program
Friday, April 20th
1:00 - 1:30 »Welcome«
Ute Ritschel, Curator and Artist in Residence, UW
Paul Delong, Chief Forester, DNR
Gerhard Fischer, Hessen-Wisconsin
Partner States, DPI
Kevin McSweeney, UW-Madison, Arboretum
1:30 - 2:45 »Panel 1: The Future of Forests - Perspectives on Nature and Art«
Frances Westley, Nelson Institute, Moderator
Laurie Beth Clark, Artist, UW
Ute Ritschel, Curator, Darmstadt, Germany
Paul DeLong, DNR
Nancy Langston, Nelson Institute, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Coffee/Tea and Snacks
3:00 - 4:15 »Panel 2: Sustainability and Design - Working in Nature«
Laurie Beth Clark, UW, Moderator
Aris Georgiades, from the collaborative Actual Size Artworks, UW
Amy Lipton, Curator, Abington Art Center and Sculpture Park, PA
Peter Fischer, Forester, Darmstadt, Germany
Raymond P. Guries, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, UW
4:15 - 5:30 »Woodland Walks«
Public Activity with Arboretum guides
5:30 »Lecture by Jennifer Angus at the Chazen Museum«
(Room L 140)
6:30 - 8:00»Opening Reception of "Silver Wings and Golden Scales: An installation by Jennifer Angus and Alistair MacDonald at the Chazen Museum«
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Lecture and reception the Chazen Museum of Art
Saturday, April 21st
8:45- 9:15 »Coffee and Cookies«
»Opening Remarks«
9:15 - 10:30 »Panel 3:Native / Invasive - Ecological, Social and Artistic Aspects«
Erica Howard, Nelson Institute, Moderator
Bently Spang, Artist
Truman Lowe, Curator and Artist, UW
Steve Petersen, Superintendent of Northern Highland American Legion State Forest
Sam Dennis, Landscape Architecture, UW
10:30 - 12:00 »Native Garden Walks«
Public Activity with Arboretum guides
12:00 - 1:00 »Lunch«
1:00 - 2:15 »Panel 4: Recreation - Public Access to Art and the Environment«
Ute Ritschel, Moderator
Ernest Daetwyler, Artist and Curator, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA), Canada
Darcy Kind, Conservation Biologist, DNR
Heather Saunders, Public Art Program, Calgary, Canada
Dr. Jutta Weber, Geologist, UNESCOGeopark Bergstrasse-Odenwald, Germany
2:15 - 2:30 »Closing Remarks«
2:30 »A performance by Bently Spang«