OUR ORIGINAL OSO ORO EVENTS WERE A BRAND NEW THING and took us three years to figure out. We STARTED AS A OMICS EVENT FEATURING QUEER CARTOONISTS (2008's STICKY PAGES) but graduated to an all bear of color event in 2009. We held them at the NYC LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER AND INTRODUCED A BRAND NEW CONCEPT: THAT BEARS OF COLOR ARE BEAUTIFUL AND seen and ARTISTIC AND KINDA NERDY AND THAT WE CAN CONNECT AND SHARE ART AND COMMUNITY with all the bears of the world. And we did.
OUR ONE AND ONLY EVENT AT THE 2014 SAN DIEGO CON @ WAS A STRESSFUL BUT PRODUCTIVE TIME. OUR EVENT (and gallery show: EYE AM A MAN) in 2015 AT THE LONGWOOD GALLERY IN THE BRONX WAS JOYFUL.
OUR FIRST Event in Japan was at the kuranora bar in Shinjuku, tokyo. mattchan, the owner and barmaster, has always been so kind and supportive to oso oro and is always a great partner for our events. we've been lucky to have oso oro there five times, and hope to have many more.