

Tickets are available here: http://www.brownpaperticke​ts.com/event/190193
or at the door.

Classes will be from 12:00 - 6:00
More details as they are set.

The Steampunk University Store will be open to the public from 11:00 -
6:00
Admission to the store is FREE!


University Heights Center
5031 University Way NE
Seattle, Washington

Questions?  Please email info@steamcon.org.  Thanks!

August Steamcon organizational meeting

Posted on behalf of Diana Vick:

Steamcon III is nearly here!  Lots of work to do. We can use your help!

August 14th
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Renton Library
100 Mill Avenue South
Renton, Washington

The Steamcon III website is up!

Posted on behalf of Steamcon III:

Our website is up and you can now go and register!
This will be the lowest price of the year for memberships!
So don't delay!

www.steamcon.org

February Steamcon Organizational Meeting

Posted on behalf of Steamcon:

As we begin to look ahead to Steamcon III, we have a lot of fantastic ideas.  Our theme, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" has inspired quite a few fun and innovative concepts already.  This year will be bigger and better than ever.  As always, you are the cogs in our machine and we
couldn't do it without you.  We hope to see you all at the firstmeeting:

Feb 13th, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW

Everyone is welcome to attend.

If you have any questions, please email us at info AT steamcon DOT org.

Full steam ahead!

~Diana
Vice chair

February Steamcon Organizational Meeting

The first meeting for Steamcon III will take place

Feb 13th, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

If you are interested in helping us create this year's Steamcon,
please consider attending.
Everyone is welcome.

If you have questions email us at info AT steamcon DOT org.

Steamcon II Photo Salon Pictures

Posted on behalf of Artvixn / SteamCon:

All the photos taken at the Photo Salon should now be up.  Be warned,
it is over 3,000 photos.

http://www.steamcon.org/SCII/gallery.php?a=0

This is a link to the new section of the set, if you happened to look
through the first section earlier.

http://www.steamcon.org/SCII/gallery.php?a=0&p=108#Frame

There is also a "Best of" selection here:

http://www.steamcon.org/SCII/gallery.php?a=1

And a link to the Airship Awards Gallery (there will be more to come)

http://www.steamcon.org/SCII/gallery.php?a=2

If you can't seem to find your photo please email steamcon AT hotmail
DOT com for help.  We will be out of town the next week, but will help
you as soon as we return.

I hope you enjoy the photos!

~Artvixn

October 24th - Last Steamcon General meeting before the con

This is the last general meeting before the convention.

Sunday Octobr 24th
2:00-5:00 PM
Seattle Airport Marriott
3201 South 176th Street
Seattle, WA

If you have any questions, do not respond to this message.  Email
info@steamcon.org.  Thank you.

Reminder: SteamCon meeting this Sunday!

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

4408 Delridge Ave S.W.

Seattle, WA.

From 2:00 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Steamcon T-shirt Contest

Reposted from the Steamcon Googlegroup:

We need you to design a t-shirt for Steamcon 2.  Using our theme of steampunk in the weird, weird west, come up with a suitable design for the official t-shirt for Steamcon II. Robotic sharp shooters, mystical shaman, or airship stage coaches?  What would best represent steampunk in the American west?    The shirt should say "Steamcon II" in roman numerals and a serif font.  

Any other text is optional, but it can have the date and "Weird, Weird West" as well.  Designs will be printed on a dark colored t-shirt either black or dark brown, so take this in to account when designing.  Please do not use any copyrighted character/s, unless you are the copyright holder and can give us the rights to print.

Who is eligible:  Anyone who wishes to submit a t-shirt design.

Deadline: Submissions must be emailed to t-shirtcontest@steamcon.org by September 1st.

Design specs:  Full color, Size: anywhere from 8" x 8" up to 8.5" x 11".  Initial submissions should be jpegs of 100 DPI.  The final art will need to be Photoshop files with the layers or bitmaps or tiff or comparable; at 300 DPI.   We will request those of the winner after judging takes place.

Reward:  A membership to Steamcon 2, a pair of concert tickets for the Saturday concert at Steamcon II, two free t-shirts and your name on the chests of steampunks everywhere!  (If contest winner is unable to attend Steamcon 2, all rewards can be transferred to Steamcon 3 or they may receive current equivalent monetary compensation.)

Steamcon: Upcoming Organizational Meetings

Posted on behalf of Diana Vick:

Thanks to Grahame we now have a place for our organizational meetings.

It is the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Ave S.W., Seattle, WA.

We will meet from 2:00 P.M. to 4 P.M.

The next three meetings will be:

July 11th,

August 15th

September 12th

(barring any unforseen obstacles)

These meetings are open to anyone who wants to help out with Steamcon.  If you want to help out but are unable to attend a meeting, please email steamcon AT hotmail DOT com or volunteers AT steamcon DOT org.  Or you may volunteer at the convention itself and we will find a use for you.

Volunteers are always welcome!

~Diana

Steamcon: June Organizational Meeting - CANCELED!

Due to lack of a venue, summer events and many more issues, the June Organizational Meeting will not be held.  Martin and I will be at the Monday meetup at the Wayward Coffeehouse on the 7th and 14th and possibly the 21st if you need to speak to either of us.  Also feel free to email us or anyone else you may need to contact with questions or to work on things.  We apologize for the late notice.

If you need to get a hold of a specific dept head you can email them
here:

Art Exhibition:   artshow@steamcon.org
Chair of Steamcon:  chair@steamcon.org
Fashion Show Coordinator:  fashion@steamcon.org
Games Coordinator:  games@steamcon.org
General Questions:  info@steamcon.org
Hotel Liaison:  hotel@steamcon.org
Live Music Coordinator:  music@steamcon.org
Programming Director:  programming@steamcon.org
Registrar:  registration@steamcon.org
Vendor Coordinator:  vendors@steamcon.org
Volunteer Coordinator:  volunteers@steamcon.org

Tentative dates for the next meetings are July 11th, August  15th, September 12th, and October 3rd. Venue TBD.

~Diana

May Steamcon Organizational Meeting

The next meeting is this coming Sunday at the Hilton

Sunday, May 2, 2010

3:00pm - 5:30pm (end time is not definite due to site tour)

Seattle Airport Hilton (Crystal Ballroom C)

17620 International Blvd, Seattle, WA (right next door to the Marriott)

Parking is comped.  Be sure to ask at the meeting how to get your comped parking.

Next Steamcon Organizational Meeting: Sunday, April 11, 2010

The next Steamcon Organizational Meeting will be:

• Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• University Heights Center Room 211
• 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA

Parking is free.

This will be the last meeting we hold at UHC because they are changing their hours of operation. A new venue is being researched.

Meanwhile the May meeting is being moved up one week so as not to conflict with the Steampunk Film Festival and Steampunk University to be held at MOHAI. More details on those events when they are finalized.

• Sunday, May 2, 2010, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
• Seattle Airport Hilton
• Crystal C
• 17620 International Blvd,
• Seattle, Washington, 98188-4001

There will be a tour of the facility as well.

Parking is being comped.

~Diana
http://www.steamcon.org/

March Steamcon Organizational Meeting

Date & Time: Sunday, March 7th, 2010, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: University Heights Center Room 211 , 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA

Parking is free!

**NOTICE**
The Steamcon Google Group will be replacing this list from now on.  Please join the group below to keep up on the latest Steamcon II news.
 
http://groups.google.com/group/steamcon

OR if you prefer there are these other communities:

http://community.livejournal.com/steamcon/profile
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=10306764109
http://groups.myspace.com/steamcon


Diana Vick - Vice Chair of Steamcon

New website - www.steamcon.org

http://www.zazzle.com/artvixn*
http://artvixn.deviantart.com/

Check out the latest Seattle Geekly podcast

OK, this is sort of a shameless plug for this blog, but the January 21 podcast from Seattle Geekly includes an interview with Isaac Alexander. Isaac maintains the Cascadia Convention & Events News section for this blog, and according to Seattle Geekly's Matt, is the "Oracle" for site.

The interview also includes Eric Morgret who is the head of programming for both Crypticon and the MIFFF film festival, as well as Donna who is the games chair for Steamcon. Many thanks to Shannon and Matt of Seattle Geekly for plugging both this blog and our sister blog over at LiveJournal.

Give Seattle Geekly a look and listen. They have a great site and put out a great podcast. Cheers ~ Jim Cox

Steamcon meeting this Sunday - Oct 4

The next Steamcon organizational meeting is:

Sunday, October 4th at 2:30 – 5:30 P.M.at the Seattle Airport Marriott: 3201 S 176th St, Seatac, WA 98188-4013

We will be salon F.

The parking in the hotel lot will be comped.

Diana Vick - Vice Chair of Steamcon

Steamcon special event tickets are now available!

You may now purchase tickets to Steamcon’s Saturday afternoon “Tea and Couture” event and the Saturday evening “Airship Invasion” concert featuring Unwoman, Vernian Process and Abney Park.

For tickets go here: http://registration.steam-con.com/tickets/

Tickets for each event are $16.00 per person. No one under 6 years old will be allowed in either event. You must also have a membership to the convention to enter. You may buy two tickets per order.

Tickets will be available for pick up at the convention registration desk. Nothing will be mailed out. “Tea and Couture” tickets will NOT be available at the door so that our caterers will know how many of us to set places for. Concert tickets may or may not sell out in advance. If they do not, they will be available at registration.

If you have any further questions please email info@steam-con.com

Reminder: Steamcon meeting this Sunday

The next Steamcon organizational meeting is:

Sunday, August 2nd at 3:00 P.M. at the Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E. Seattle WA

The parking in the library garage is free, but it does fill up.

For future reference, the next meeting will be:
September 13th 2:30-5:30, at the Seattle Airport Marriott. Parking should be free for this meeting.

The next one will be October 4th at the Marriott
Time to be announced., Parking will be $6.00

Diana Vick- Vice Chair of Steamcon
www.steam-con.com
http://www.zazzle.com/artvixn*
http://artvixn.deviantart.com/

Steamcon Meeting This Sunday - July 12, 2009

The next Steamcon organizational meeting is:

Sunday, July 12th at 3:00 P.M. at the Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E. Seattle WA

The parking in the library garage is free, but it does fill up.

For future reference, the next meeting will be: August 2nd (usual time and place)


Also the Steampunk Swapmeet is this Saturday. On Saturday July 11th at the All Pilgrim’s Church (lower level) we will be holding a Steampunk swapmeet/jumble/garage sale/ flea market thingy. It is the unifying theme for this event, but not a strict parameter. We are sort of time traveling sales folk, which also fits the genre, don’t you think?

All Pilgrim’s Church (lower level), 500 Broadway E, Seattle, WA 98102.

Noon to 6:00 PM. - Admission is free.

Steamcon Meeting this Sunday - June 07, 2009

Steamcon, Seattle's first steampunk convention could use your help!

The next Steamcon organizational meeting is:

Sunday, June 7th at 3:00 P.M. at the Capitol Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library.

425 Harvard Ave. E. Seattle WA

The parking in the library garage is free, but it does fill up.

For future reference, the next meetings will be:
July 12th (usual time and place)
August 2nd (usual time and place)

www.steam-con.com
http://www.zazzle.com/steamcon