Origami Usa Convention 2019 Pdf

[Orencio Suhag]

OrigamiUSAorganizes and manages the OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, which takes place each year in New York City during the summer. In addition, we create and manage other regional and special-purpose conventions less often; see below for details.

OrigamiUSA's Annual Convention is traditionally held in New York City during the summer. It starts on Friday evening with an open house so everyone can get acquainted, see the model menu, and plan their weekend. Saturday, Sunday, and MOnday have classes teaching models, lectures, and classes on techniques, etc.

The Pacific Coast OrigamiUSA Conference (PCOC) has been held at various locations along the West Coast of North America in concert with a local organizing group in the host city. PCOC takes place in odd-numbered years in the fall (although PCOC 2021 was cancelled due to COVID-19).

If you would be interested in hosting a future PCOC, please check out our PCOC guidelines (see below) and contact the PCOC Committee at pcoc [at] origamiusa.org. (Please note: the guidelines document is a work in progress and subject to change.) If you would like to start up an OrigamiUSA convention in another part of the country (the South is still open, as are even-numbered years), please contact the Convention Committee at convention-info [at] origamiusa.org.

The Chicago OrigamiUSA Convention (COcon) is OrigamiUSA's first new Regional Convention, first planned for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, eventually held in the Windy City in Fall 2022 and biannually since then.

OrigamiUSA sponsors the Pacific Coast OrigamiUSA Convention (PCOC) at various locations along the West Coast of North America in odd-numbered years in the fall. See past PCOC conventions at the links below.

The class schedule is available at this link. The image below represents a summary of the where and when the convention activities will be taking place; all the details are listed in the link above. Look through the class descriptions and make a plan for the classes you plan to attend throughout the day! Some classes may require you to bring and prepare paper in a specific way, so check the details. Some classes may also fill up quickly, as they are first come first serve.

We are delighted to announce the first ever Theoretical Origami Olympiad! We are thrilled to be hosting the first ever in person/real time contest of technical origami ability. Participants will be presented with crease pattern and design problems, and will be scored on elegance and functionality of solutions. There may be prizes! Please bring a red and blue pen, if possible.Click on the schedule above for more detailed information.

Anic&eacute was born in Amiens, France, in 1999. He discovered origami in 2011 after finding a paper frog in his bag of madeleines made by the baker. He quickly learned the art of folding by using tutorial video available on the internet. In the same year, he participated in his first convention in Lyon.

He timidly began creating his own models in 2013. Being a student in applied arts, he integrated his studies in product design with the art of origami, combining these two fields to refine and establish himself as a designer and folding artist. His early works were characterized by the creation of models embodying life and cuteness. He quickly developed a distinctive aesthetic that came to define his models.

Although he has specialed in the figurative representation of animals, Anic&eacute is gradually turning towards human forms, exploring new perspectives within his unique style. He was invited as a special guest at the Lyon Origami Convention and the Convencin Internacional AEP in Valencia.

We will have stylish new OrigaMIT Convention t-shirts, as well as shirts from last year!They will cost $25, but if you're a current MIT student,you can purchase one for a discounted price of $20. The front and back designs for last year's t-shirt are shown in the image below.The site will soon be updated with the new design!

If you already have a reservation but are planning to cancel, please do not contact the hotel or cancel online; instead, please contact the convention committee at convention-info [at] origamiusa.org, as we will be able to transfer your reservation to another attendee.

Detailed information about all Convention 2024 activities, registration, teaching, etc., is listed in the Convention 2024 menu at the upper right. Every item (both boldface and unbolded) is a link to a page with further information.

If you already have a reservation, but are planning to cancel, do not contact the hotel or cancel online; instead, please contact the convention committee at convention-info [at] origamiusa.org, as we will be able to transfer your reservation to another attendee.

Detailed information about all Convention 2023 activities, registration, teaching, etc., is listed in the Convention 2023 menu at the upper right. Every item (both boldface and unbolded) is a link to a page with further information.

Beth Johnson is an origami artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been folding paper for many years, andbegan designing her own origami models in 2010. She likes to design figurative models inspired by the naturalworld. She is often recognized for her expressive minimalist style, and for her explorations of folded patterns astextural elements in more representational pieces. She has been a guest of honor at numerous origamiconventions worldwide, and received the 2011 Florence Temko Award from Origami USA in recognition of herwork.

Beth has a background in Anthropology and Natural Resources and worked for several years onenvironmental issues. She left her career in 2010 to pursue more creative work, and now works full time as anorigami artist. She divides her time between teaching, designing, exhibiting and diagramming, and also doesvolunteer work teaching art and origami in her community. She is currently working on a book with instructionsfor her designs.

Boice is an award winning origami artist from Portland, OR that is known online by his handle, OrigamiByBoice. He enjoys folding and designing models that represent or render forms such as humanoids and dragons. A goal in his folding is to trick people into thinking the fold is not just a single square.

Boice uses his platform to provide competitions, tutorials, and community for origami folders. Boice also makes YouTube videos tackling complex topics, such as reading crease patterns, to make them less intimidating.

Classes and my lecture to the 165 convention participants began the next day after a very comfortable sleep and a breakfast in the downstairs caf of fresh baked pastry. I was anxious. Being mostly self-taught and somewhat untraditional, I feared I would be offensive for explaining why I coat paper with plastic, or infuse some of my creations with wire armatures. After all, this was a country with thousands of registered origami instructors who had passed years of instruction. Despite being as offensive as I could be, nobody seemed to mind. Morisue Kei saved us invitees by presenting a thorough overview of color-change during his lecture.

My three classes and those I attended were markedly different than those I experienced in New York at the Origami-USA conventions. Nobody disrupted teaching with irrelevant questions or comments. Nobody had to know whether Carl Linnaeus described the species I was about to teach or whether edges lined up when two points were put together. Instead folders were too reserved to ask for help when they needed it. I finished teaching models in the same amount of time to the same number of students as in other conventions, but with the added time needed from the expert interpretation provided by Lee, Hyung Kyung. Everybody got the classes of their choice in part because it was a smaller convention. Nobody felt it proper to demand that I give them my models from the model menu or from my display. There was none of the entitlement I had come to expect at origami conventions. Unlike at the JOAS Convention the week prior, people of all ages came up to me and practiced their English. People wanted me to enjoy the convention!

During the middle of August I had the good fortune of being a guest at the Second Origami Convention in the State of Boyac, Colombia. The gathering of approximately 70 folders was organized by Jaime Nio Bernal. Jaime is a mathematics professor in a secondary school near his home town in Chiquinquir. Here is his website:

The convention took place at the University in Tunja (Universidad Pedaggica y Tecnolgica de Colombia), the capital city of Boyac. Roman Diaz, who was the guest at the previous Boyaca convention suggested that I be asked. Many thanks to both Roman and Jaime for this wonderful opportunity to learn about the many talented designers of origami models in Colombia, and the country which is a great place to visit.

I had met them two months prior during their honeymoon at the OUSA convention in New York! They organized for me a trip the next morning with Alejandro Oliveros, an origami designer and naturalist: _origami_latinoamericano/pool/page2/. Alexander and I had such a good time talking that we forgot to get off a bus that took us through the entire city. We did get off to visit a paper company (Parra Hermanos) that makes 75 gram weight duo paper, 50 by 70 cm in size, and in saturated colors. Jaime had bought packets of this paper cut to different size squares for the convention. It was ideal.

Juan and Maria also introduced me to Jorge Jaramillo, who had been to OUSA conventions in New York while he consulted for Chubb Insurance Company. Jorge took me to the Botanical Garden. While we admired the floral diversity Colombia is famous for, Jorge filled me in on the origami scene in South America. Origami has been organized in Colombia for some time. For example. this year Cali was hosting its 15th annual convention. On a continent scale, The 2nd Latin American Origami Congress was held in Santiago at the end of August:

-second-latin-american-origami-congress-chile-2011/. There are a number of very talented origami designers, who are not well known outside of Latin America. Lack of funds prevent them from traveling to conventions, particularly foreign ones outside of South America. Jorge sent me links of some of the most well known designers, some of whom I had heard of:

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