Liz Argall

The full programming will be available on the Renovation website in a day or two (This year’s Worldcon is in Reno this year from August 17-21).

I’m super excited and grateful to be on a range of panels with some fantastic company. I have a reading of my own on Sunday. I hope you can join me for my convention solo reading debut.

Wed 14:00 – 15:00, Breaking into Comics (Panel), A01+6 (RSCC)

So, you want to be a comic writer or artist? Are you prepared enough to enter the field? Is reading 50+ comics per week enough prep?

Liz Argall (Moderator) Bill Willingham, Phil Foglio, Tanglwyst de Holloway and Winona Nelson

 

Wed 15:00 – 16:00, Finding Your Home in the Art World (Panel), A02 (RSCC)

Book and game illustration, concept art, comics, theater and film…  There are many directions an artist can explore. How do you choose? Do you have to? Hear from the voice of (widely varied) experience.

Lee Moyer (Moderator) Kaja Foglio, Liz Argall and Bridget Duffy

 

Thu 14:00 – 15:00, What to Do in a Disaster (Panel), A04 (RSCC)

Fire? Hurricane/Tornado? Earthquake? Tsunami? Nuclear incident? Are we as prepared as we can be, either individually, regionally or as a nation when a big event strikes?

Kay Tracy (Moderator), Gary Ehrlich, Liz Argall

 

Thu 22:00 – 23:00, Figure Drawing and Life Modeling (Demonstration), A13 (RSCC)

Experienced life model Liz Argall demonstrates how to get the most out of figure drawing with award-winning artist Bridget E. Duffy-Thorn.

Liz Argall and Bridget Duffy

 

Fri 11:00 – 13:00, Art Portfolio Reviews (Workshop), A18 (RSCC)

Art GoH and Art Directors review portfolios of aspiring Artists. Advance Registration Required – email art@renovationsf.org

Jon Schindehette, Lou Anders, Boris Vallejo, David Palumbo, Irene Gallo and Liz Argall

Fri 14:00 – 17:00, Painting Demo with the Vallejos (Demonstration),Hall 2 Demo5 (RSCC)

An on-going painting project; stop by to see artists in action between 2 and 5 on Friday afternoon

Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Anthony Palumbo, David Palumbo, Winona Nelson, Liz Argall (model).

 

Sat 11:00 – 12:00, Building Your Art Portfolio (Panel), A16 (RSCC)

Whip together all of your art pieces and voila! You have your art potfolio all ready to go! It’s that simple, right?

Jon Schindehette, David Palumbo, Liz Argall, Lee Moyer, Karen Haber

 

Sun 11:30 – 12:00, Reading: Liz Argall (Reading), A15 (RSCC)

Liz Argall reads stuff to you! If you have a particular story of mine you’d like drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do (so many choices, shall I do several shorts? one complete longer work? hmmmmm).

So I’ve written a bit about what I’m doing (and even more over on Objects of Love). What I haven’t mentioned here are the amazing things other people are doing. Here are just a few I know about. Some of these people I already know IRL. Some are people I have stumbled across through their writer pages. There are many other people doing creative things (and feel free to mention yourself in comments, with so many terrific people worthy of love I might have missed you) – here’s a small sampling of my faves.

Unusual creative outlets:

• Kari Maaren (in addition to editing her novel) will post a fresh comic strip every day for 2 weeks for every $200 she raises. She even has a thermometer to track how much she earns (go on, tip her over the edge!)
• Kelly Lagor will write a song about anything you want for $20 and if she gets to $400 all sponsors get an album.

Writer craft – creator community

• Dallas Taylor (Clarion Grad 2010) has several options, including a 2000 word story about how awesome you are. (and his sponsorship page has him looking pretty smooth sitting next to a certain Mr Martin)
• Adam Israel (Clarion Grad 2010) has several options on a sliding price scale – from intimate secrets through to tuckerization (your name in fiction!) or inspiring an entire story.
• Ferret Steinmetz (Clarion Grad 2008)- is building an online creative community again at Clarion Echo. It’s not to late to join (all you have to do is sponsor him), you can be part of his fermented brain meats, maybe even have a story critiqued.
• Vicoria Greisdoon – is offering everything from a mention in an e-book through to going in the draw to win THE iPad2.
• William Alexander (Clarion 2006) – will write you poetry

These folks are doing cool things, but I should add, some people (like me) love this kind of incentive and challenge. Other creators don’t get a buzz out of this kind of thing. Everyone who does stuff in the write-a-thon, everyone who stretches themselves, explores creative paths or knuckles down is doing very cool stuff.

And every time you send a dollar to a creator, tied to a specific project or showing support, you supporting the arts, you are making writers feel loved and you rock.