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Feb - Mar 00
WORKSHOP NEWS!!
From the President
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS! I am sorry to have to announce that the Iceland Workshop, which we had planned for this summer, has been cancelled due to the fact that insufficient members expressed interest. ** However, all is not lost! ** As you all know, Iceland is of interest to us as space artists mainly because of its volcanic nature and the presence of thermal areas and geysers -- analogues of Io and Triton, and of course Mars. But although it lacks the unique character, glaciers and actual active volcanoes of Iceland, there is an equally fascinating area much closer to home, at least for our US members, and accessible to all: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Having been to both Iceland and Yellowstone, I can recommend the latter as a wonderful, weird area for sketching and photography. It contains hot springs, geysers, mud pots and fantastic natural sculptures which can be incorporated into art of alien worlds, as well as beautiful terrestrial scenery and wildlife. Hopefully the weather should be more predictable than Iceland, too.... The Board is proposing an IAAA Workshop to be held there, from Saturday 16 to Friday 22 September 2000 (i.e. after Labor Day, when it will be less busy with vacationers). Hotel prices appear to be in the region of $100-150 per room, shared by two (maybe more). We want to make this a 'traditional' IAAA Workshop, with time set aside for interaction between members, painting sessions, critiques, etc. It will also enable us to retrace the footsteps of our 'spiritual fathers' -- the Hudson River School of artists. The purpose of this message is to assess interest in this workshop. If you are on the listserve, please reply via that so that we can all see how many are likely to go. If not, please reply directly to me. Hope to see you there! Dave Hardy
International Association of Astronomical Artists