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

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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 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