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Calendar of Events

Sun 7/11 :: Mon 7/12 :: Tue 7/13 :: Wed 7/14 :: Thu 7/15 :: Fri 7/16 :: Sat 7/17

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Sunday July 11, 2010
Time
       
8:00        
  Registration
8:30-6:00
Wolf Village Apt
Lobby		 Board Meeting
8:30-5:00
Wolf Village		    
9:00    
     
10:00    
     
11:00    
     
12:00    
     
1:00    
     
2:00 Yates Mill Park
Raleigh		  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00 Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
     
6:00    
     
7:00       Portfolio sharing
E.S. King Village
       
8:00      
       
9:00      

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Monday July 12, 2010
Time McKimmon Center
    Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
8:00      
  Registration
8:30-5:00		    
9:00 Keynote Presentation
Fred Nijhout
McKimmon Center		 
   
10:00  
       
11:00 Group Photo  
    Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
12:00    
     
1:00 Technique Showcase  
   
2:00
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00   Dinner
FountainDining Hall
       
6:00      
         
7:00         Annual Members Exhibit Opening
NCSU Library
       
8:00      
       
9:00      

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Tuesday July 13, 2010
Time McKimmon Center
       
8:00   Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-5:00
Wolf Village Lobby		 Rick Simonson
Sketchbook Pro		 Educator Discussion Roundtable John Cody
Portraits
9:00
  Alison Schroeer
Photoshop Entomology 		Rebecca Cope
Natural Color
10:00  
  Britt Griswold
Web Marketing		  
11:00  
        Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
12:00      
       
1:00 Paleo Talks

Thomas Miller, Traci Conner, & Jennifer Armstrong

Mark Klingler

Russell Hawley		 James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins
Intellectual Property		 Business Discussion Roundtable Emma Skurnick
Combining Media
   
2:00 Jennifer Landin
Biological Illustration in Higher Education
   
3:00 Digital Discussion Roundtable Patricia Koemel
Quantum Color Theory		 Jerry Hodge
Trompe l'oeil		  
   
4:00  
   
5:00       Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
         
6:00        
           
7:00         Annual Auction
Brownstone Hotel
         
8:00        
         
9:00          

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time McKimmon Center
       
8:00   Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-5:00
Wolf Village Lobby		 Taina Litwak
Entomology Illustration		 Bob Palmatier
Childrens Books Publishing		 Peggy Macnamara
Birds, Insects, & Nests in Watercolor
9:00
  Dan Ellison
Copyright/Contract		 Scott Rawlins
Nature in Science Illustration
10:00  
  Georgia Minnich
Tactile Talking Fish
11:00  
        Business Lunch
McKimmon Center
12:00      
       
1:00 David Fierstein
Maya/Vue		 Nicolle Rager-Fuller
Eon Vue		 Linda Feltner
Watercolor Pencils		  
   
2:00 Damon Rando
Giclee Prints		 Taina Litwak
Tour of Bosnia & Croatia		  
   
3:00 Ikumi Kayama
Photoshop Tips		 Doug Pratt
Bird Illustrator		 Kristie Bruzenak
Design Systems		  
   
4:00 Kapi Monoyios
Your Inner Fish		 Hillary Ellis
Painting Conservarion
   
5:00      
6:00         Awards Reception
Butterfly House
         
7:00         Annual Banquet
NC Museum of Life & Science
         
8:00        
         
9:00          

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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Time
  Workshop--See below for Thursday Fieldtrips    
8:00           Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-6:00		 Linda Feltner
Drawing Live Animals
E.S. King Village		 John Cody
Watercolor Techniques
Day 1
E.S. King Village		 Luana Winner
Oil Painting
E.S. King Village		 Rick Simonson
Adobe Illustrator
McKimmon Center		 David Clarke
Adobe Flash
McKimmon Center
9:00
 
10:00  
   
11:00  
   
12:00   Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
     
1:00
   
2:00  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00           Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
           
6:00        
           
7:00        
           
8:00          
           
9:00          
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Time
  Fiedtrip--See above for Thursday Workshops
ALL FIELDTRIPS DEPART FROM WOLF VILLAGE APTS		    
8:00         Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-6:00
Wolf Village Lobby		 Plant Delights
Raleigh		 J.C. Raulston Arboretum
Raleigh		 Carolina Tiger Rescue
and
NC Pottery
Pittsboro
lunch is on your own		 Duke Gardens
and
The Museum of Life & Science
Durham
lunch is on your own
9:00
 
10:00  
   
11:00  
   
12:00     Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
     
1:00 Wildlife Education
Turtle Telemetry
Raleigh		 Duke Lemur Center
Durham
   
2:00  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00         Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
           
6:00        
           
7:00        
           
8:00          
           
9:00          

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Friday, July 16, 2010
Time
  Workshop--See below for Friday Fieldtrips    
8:00         Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-6:00
Wolf Village Lobby		 John Cody
Watercolor Techniques
Day 2
E.S. King Village		 Trudy Nicholson
Scratchboard
E.S. King Village		 Frank Ippolito
Adobe After Effects
McKimmon Center		 Melisa Beveridge
Adobe InDesign
McKimmon Center
9:00
 
10:00  
   
11:00  
   
12:00 Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
   
1:00
   
2:00  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00         Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
           
6:00        
           
7:00        
           
8:00          
           
9:00          
Friday, July 16, 2010
Time Fieldtrip--See above for Friday Workshops
ALL FIELDTRIPS DEPART FROM WOLF VILLAGE APTS
       
8:00           Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Registration
8:30-5:00
Wolf Vill. Lobby		 Duke Lemur Center
General Tour
Durham
   Prairie Ridge Ecostation
NC Mus Natural Science
Raleigh		 NC Botanical Garden
Maple View Farm
Chapel Hill/Pittsboro		 Canoeing/
Kayaking
BW Wells Park
Wake Forest
9:00
 
10:00  
   
11:00  
   
12:00   NC Museum of Art
Raleigh		 Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
   
1:00 Duke Lemur Center
Habitat Enclosure Tour
   
2:00  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00           Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
           
6:00        
           
7:00        
           
8:00          
           
9:00          

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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Time
       
8:00       Breakfast
Fountain Dining Hall
  Check Out
2:00		 Patricia Savage
Chalk Pastels
Wolf Village
Bldg. G Seminar Rm.		 Dick Rauh
Fruit Morphology
Location TBA
9:00  
 
10:00 Haw River Kayak Trip
Saxapahaw

Lunch is on your own.		  
   
11:00  
   
12:00 Lunch
Fountain Dining Hall
 
1:00
   
2:00  
   
3:00  
   
4:00  
   
5:00     Dinner
Fountain Dining Hall
       
6:00      
         
7:00        
           
8:00          
           
9:00          

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Sunday, July 11

8:30 – 5:00 Board Meeting
8:30 – 6:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
2:00 – 5:00 Field Trip 01: Yates Mill Park (Raleigh)
5:00 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA
7:00 – 9:00 Portfolio Sharing

Monday, July 12

7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
8:30 – 5:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
9:30 – 11:00 Keynote Speaker, Fred Nijhout (McKimmon Center)
11:00 – 11:30 Group Photo, location TBA
11:30 –1:00 Dining Hall TBA
1:00 – 5:00 Techniques Showcase (McKimmon Center)
5:00 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA
7:00 – 9:00 Opening, Annual Members Exhibit (D. H. Hill Library Exhibit Gallery)

Tuesday, July 13

McKimmon Center
7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
8:30 –5:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
Session 1
8:30 – 9:30 Rick Simonson: Sketchbook Pro
9:30 – 10:30 Allison Schroeer: PS Entomology
10:30 – 11:30 Britt Griswold: Web Marketing
Session 2
8:30 – 9:30 Specimen Handling
9:30 – 10:30 Tamara Clark: Creating a Space to Create
10:30 – 11:30 John Sill: Illustrating Children’s Books
Session 3
8:30 – 9:30 John Cody: Life-Like Portraits: Who Painted Them?
9:30 – 11:30 Mini-workshop Rebecca Cope: Natural Color and the Science of Art
11:30 –1:00 Dining Hall TBA
Session 4
1:00 – 5:00 Paleo Talks
I.Mark Klingler: Reconstructing a Primate from Eocene Myanmar, Ganlea megacanina
II. Thomas Miller, Traci Conner, and Jennifer Armstrong: ????? Dinosaur Trail
III. Russell Hawley: Illustrating Ancient Plants
Session 5
1:00 – 3:00 Business Discussion: Roundtable
3:00– 4:00 Bob Palmatier: Children’s Book Publishing
4:00 – 5:00 Patricia Keomel: Quantum Color Theory and Mechanics
Session 6
1:00 - 3:00 Emma Skurnick: Combining Your Media for Fun and Profit
3:00 – 5:00 Jerry Hodge: Trompe l’oil
5:00 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA
7:00 – 9:00 Annual Auction (Brownstone Hotel, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605)

Wednesday, July 14

7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
8:30 – 5:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
Session 1
8:30 – 9:30 Taina Litwak: Entomological Illustration in the Digital Age
9:30 – 10:30 David Fierstein: 3-D Digital Art
10:30 – 11:30 TBA
Session 2
8:30 – 10:30 Educator Discussion Roundtable
10:30 – 11:30 Scott Rawlins: Putting the “Natural” back into Natural Science Illustration
Session 3
8:30 – 10:30 Mini-workshop, Peggy Macnamara: Birds, Insects and Nests in Watercolor
10:30 – 11: 30 Georgia Minnich: Tactile Talking Fish
11:30 –1:00 Members Business Lunch, McKimmon Center
Session 4
1 :00–2:00 Dan Ellison: Lawyer Talk
2:00 – 3:00 Damon Rando: Colorful Art, Giclee Prints
3:00 – 4:00 Ikumi Kayama: Photoshop Tips
4:00 – 5:00 Kapi Monoyios: Fish Our of Water: Illustustrating Your Inner Fish; A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body
Session 5
1:00 – 2:00 Nicolle Rager-Fuller: Eon Vue
2:00 – 3:00 Taina Litwak: A Natural History Tour of Bosnia and Croatia
3:00 – 5:00 Doug Pratt: Confession of a Bird Illustrator: Life at the Interface of Art and Science
Session 6
1:00 – 3:00 Mini workshop, Linda Feltner: Watercolor Pencils
3:00 – 5:00 Kristie Bruzenak: Discovering Design Systems in Scientific Illustration
6:00 – 7:00 Annual Awards Banquet Reception (NC Museum of Life and Sciences, 433 W. Murray Ave., Durham, NC 27704)
7:00 – 9:00 Annual Awards Banquet Dinner

Thursday, July 15

7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
8:30 – 6:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
8:30 – 5:00 Field Trip 06: Duke Gardens and the Museum of Life and Science (Durham)
Lunch is on your own.
8:30 – 5:00 Field Trip 07: Carolina Tiger Rescue and NC Pottery, (Pittsboro)
Lunch is on your own.
8:30 - 12:00 Field Trip 02: Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanical Garden (Raleigh)
8:30 – 12:00 Field Trip 03: J.C. Raulston Arboretum (Raleigh)
8:30 – 12:00 Linda Feltner Drawing Live Animals
8:30 – 5:00 John Cody – Cody Watercolor Techniques (day 1 of 2)
8:30 – 5:00 Oil Painting – TBA
8:30 – 5:00 Rick Simonson – Digital Drawing with Adobe Illustrator
8:30 – 5:00 David Clarke – Creating Animations and Interactions with Adobe Flash
11:30 –1:00 Dining Hall TBA
1:00 – 5:00 Field Trip 04: Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education/Turtle Telemetry (Raleigh)
1:00 – 5:00 Field Trip 05: Duke Lemur Center – Habitat Enclosure Tour (Durham)
5:00 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA

Friday, July 16

7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
8:30 – 6:00 Registration (lobby of the Wolf Village Apartments)
8:30 – 5:00 Field Trip All Day with Prairie Ridge Ecostation and NC Museum of Natural Science (Raleigh)
8:30 – 5:00 Field Trip NC Botanical Garden and Maple View Farm (Chapel Hill and Pittsboro)
8:30 – 12:00 Field Trip Duke Lemur Center – General Tour (Durham)
8:30 – 3:00 Field Trip Canoeing/Kayaking BW Wells Park at Falls Lake (Wake Forest)
8:30 – 5:00 Cody Watercolor Techniques (continued)
8:30 – 5:00 Trudy Nicholson – Ink and/or Graphite Pencil on Scratchboard
8:30 – 5:00 Frank Ippolito – Jumping into 2D Animation with After Effects
8:30 – 5:00 Melisa Beveridge – Beginner’s InDesign
11:30 –1:00 Dining Hall TBA
12:15 –5:00 Field Trip NC Museum of Art (Raleigh)
1:00 – 5:00 Field Trip Duke Lemur Center Habitat Enclosure Tour
5:00 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA

Saturday, July 17

7:00 – 9:00 Dining Hall TBA
2:00 Check-out
8: 30 – 5:00 Patricia Savage – Painting in Chalk Pastels
8: 30 – 5:00 Dick Rauh – Fruit Morphology for Botanical Artists
10:00 – 6:30 Field Trip Haw River Kayak Trip (Saxapahaw)
Lunch is on your own.
11:30 –1 Dining Hall TBA
5 – 6:30 Dining Hall TBA