The Red Desert: Among Dead Volcanoes and Living Dunes Video Presentations
friday, september 28, 2007
- Introduction and acknowledgement of contributors and donors by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
- Art Talk by photographer Martin Stupich
- Panel Discussion with Martin Stupich, Annie Proulx, Dudley Gardner, and Charles Ferguson
- Wendy Bredehoft, moderator
- Afternoon Session Introduction, Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
- Dr. Ken Driese, Remote Sensing Scientist, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center,
University of Wyoming
- Through the Eyes of Map Makers: A Cartographic Perspective
- Rod Garnett, Professor of Music, University of Wyoming
- Place and Sound
- Dr. Robert R. Kelly, Professor and Head of Anthropology, University of Wyoming
- Who First Saw the Red Desert?
- Joy Owen, Field Director, Wyoming Wildlife Federation
- Session Introduction, Wendy Bredehoft, UW Art Museum Education Curator
- Panel Discussion
- Uniqueness within a varied, high desert landscape
- Melinda Harm Benson, lecturer and research scientist for the Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
- Law on the Landscape: how policy choices and legal designations shape the meaning of place
- Dr. Jeffery A. Lockwood, Professor of Natural Sciencies & Humanities, University of
Wyoming
- Islands of Life: The Wonders of Insect Diversity in the Red Desert
- Frieda Knobloch, Associate Professor, American Studies, University of Wyoming
- Stoming Grounds
- B. Ronald Frost, Professor of Geology, University of Wyoming
- The Geologic History Recorded in the Red Desert Landscape
- Karen King, Independent Consultant
- Q&A with Speakers
- Contemporary American Indian Thoughts on the Red Desert
- Q&A with Speakers
Saturday, September 29, 2007
- Session Introduction by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
- Marc A. Moffett, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming
- Valuing the Wasteland
- Gary Beauvais, Director, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming
- Terrible vigilance - Red Desert wildlife and the imperative of space
- H.L. Hix, Director of Creative Writing MFA Program, University of Wyoming
- An Open Letter
- Carol Long, Volunteer, Wyoming Outdoor Council
- The Red Desert in 1974, and now in 2007. Experience of a family in the Desert.
- Bryce R. Reece, Executive Vice President, Wyoming Wool Growers Association
- Thriving Where Others Fail and Fall - The Long-Standing Importance of the Red Desert to Wyoming's Sheep Industry
- Q&A with Speakers
- Linda Lillegraven, Artist
- Red Desert Glimpses
- Russel Tanner, Kyak Marook Heritage Research, LLC
- Stories from the Old People: Anthropological Perspectives on Rock Art in the Red Desert.
- William A. Reiners, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
- Boar's Tusk: A Locus of Flux
- Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
- Special Values of the northwestern Red Desert: From Wildlife to Wilderness
- Q&A with Speakers
- Session Introduction by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
- Margaret Wilson, Assistant Professor, Theatre & Dance, University of Wyoming
- In and out of balance - a matter of scale
- Charles Ferguson, Geologist
- Grand Teton to Grand Canyon, Latest Miocene through Pilocene course of the Green River in the central Rocky Mountain, USA
- Sharon A. Long, Forensic Anthropologist
- Red Desert: Archaic Period Death
- John Mionczynski, Wildlife Biology/Natural Historian/Scientist/Musician
- Wanderings in the Desert
- Q&A and Closing Remarks