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KhromaKon is a brand new, weekend long experience for all geek and nerd culture, located at Open Works in Baltimore! We’re doing the work to create a brand new space dedicated to a more modern and inclusive geek culture. Becoming the new haven for this area’s nerdy artists and creatives, our focus is on bringing together lovers of cosplay, music, comics, anime, gaming, toys and so much more! We wish to serve as a beacon for Baltimore’s art loving community.
KhromaKon is made up of multifaceted and passionate fans as well as experienced organizers, ready to help make this event great.
Overview
KhromaKon is a brand new pop culture convention coming to the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor March 1st -3rd, 2024. The meaning behind the name KhromaKon is rooted in the definition of Khroma which is color in Greek.
The mission of KhromaKon is “An Experience in Full Color,” a triple entendre encompassing inclusivity and diversity that’s embraced by everyone on the board, pays homage to the directors who are melanin-infused/BIPOC, and alludes to the desire we have to hit all the sub genres of pop culture through art - from anime, comics, music, videogames and more.
Origin Story
KhromaKon comes from Kurenai Kiba’s love and passion for color as an artist.
KhromaKon was a natural progression after seeing a lot of nerd culture and entertainment events either leave or cease operations in Baltimore. To no fault of their own, this created a major vacancy in the nerd scene.
Our aim is to bring life back to artsy and nerdy community here in Baltimore, the place we call home.
Community
All of us at KhromaKon have a story about what our first convention was like, making friends who also knew about the nerdy things we enjoyed like cosplay and fanart, and how that led to us making long-lasting memories and friendships that survived being states away and communicating through AIM/YIM.
Those are the kind of connections and memories we would like to keep while inspiring new connections with those who travel to our convention. We want to cultivate a safe space where our attendees can experience those memorable moments with friends, family, and celebrities alike. We have developed a paradigm to launch and sustain KhromaKon.
- Discord channels for volunteers and vendors
- Virtual suggestion box for the general public to share recommendations
- Post-event survey for attendees, guests, staff and vendors
- Preference to local businesses, presenters, artists and other creatives
- Modern, out-of-the box activities
The team is passionate about what we can do to help the culture and economy.
MEET THE TEAM
KURENAI KIBA
CAKE DA BLERD
KURENAI KIBA
CONVENTION CHAIR
(She/Her)
Kurenai is a New York born, Baltimore based cosplayer, self-published writer, podcaster and artist, all done through her self-titled company. Kurenai's knowledge stems from her background in the Sales, Marketing, Arts, Comic History, and Graphic Design. After leaving event sales and marketing, she currently is a
CONVENTION CHAIR
(She/Her)
Kurenai is a New York born, Baltimore based cosplayer, self-published writer, podcaster and artist, all done through her self-titled company. Kurenai's knowledge stems from her background in the Sales, Marketing, Arts, Comic History, and Graphic Design. After leaving event sales and marketing, she currently is a full time artist and seamstress, making custom commissions for her clients or participating in Artist Alley’s all year round. With her motto "Creating Fantasy and Altering Reality", she working tirelessly to expand Baltimore’s nerdy community and aiding in creating more inclusive arts events
JADE GEE
CAKE DA BLERD
KURENAI KIBA
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She/Her)
Jade is a graphic designer, artist and writer and has been an anime fan since the late 80s and a congoer since the early 2000s. The resident OC mom, you will usually catch her designing merch or wearing her OCs if not writing about them. Currently overloading her Samsung Notes with writing snippets for several future light novels.
CAKE DA BLERD
CAKE DA BLERD
CAKE DA BLERD
RELATIONS & HOSPITALITY DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She/Her)
Cake is your friendly neighborhood lover of all things geeky and nerdy with a side of debauchery. When not doing research for panels, she is writing and psycho analyzing your favs. She is currently working on a master plan to merge her love of anime and geek things with her love of helping her community with mental health needs. 
LORENZO GEE
CAKE DA BLERD
CAKE DA BLERD
SPECIAL EVENTS
DEPARTMENT HEAD
(He/Him)
When it comes to video games, music, and anime, Renzo’s eyes light up like fireworks, so much so that he joined the Khroma Kon team to assist with coordinating special events and outreach to help create a very awesome and memorable experience that you won’t soon forget.
GRACE JACKSON
GRACE JACKSON
GRACE JACKSON
MARKETPLACE DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She /Her)
Hello! My name is Grace, and I run my own business called Matchaparfaitproductions. I am a seamstress, resin crafter and a digital/traditional artist. Ive been attending conventions for a while as both artist and or attendee. I look forward to meeting and working with everyone; with things moving forward with KhromaKon!
NYX WOLFF
GRACE JACKSON
GRACE JACKSON
CAFE DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She/Her)
Nyx Is a cosplayer who writes and has a passion for Kawaii Culture and Jfashion as well as geek life. She advocates for disabilities and mental health . She has been working cons since 2014 as both a staffer and panelist.
DATE MASAMUNE
GRACE JACKSON
DATE MASAMUNE
PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She/They)
Date Masamune began their convention & cosplay escapades back in 2004 starting with Otakon and has fallen in love with going to cons and cosplay ever since.
Alongside this she has been into anime, video games, comic books, & the like since a wee child and has enjoyed various other medium from Japan fo
PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT HEAD
(She/They)
Date Masamune began their convention & cosplay escapades back in 2004 starting with Otakon and has fallen in love with going to cons and cosplay ever since.
Alongside this she has been into anime, video games, comic books, & the like since a wee child and has enjoyed various other medium from Japan for just as long. After spending so many years enveloped in a variety of geek cultures, near the end of 2012 she made her debut presenting panels at Anime USA. With her wealth of knowledge, wisdom, & oh so many feels on topics across a plethora of fandoms, she believed presenting panels would be the perfect chance to share that love & wisdom with others.
After a few years of presenting panels & becoming more engrossed with con culture she began to staff conventions. While doing this she began to learn the ins & out of what it takes to work one as well as a myriad of other things relating to con logisitics, networking, marketing, & the like.
Presently, in addition to staffing conventions, presenting panels, & cosplaying she has began selling her wares in a variety of Artist Alleys & has also broken into the business of producing high quality art prints with their recently founded art printing business, DMP Resin & Print Works.
Please welcome them as one of KhromaKon's founding members & join them & the rest of our convention's staff in creating an event geeks from a variety of backgrounds & cultures can enjoy for decades to come.
MONECA
GRACE JACKSON
DATE MASAMUNE
REGISTRAR
(She/Her)
Moneca is an experienced project manager with extensive experience in information resource management. As a Baltimore native and master organizer, Moneca wears many hats including IT entrepreneur, web strategist, content creator, and S.T.E.A.M. advocate. She has been volunteering at conventions for a while helping write
REGISTRAR
(She/Her)
Moneca is an experienced project manager with extensive experience in information resource management. As a Baltimore native and master organizer, Moneca wears many hats including IT entrepreneur, web strategist, content creator, and S.T.E.A.M. advocate. She has been volunteering at conventions for a while helping writers, artists and other creatives promote and sell their works. In her spare time, Moneca is an active Star Trek Discovery fan girl and podcaster. #TrekkieAndBeyond #BlackGirlMagic