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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE! As you know, things usually change a little bit before the conference.
Evening Events
Field Trips |
| Sunday, July 30, 2006 |
| 9am-5pm |
Board Meeting, Gordon Commons, MSC Conference Room |
| 8am-5pm |
Registration |
| 1-4pm |
Field Trip: Fossil Collecting at Quarry, Departs from Witte Hall PROMPTLY at 1pm |
| 7-9pm |
Portfolio Sharing,
Gordon Commons B5 |
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| Monday, July 31, 2006 |
8–8:45 am |
Witte Hall Lobby: A bus will pick up GNSI members at Witte Hall and drop them off at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) at 750 Highland Ave. The bus will pick people up every 15 minutes, last bus at 8:45 am.
The Ebling Library is inside the HSLC, and comprises the 2nd and 3rd floors. Auditorium 1335 is on the 1st floor of the HSLC. |
| 9:15-9:30 am |
Welcome in
Ebling Library, Auditorium 1335 |
| 9:30-10:30am |
Keynote - Rich Slaughter, Director of the Geology Museum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 10:45am -noon |
Business Meeting |
| Noon-12:50pm |
Lunch, catered in the HSLC Atrium |
| 1-3:50pm |
Technique Showcase |
| 1-3:50pm |
Small Group Visits to the Ebling Library Historical Vault/Exhibit in Historical Reading Room - 3rd floor of Ebling Library |
| 1-3:50pm |
Illustrator’s Resource Place |
| 4-6pm |
Exhibit Reception
in the HSLC Atrium |
| 5:30 – 6:15 pm |
A bus will pick up GNSI members outside the HSLC and drop them off at Witte Hall. The bus will pick people up every 15 minutes, last bus at 6:15 pm. Dinner on your own and a night on the town! |
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
NOTE: AMI CEUs for all presentations & workshops are noted in blue. |
| 9-9:50am |
Exploring Vector Graphics with Adobe Illustrator - Rick Simonson |
| 9-9:50am |
Historical Highlights of Insect Illustration - Joel Floyd |
| 9-9:50am |
Snakes Alive! (Presentation) - Tom Kessenich |
| 10-10:50am |
Lightwave Art Aid - Mural - John Megahan 0.1 Art |
| 10-10:50am |
Snakes Alive! (Sketching Opportunity)
- Tom Kessenich |
| 10-10:50am |
The Restoration of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment - John Cody
0.1 Art |
| 11am-11:50pm |
Integrating Drawing Into The Biology Curriculum: A Two-Pronged Approach - William Gellman |
| 11am-11:50pm |
The Natural History of Southeast Wisconsin - Rick Bott |
| 11am-11:50pm |
Compositional Tips and Tricks for Illustrators - Keeping an Eye on the "Big Picture"
- Louise Bodenheimer |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1-1:50pm |
Science-Art.com: Be Prepared to Say YES! - Britt Griswold
0.1 Business |
| 1-1:50 pm |
Basic Typography - Larry Lavendel
0.1 Art |
| 1-1:50pm |
Paleo Sessions, (ongoing until 4:30 pm)
0.35 Art
A Newly Discovered Transitional Fossil Sheds Light on the Origin of Our Limbs - Kalliopi Monoyois
Fleshing-out a new Devonian Fish - Tyler Keillor |
| 2:00-2:50pm |
From Illustrator to Communicator: Enlarging Your Vision - Robert Golder
0.1 Business
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| 2:00-2:50pm |
Paleo Sessions (ongoing until 4:30 pm)
Creating a Children's Book about the Silurian and Devonian - Hannah Bonner
A Greenland Triassic Landscape Reconstruction, Part II: An Ecological Approach - Marlene Hill Donnelly |
| 2:00-2:50pm |
Assembly Line Illustration: Art & Life in Corporate America - Larry Lavendal
0.1 Business |
| 3:00-3:50pm |
Extraordinary Walls - Holly Butlett
0.1 Art |
| 3:00-3:50pm |
Paleo Sessions (ongoing until 4:30 pm)
Paleogene Postcards: the Art and Science of Reconstructing the White River Paleoenvironment - Russell J. Hawley
Reconstructing Llanocetus: an Oligocene Whale from Antarctica - Mary Parrish |
| 3:00-3:50pm |
Masters of Mineral Illustration - Bruce Paul Gaber & Catherine J. Gaber
0.1 Art |
| 4:00-4:50pm |
'Our Living Bay': Mural for Save the Bay, Narragansett Bay - Amy Bartlett Wright |
| 4:00-4:30pm |
Paleo Sessions (ongoing until 4:30 pm)
Using CT Data to Restore and Reconstruct Cretaceous Pleurodires - Frank Ippolito |
| 4:00-4:50pm |
Botanical Art / ASBA - Mary Bauschelt |
Dinner on your own! Come back in time for the… |
7-10pm |
GNSI Annual Auction! Gordon Commons B5 |
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| Wednesday, August 2, 2006 |
| 9-9:50am |
A Career in Commercial Illustration - Jean Probert
0.1 Business |
| 9-9:50am |
Opening & Operating A Gallery - Karin Ketarkus |
| 9-9:50am |
Falling Prey to the Lure of Carnivorous Plants - Christine Elder |
| 10-10:50am |
Ghost in the Machine: the developing relationship between the artist and computer - Frank Ipolitto |
| 10-10:50am |
Nature Images in Illuminated Manuscripts- Carol Rogalski
0.1 Art |
| 10-11:50am |
Business Roundtable (ongoing until 11:50 am) - Elizabeth Morales, Amy Bartlett-Wright, Jean Probert, Marjorie Leggitt, and John Norton
0.2 Business |
| 11-11:50am |
A book: insects, drawings and letters - Diana Marques
0.1 Art |
| 11-11:50am |
Business Roundtable (ongoing until 11:50 am) - Elizabeth Morales, Amy Bartlett-Wright, Jean Probert, and John Norton |
| 11-11:50am |
Drawing on Our Senses - Kristine Kirkeby
0.1 Art |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1-1:50pm |
Seeing with our hands - Clara L. Richardson
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| 1-1:50pm |
Perspective of Reflections and Shadows - Nancy Halliday
0.1 Art |
| 1-3:50pm |
Lawyers for the Creative Arts (ongoing until 3:50 pm) - William E. Rattner
0.1 Business |
| 2-2:50pm |
The National Wildlife Health Center |
| 2 – 3:50pm |
Siennas to Quinachridones: A Brief History of Pigments (ongoing until 3:50 pm) - Patricia Savage
0.1 Art
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| 3-3:50pm |
Chocolate in Art - Scott Rawlins
0.1 Art |
| 4:30-9:00pm |
Head back to Witte Hall so you can get ready….
4:30 pm, Witte Hall Lobby Area
Buses will take all of us to the Olbrich Botanical Garden for the Annual Banquet & Awards Ceremony! Buses will return to Witte Hall from Olbrich at 9 pm. |
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| Thursday, August 3, 2006 |
| 8am-4pm |
Pen & Ink or Pencil on Scratchboard - Trudy Nicholson
Level: General
Prerequisites: None
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Lab Room 1, Weeks Hall for Geological Science |
| 8am-4pm |
Sculpting with Polymer Clay - Scott Rawlins
Level: General
Prerequisites: None
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Lab Room 3, Weeks Hall for Geological Science |
| 8am-4pm |
3D Techniques and Technologies in Digital Illustration (part1)
- Jean Probert, Assistant: Britt Griswold
Level: Beginner 3D, Intermediate Digital
Prerequisites: Some experience with computer graphics applications, especially Illustrator and Photoshop, will be very helpful.
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Biology New Media Center, Genetics/Biotechnology Center |
| 8am-4pm |
Basic Flash - Larry Lavendel
Level: Beginner
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Room B109, Computer Science |
| 8am--noon |
Drawing Trees - Dick Rauh
- Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None.
AMI CEUs: 0.35 Art
Lab 2, Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences |
| 1-5pm |
Photoshop Basics For Traditional Artists - Gail Guth
- Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: basic computer skills; basic knowledge of Photoshop helpful, but not required.
AMI CEUs: 0.35 Art
Computer Lab, Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences |
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Field Trips
Field trips may leave earlier depending on the amount of time required to reach a destination.
All field trips leave from Witte Hall |
| 8am–5pm |
Horicon Marsh Canoe Trip |
| 8am–5pm |
Devil’s Lake Geology Tour |
| 8am–noon |
Military Ridge Butterfly Tour |
| 1–5pm |
Capitol Brewery Tour |
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| Friday, August 4, 2006 |
| 8am-4pm |
Acrylic Techniques - Rhonda Nass
Level: General
Prerequisites: none
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Lab 3, Weeks Hall for Geological Science
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| 8am-4pm |
The Business of Art - Dolores Santoliquido
Level: General
Prerequisites: Bring in a portfolio of artwork and all available current promotional materials for sharing during the workshop.
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Business
Conference Room, Weeks Hall for Geological Science |
| 8am-4pm |
3D Techniques and Technologies in Digital Illustration (part2) - Jean Probert, Assistant: Britt Griswold
Level: Beginner 3D, Intermediate Digital
Prerequisites: Some experience with computer graphics applications, especially Illustrator and Photoshop, will be very helpful.
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Biology New Media Center, Genetics/Biotechnology Center |
| 8am-4pm |
Digital Drawing with Adobe Illustrator - Rick Simonson
Level: beginner
Prerequisites: basic computer skills
AMI CEUs: 0.7 Art
Room B109, Computer Science |
| 8am-noon |
Make Your Own Hardcover Sketchbook - Gretchen Halpert
Level: General
Prerequisites: helps to be able to measure, cut straight lines and thread a needle
Lab 2, Weeks Hall for Geological Science |
| 1-5pm |
Illumination - Carol Jean Rogalski
Level: General
Prerequisites: none
AMI CEUs: 0.35 Art
Lab 2, Weeks Hall for Geological Science |
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Field Trips
Field trips may leave earlier depending on the amount of time required to reach a destination. |
| 8am-5pm |
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, WI |
| 8am-noon |
Baraboo Hills with Rick Bott |
| 1-5pm |
UW Museums Tour |
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| Friday, August 4 & Saturday, August 5, 2006 |
| 8am-4pm |
Mix and Match: How to Find and Mix a Color - Patricia Savage
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: none
AMI CEUs: 1.4 Art
Lab 1, Weeks Hall for Geological Science
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| Saturday, August 5, 2006 |
| 8am-5pm |
Field Trip: Baraboo Hills with Rick Bott. Rick’s property borders Nature Conservancy lands and features orchids and caves. Moderate activity; hiking on uneven ground and some climbing. A separate group for less-physical touring may be formed if there is interest.
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