Syposium planning guide

[hockenbery]

A Symposium planning guide is now Available from the AAW web site.
Thanks to Sharon Bierman.

I recommend that anyone going to St Paul or dreaming about going get a head start on learning the floor plan, choosing your own don't miss demos.

you can't do it all......

visit the symposium webpage for the link or
http://www.donleman.com/aaw/spg.htm


the grid, schedule, rotations, abstracts, vendors, floorplans

66 rotations - items to make
21 rotations - using wood & tools
35 rotations - energizing your creativity
14 rotations with a professional/collector focus
23 rotations - focused specialties
60 vendors registered for the tradeshow

exhibits, galleries, emerging artists

David Ellsworth Retrospective
Roots - An Artist's Voice
Turning 25 - A Celebration
Art from the Lathe
Instant Gallery
25 for $25
Chapter Collaborative Challenge
Empty Bowls
Intimate Critique
Virgil Leih
National Treasures
Emerging Artists - Dill, Lyon, Weidman

special interest night

Antique & Reproduction Lathes
Becoming a 501(c)3
Book Signing Event
Collectors of Wood Art
First Aid for Woodworkers
Gizmos & Gadgets
Ornamental Turners International
Principally Pens
Segmented Woodturners

panel discussions

Legacy & Continuum in Woodturning
Artist = Collector
25 Years of Bad Wood Art
Artists & Collectors: Stories Behind the Relationships
Selecting Materials and Caring for Wood Art
Unknown Woodturner - Furniture & Architecture
Woodturning from Conventional to Art
Self-Critique
Turning to the Future
Instant Gallery Critique
Social Networking
Future of the Field

special features

AAW Lathe Raffle
Banquet
EOG Auction
Learn to Turn
Chapters Meeting
Members Meeting

youth program

3 demonstrations (new this year)
Turning Basics
Ball & Cup Toy
Ice Cream Cones
Tea Lights
Textured Medallions
Small Bowls
Long-Stem Top
Crazy Stick Pens

craft room

First Ladies
Balinese Mask Carving
Art Clay Jewelry
Piecer Meets Longarm Quilter
Norwegian Carving
Cake Decorating
Kaleidoscopes
Steam Casting
Tootsie Rolls

tours

Saint Paul's Notorious Past
Stillwater - Birthplace of Minnesota
Best of Minneapolis
King Tut exhibit
Saint Paul Saints minor league baseball game

 

[Thomas Stegall]

2011 Symposium Schedule

Is that all? 🙂 Sounds great, I can't wait!

 

[davidwalser]

I hope that this is the best symposium ever -- until next years!

I'm envious of all of you who will attend. I won't be able to, but I do look forward to your reports on what you learned. Have fun!