A chance for anyone who works, studies, or is just interested in the science, technology, engineering, and medical fields to get together, find mutual interests, and network. Pre/post-convention BlueSky/Twitter/Mastodon networking group links available at https://linktr.ee/scifurs
Most of us have heard about how to care for our fursuits, but what about the person inside of the fursuit? Fursuiting can involve activities that increase our internal temperature, increase our heart rate, and put our bodies under a lot of stress. But things you can do before, during, and after fursuiting can help you to fursuit longer, recover faster, and get back out in your fluffy carpet sooner. They say that fursuiting is cardio, and like cardio we can make fursuiting easier and more fun by following precautions and preparing ourselves. Whether you're a newbie or someone who's been suiting for a while, come and learn how to better take care of what's under the colorful carpet of fur! Got your own experiences and recovery methods? Come share them!
Hoy! Name's Inkblitz, call me Ink or Blitz, or just spot will do. But I'm more well known as Eventide the Manokit or Tempo the Dutch Angel Dragon. Outside of suit I'm a cheetah of many skills, including writing, voice acting, streaming, 3D modeling/texturing, dancing, fursuiting... Read More →
Tips and tricks to make sure you have the best experience at any con you attend. How to put together a convention "survival kit" Making sure to take care of yourself, including my tricks to fall asleep faster at the end of a long convention day!
A panel discussing the pop culture phenomenon that is "Ghostbusters"... From the movies to the cartoons to the comics and video games, this panel will allow fans of the franchise to meet and mingle, too!
Let’s carve a fursuit head! Learn all about the tools and best practices you can use when carving a fursuit head out of upholstery foam. Tools, foam, and completed bases will be available for you to touch and try!
Artists chosen from the Artist Alley will team up to play Pictionary to win prizes! Did we mention that they have to use Mario Paint on the SNES to draw?
Interested in trains, buses, and walkable/bike-able communities? Come meet other transit-oriented furry urbanists and learn about urbanism, convincing urbanism skeptics, and spatial inequality in the furry fandom. Afterwards, feel free to join us on a trip on the Chicago L train to Union Station.
Come get a glimpse into the exciting world of 3D. Whether you're an avid gamer, an up and coming streamer, or someone who is just curious. We will have something for you, covering vrchat, vtubing, LIV, streaming, rendering, and more. And if you just want to come see some demos of how easy it can be to get started in the world of 3D, head on down!
Debuted at Painted Desert Furcon 2024, this panel is exactly what it is! A snow leopard staring at a wall for the entirety of the panel! Will the red dot appear again? Will it make its escape? Come by and see!
Four talented artists go head to head in a series of surprise, timed art challenges. Each round, our judge eliminates one artist until the winner is crowned! The twist? Each round, sabotages can be bid on by the artists and they can be inflicted on their competition. Join us and you may receive free art from our contestants!
Tail in a twist? Zipper won’t stop snagging? Can’t lift your arms above your head? Let’s fix that! This panel is an interactive Q&A where we will discuss common fursuit construction pitfalls, how to avoid them, and how to fix them when they happen. Feel free to bring your difficult fursuit items if you need specific advice!
A furry take on the classic TV game show. Come test your trivia knowledge on all things furry and furry-related. Just remember to always answer in the form of a question!
Come join us for a screening of "those" cartoons - you know the ones. The ones that made you uncomfortable as a child. The Looney Tunes that stirred up uncanny desires you'd never felt before, and gave you feelings that didn’t have a name. A loveless lovebird wants desperately to be swallowed whole by a voracious puddy tat. A potion is consumed, and a tiny mouse begins expanding his horizons. There are wolves in sheep’s clothing, bunnies beyond binaries, and buzzards under the thrall of mesmerizing emanations. Do you remember the one where death was the happy ending? Do you remember when existential fear first felt warm? Tonight, the glow of the TV will be our full moon, as we unwind tight coils of 16mm film and VHS tape to unleash lost memories of transformative Saturday mornings. Your host Auryn will overshare stories from childhood while guiding you through the classic cartoons that launched a million kinks. This is where you came from, remember? Possibly named one of FWA’s “Top 10 Emerging Panels” by Teen Panelist Magazine, this new presentation for MFF features permanent audience hypnosis, even more rare 16mm films, and at least twice as much personal vulnerability! So bring your sublimated yearning and your PJs – we’ll bring the milk and cereal!
Auryn is a filmmaker whose work explores neurodiversity, queer virtual communities, and transformation. Their films have been exhibited at venues including the SXSW Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Cinémathèque Française, and many cons and DIY spaces. Their hybrid documentaty... Read More →
Have you ever wondered why characters like Donald Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, or even Princess Sally Acorn wear little to no clothing? This panel is a PG-13 get-together discussion of our favorite cartoon animal characters that have an interesting fashion choice of wearing nothing below the waist or sometimes nothing at all. We talk about the possible reasons why this is the case and how it has become one of the norms in animation for anthro characters. Does your fursona also follow this fashion or take inspiration from these characters? Please feel free to join in and discuss!
This panel is for the furries in the fandom who just love tails, maybe too much, or maybe just a bit. Tails are a BIG part of the fandom that sometimes don't get the attention they truly deserve! This panel starts with a short presentation from me, Mika, where I discus what makes tails special to the fandom. We will go over the various ways people in the fandom can appreciate them, from aesthetics, to practical use, to wanting to have one ourselves! Plus sharing some characters from media that have particularly nice tails! We will then open the panel to the audience, where they can admit they have a tail problem and chime in on why THEY love tails! They can discuss how their tail love began, and some of their favorite characters in media they think have nice tails! We will conclude with a Meet & Greet where everyone can mingle and discuss tails with other fellow tail lovers! For an appendage almost every fursona has, and one of the few that isn't just a different shape of something we already have, tails are really special. Let's give them the attention they deserve!
