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The Art and Environment Conference, October 2-4, 2008

The Art + Environment Conference at Nevada Museum of Art

RENO, NV.- Global interest in the intersections of nature and culture
has broadened in recent years and contemporary artists and designers
have re-envisioned the concept of environment. To better understand
the ideas shaping this dialogue, Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) will
bring together creative practitioners whose works explore natural,
built, and virtual environments at The Art + Environment Conference,
scheduled for October 2-4, 2008.

With programming and permanent collections focused on art and the
environment, and partnerships with key environmental and science
communities, the NMA looks toward building an active network of
people who are shaping the future of this field.

"The Art and Environment Conference at the Nevada Museum of Art is
bringing together some of today's most notable scientists, artists,
architects and designers to begin a dialogue about the environmental
connections between these disciplines," said David Walker, Executive
Director, Nevada Museum of Art. "Nevada is the ideal place to launch
this dialogue and the NMA is eager to continue to host this
conversation as it grows."

Confirmed presenters include: Vito Acconci; Lita Albuquerque; Will
Bruder - Will Bruder + Partners, LTD; Matt Coolidge - Center for Land
Use Interpretation; Lynn Fenstermaker, Ph.D. - Desert Research
Institute; Chris Drury; Kianga K. Ford; Cheryl Haines, FOR-SITE
Foundation; Bill Gilbert - Land Arts of the American West; Jeff
Gordinier - author, X Saves the World; Fritz Haeg; Katie Holten;
Michael Light; Geoff Manaugh - Senior Editor, Dwell Magazine, and
author, BLDGBLOG; W. J. T. Mitchell, University of Chicago; Crimson
Rose, Burning Man; and Jennifer Steinkamp.

The Conference will be introduced and partially moderated by William
L. Fox, author of Making Time: Essays on the Nature of Los Angeles;
The Void, the Grid & the Sign: Traversing The Great Basin and In the
Desert of Desire: Las Vegas and the Culture of Spectacle.

Source: http://www.nevadaart.org/theconference/

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