Artists on KP / IAAA
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KPNO Contact: Elizabeth Alvarez - 318-8414
IAAA Contact: Kara Szathmary
Attendees / Rooms needed:
- April Faires [1] and Michelle Rouch (c/o Thurs. but NO extra charge to Faires) [2]
- Betsy Smith [3] (SINGLE ROOM)
- John W. Clark [4] (SINGLE ROOM)
- Tim Malles [5] and Kara Szathmary (MAIN COORDINATOR) [6]
- Bill Hartmann (may not stay Tues. night) [7] and Jon Ramer (arrives Tuesday) [8]
Description: Artists' Workshop on Kitt Peak with the International Association of Astronomical Artists [9].
Schedule: Oct. 18th arrival (before noon); Oct. 23rd departure (11am checkout)
Tasks: Item / Deadline / Status / Responsible person / Comments
- Clear finance plan with Eklund/Richardson / Done / Artists contact Nanette who sends them a URL for their own ORP page
- Confirm dorm rooms / Done / Dunlop's group notified
- RBSE room reserved Done/ Hawes, Fedele, and Garmany notified in case of conflicts. Participants use common room either to finish their work and showcase their art through a presentation (usually PowerPoint with artwork images).
- AV equipment / Done / Arrived too late - Hawes will return to Bird
- 1 internet connection
- many chairs, 6x 5'(6.5bricks)x2' tables, 1x 5'x2.5' table; Room: 25 or 31 bricks long x 21 bricks wide so 4 tables along wall w/ door or 5 along wall w/o door
- Shades 2x ~4'x2+'
- Rules/Policies for Orientation / Done / Alvarez, Dunlop, Gessner, Merrill, Bird
- Orientation packets (e.g. maps, bookmarks, orientation lists, misc.) & hats / Done / Kalish / Hats $20 each so tbd
- Radios / Done / Kalish / 3 Binkert; 1 Dunlop's mtn. office; 1 from Gessner via Nanette
- Easels / Underway / Kalish / van for Sun. Done; Easel sources: Hartmann, Rouch, NovaSpace - Kim & Sally Poore; 8 found
- Downtown exhibit / Oct. 23 / Underway / Kalish / Setup coordination w/ LPL & IAAA
- Press Release / Done / Alvarez & Mary Fitzgerald (Fedele concurred) / incl. KPNO&KPVC webs, facebook, e-news x 2, docents
- 2nd Press Release / Underway / Alvarez, Guerrieri/Stiles, Szathmary / Confirmed w/ Pompea - Done
- TON contacts re: field trip and partnership day - Delgado, Juan, Conde, & Museum and Cultural Center re: plans / Done / Alvarez
- Tues. 20th is day at TO Museum & Cultural Center in Topawa; Siquieros will advertise; Murray will make lunches night before so refrigerator use in KP kitchen then at Cultural Center; car reserved
- Artist partnership day names tbinvited / Done / Alvarez
- Determine locations & times for special access to telescopes if needed / Oct 5 / Underway / Alvarez
- M-P - Chuck & NSO/Piano OK; Claude 21st & 22nd; 2x4people, 60-90min, times tbd
- 4-m - Director & Sun. & Mon. Observers & staff - OK; DONE
- 2.1-m - Director & Observer - OK; ARTISTS WILL USE VISITOR'S GALLERY for future work; no need for catwalk access
- 3.5-m - Director OK; approved to contact Di - Mon. 3-4pm, <=4 people; Heidi checking w/ Doug re: Thurs., also during dome flats; ARTISTS WILL PASS due to lighting and interest in scenes with people
- 0.9-m - No good opportunities and no staff there
- Invitations rec'd from Spacewatch & 90" - tenant staff will handle it to DONE
- KPVC - Fedele OK; Roy & Chuck OK; instructions to artists sent - DONE
- 21st/Roy - Kara - OK and no payment if just watching
- Tim look through telescope - OK but must pay if participate
- Tues. 20th Meteor Shower program (Bob Martino), starting at 10pm; 7 artists expected ; Hartmann no, Ramer if he arrives in time, Kara won't eat; instructions for payment sent to Eklund, Martino, Fedele - DONE
Costs:
- Accommodations & meals - Each artist is responsible for their expenses for mountain room and board - same as for observers. Workshop fees provide food and drinks while participants are in the field during the day.
- The IAAA requires a workshop fee per participant. Funds support workshop activities including local transportation.
- KPNO budget includes amount for some lunches if field day, but likely to be used for lunches if TO artists visit mtn. for partnership day & for punch/cookies for HQ exhibit on 23rd
Remarks:
- IAAA is 501(c)(3) art and (509)(a)(2) educational
- Styles: realists, 1 abstract w/ nature, Kara=human interest & stories, digital, paleontological, photography
Issues:
- Selling works @ KPVC or downtown - no prob., but artists do it directly
- Field Trip concept - Museum & Cultural Center in Topawa, possible demonstration or teaching session with young artists; 1 location,, <2hrs from KPNO
- O'odham & IAAA artist partner day on KP - OK if > 1:1, not 1st day, but T or W good
Notes:
We will cosponsor, with the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), http://iaaa.org/, an artist’s workshop on Kitt Peak. The IAAA is an organization of artists inspired by scientific discoveries about the cosmos. Styles range from scientific realism to abstract. The IAAA has sponsored 25 workshops since 1982. Most of the attendees are professional artists of national, and even international, status, known for cover art and illustrations in magazines such as Scientific American, Natural History, and Sky and Telescope. The following are excerpts from the website (http://iaaa.org/workshops/).
“The legendary IAAA workshops are what it means to be an IAAA member. They are so much fun and are so pivotal in our careers that they are remembered fondly for the rest of our lives… Our workshops are usually held in "planetary" locales, chosen for their resemblance to other worldly formations and features. The artists live and work together for up to two weeks, learning from each other and feeding off each others' creativity, exchanging ideas, clients, technique, and establishing lifelong friendships and professional bonds…. The IAAA workshops are typically inexpensive, with the major expense being airfare to the destination.”
