[Sfts-students] Fwd: Eagle-Con 2021

Thu Mar 4 14:27:00 PST 2021

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From: Sharp, Patrick <psharp at exchange.calstatela.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 14:23
Subject: Eagle-Con 2021
To: <SFRA at jiscmail.ac.uk>

Hello all-

I just wanted my fellow SFRA members to be aware that our annual convention
here at Cal State LA will be online and free this year, so everyone can
attend. We will have George Takei, Nnedi Okorafor, Wynn Thomas, Isiah
Lavender, Minister Faust, and many others who you may want to see. It is
next Thursday, March 11 through Saturday, March 13. For the full schedule,
go here: https://www.calstatela.edu/al/liberal-studies/eagle-con

Here is the more complete information I am circulating about the event:

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Eagle-Con 2021 is coming to Cal State LA on March 11-13! This year the
event is virtual and free so you can attend no matter where you are. With
our founding sponsor the Art Directors Guild (IATSE local 800), we have put
together a first-rate lineup of artists, scholars, and creative work that
has something for everyone.

Our honored guests this year include award-winning author * Nnedi Okorafor*
(*Lagoon*, the *Binti* trilogy, the *Akata *series, *Shuri: The Search for
the Black Panther*), actor and activist *George Takei* (*Star Trek*, *They
Called Us Enemy*), and pathbreaking production designer *Wynn Thomas* (*Mars
Attacks!*, *Hidden Figures*, *Get Smart*, *Da Five Bloods*).

As always, the event will include an exhibition of work by members of the
Art Directors Guild. This year there will be a special gallery on the films
of Wynn Thomas, as well as art from shows such as *Blade Runner*, *Star
Trek*, *Aquaman*, *John Wick*, *Earth to Ned*, *Mindhunter,* and *Lucifer*.

There will be online games and activities as well throughout the event.

For free tickets to the event, go here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/x/eagle-con-3-day-experience-tickets-143842810719

Additional highlights from the schedule:

*Thursday, March 11*

12:20-1:20pm – *Dr. Isiah Lavender* (*Afrofuturism Rising*) and author
*Minister
Faust* (*Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad*, *War and Mir*)
discuss Afro-diasporic speculative fiction and space adventure stories.

1:45-2:45pm – *Nnedi Okorafor* is honored with the Octavia E. Butler
Memorial Award and has a conversation about her work with *Dr. Libby Lewis*
(Cal State LA).

3:15-4:15pm – A panel of professional writers lead a discussion for
students on how to find careers in writing and how to work collaboratively
with others.

4:30-5:30pm – See clips from the award-winning adaptation of H. G. Wells’s *The
War of the Worlds* and discuss the production with the Department of
Theatre and Dance faculty and students who made this pandemic live show a
reality.

*Friday, March 12*

10:00-10:50am – Join members of the Art Directors Guild including set
decorator *Jan Pascale* (*Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children*, *The
Spiderwick Chronicles*) for a student-focused panel on the careers and
process of creating props and sets for film and television.

11:00-11:50am – A conversation on Chican@ futurism between legendary Boyle
Heights street writer and muralist *Nuke* and *Dr. Victor Viesca* (Cal
State LA)

12:00-1:30pm – Join Art Directors Guild past president *Mimi Gramatky* and
art directors *Brad Ricker* (*Spider-Man: Homecoming*, *Inception*) and *Mathew
Jacobs* (*Supergirl*, *Lost*, *Heroes*) for a discussion of what is
involved in being an Art Director and how to pursue careers in film and
television.

1:45-3:00pm – A panel on diversity in *Star Trek* featuring *Trek* alums *Casey
Bernay* (*Deep Space Nine*), *Michael Okuda* (*The Next Generation*, *Deep
Space Nine*, *Voyager*, *Enterprise*), and *Denise Okuda *
(*Insurrection*, *Deep
Space Nine*, *Voyager*).

3:15-4:30pm – Prism Award presentation to *George Takei*, legendary actor
and activist who will discuss his career in Hollywood his Eisner-winning
graphic novel *They Called Us Enemy* with Dr. Patrick B. Sharp (Cal State
LA).

*Saturday, March 13*

9:20-10:20am – Panel on graphic and logo designs for comics with *Zen *from
Aspen Comics

10:30-11:30am

– Panel of Afrofuturism and comics with *Dr. Jalondra Davis* (UC San
Diego), author and editor *Milton Davis* (*Steamfunk*, *Cyberpunk*), and
writer *Robert K. Jeffrey* (*DC Comics New Talent Showcase 2018*, *Ret: Con*
).

– Animation showcase featuring animator *Spencer Wan* (*Spider-Man: Into
the Spider-Verse 2*, *Castlevania*, *The Owl House*) and Professor Zachary
Vernon (Cal State LA)

11:40am-12:40pm

– Discussion with the creators of the new graphic novel *Noir is the New
Black*, a project of 13 hard-boiled and gritty detective stories featuring
the work of 25 black writers, artists, colorists, and letterers

– A conversation about families of affinity in the show *Lucifer *with
production designer Alex Hajdu, art director Tim Eckel, and other members
of the creative team.

12:50-1:50pm

– Join the fun at Versus! where panelists debate who would win battles
between your favorite characters, moderated by *Hannibal Tabu* (head comics
reviewer for BleedingCool.com)

– A panel on the world of *Game of Thrones* with production designer *Deborah
Riley*, storyboard artist *Jane Wu*, and director *Alan Taylor*.

2:00-3:00

– Join 2020 Prism Award Winner and writer *Brandon Easton* (*Future State:
Superman of Metropolis*,* Marvel Action Spider-Man*, *Star Trek: Season
Five*) for a panel on how to enter and persevere in the world of writing
for the media industries.

– Production designer *Wynn Thomas *(*Mars Attacks!*, *Hidden Figures*, *Get
Smart*, *Da Five Bloods*) discusses his films with fellow panelists Mimi
Gramatky (past president, Art Directors Guild) and writer/director/actor
Robert Townsend (*Black Lightning*,* Meteor Man*)

3:10-3:40pm – The Imaginator Award is presented to *Wynn Thomas* followed
by a question and answer session.

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I hope to see some of you there!

Patrick

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*DR. PATRICK B. SHARP*

Professor, Department of Liberal Studies

California State University, Los Angeles

5151 State University Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90032

T 323.343.4100

calstatela.edu <http://www.calstatela.edu/>  *|*  *Pushing Boundaries*

www.calstatela.edu/dept/libstudies/sharp.php

Series Editor, New Dimensions in Science Fiction

University of Wales Press

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