Need some cosplay ideas for tomorrow’s super awesome 3rd Annual Teen Anime Day at the Figge Museum? Check out one of last year’s entries in the Youtube contest called “Anime Surfing”:
I just really hope someone dresses up as Holo from Spice & Wolf because she is sooo adorable…send us pictures!
Here are some more fun pics from Anime Fest. Enjoy!
Look at the ears on these cool cats. Nice creations.
Hanging out at the candy sushi station. Mmm…sugar.
Cosplaying and candy sushi make a lovely combo. Always.
Cosplayers striking a pose before the final voting. Yah!
And if you have any comments on this year’s Teen Anime Fest be sure to let us know. Don’t be shy! Let us know what you liked as well as what you didn’t like. We plan to make next year’s event even better and we can’t do it without your fresh ideas and valuable input.
-Christie
Sunday’s 2nd Annual Anime Fest at the Figge was a great time. The place was packed with teens from all over the area. Enjoy these pics of the winning artwork and characters from the cosplay fashion show.
3rd place: Setsuka by Sari Moore.
2nd place: We Are United by Clayton Summers
1st place: Twin Mimi by Victoria Meyer
3rd place winner–cosplay fashion show
2nd place winner–cosplay fashion show
1st place winner–cosplay fashion show
The winning artwork was selected by the teen librarians and Figge representatives. The cosplay fashion show was judged by the teen audience. All winners received gift cards to Hobby Lobby. Congrats to all the participants!
-Christie
The 2nd Annual Teen Anime Fest will be held at the Figge from 12-4 this Sunday…WHICH IS TOMORROW!! There will be a $5 museum admission fee at the door. All ages are welcome. The Figge Art Museum is located at 225 W. 2nd St. in downtown Davenport. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind teen event!
This year’s features:
A cosplay mask creation station
A cosplay cat ear and tail creation station
Candy sushi making and refreshments
Sales booth of your favorite manga & anime supplied by Borders
A martial arts demonstration by the John Morrow Academy of Martial Arts
Contests:
Anime Music Video Contest
Cosplay contest
Art contest
Hope you can make it!
-Christie
Anime Fest 2009
Sunday, October 18th 12-4 p.m.
@ the Figge Art Museum
Quad-Cities Libraries and the Figge Art Museum are organizing the second annual Teen Anime Fest and Manga Art Show!
Featuring:
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Contests:
Look for all the Manga Art Contest details/entry forms in tomorrow’s post.
-Christie
Christie | 
Anime Club, Tech Lab, Teen Volunteer Council, Video Gaming | 
08 31st, 2009| 
No Comments »September is just around the corner and that means our regular teen programs will be starting back up again. Yay! The line up for this year is as follows:
1st Tuesday of the month–Anime Club
2nd Tuesday of the month–TVC (Teen Volunteer Council & Gaming)
3rd Tuesday of the month–Ultimate Card Gaming (Magic/YuGiOh/…)
4th Tuesday of the month–Teen Tech Lab
EVERY Wednesday–Get Your Game On (free play video gaming)
Anime Club starts this Tuesday, September 1st, at the Fairmount St. library from 5:30-7:30. Don’t miss the first meeting and your chance to help plan the club’s activities for the season. Do we need a logo? Will you draw it? Should we have officers? Or just go with the flow? How about another chopsticks/M&Ms race and ramen noodle eating contest? (yes please)
Plus, we have big announcements concerning this year’s Anime Fest which will be held at the Figge Art Museum in October. Art contest anyone? Do we have cosplayers in the house? Stay tuned to tomorrow’s post for all the juicy deets.
-Christie
Join us for our next installment of Anime-style fun, the Cosplay Workshop. It’s taking place from 3-5 today at the Fairmount St. library. We’ll have lots of crafty supplies on hand. Feel free to bring in your own, too. Who knows what cool creations we’ll come up with this time?!?
It’s going to be furry.
And it’s going to be fun.
-Christie
