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 L. 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

• Session Introduction, Wendy Bredehoft, UW Art Museum Education Curator

• 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. Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Professor of Natural Sciences & 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

  • Stomping 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

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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 Pliocene 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