[ShareTompkins] FW: What did Dinosaurs Look Like? Panel Discussion: Dinosaurs in Art 4/16 from 1-3pm at Museum of the Earth!

[Maja Anderson]

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True Colors: What did dinosaurs look like?

Meet the artists who make these ancient beasts come to life!

Panel Discussion and Book Signing

Saturday, April 16 from 1-3pm - Museum of the Earth!


What did dinosaurs look like? The Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological
Research Institution (PRI) will hold a special panel discussion on Dinosaurs
in Art, Saturday, April 16, from 1-3pm.  Meet the artists who make these
ancient beasts come to life! The panel will feature Gregory Paul, famed
dinosaur artist and researcher; Chris Wildrick, a conceptual and performance
artist; and Dr. Warren D. Allmon, Director of PRI.  Dr. Richard Kissel,
Director of Teacher Programs at PRI, who is both a paleontologist and a dino
cartoonist, will moderate this discussion.

 


Gregory S. Paul is an independent scientist, author, and paleoartist whose
distinctive illustrations have been recognized for their unequalled
accuracy, and helped establish the "new look" of dinosaur art associated
with the dinosaur renaissance. His work can be seen on Disney's animated
movie Dinosaur and he was a consultant on the motion picture Jurassic Park.
His book, "The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs" is a must-have for anyone
who loves dinosaurs, from the amateur enthusiast to the professional
paleontologist. Paul is a peer-reviewed publishing scientist whose art has
been exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit and has
been displayed in ten natural history museums around the world. Paul's other
books include Predatory Dinosaurs of the World (Simon & Schuster), The
Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs (St. Martin's), and Dinosaurs of the
Air. His work has also appeared in Scientific American, Nature, the New York
Times, and many other publications.


 

Chris Wildrick is a conceptual and performance artist. His work tends to be
characterized by a sense of humor, an exploration of the aesthetics of
presentation, and a tension between data and phenomena. He uses large-format
digital prints, video, performance, books, graphs, ID cards, fortune
cookies, and whatever other media best present the concepts and processes he
is trying to examine. Wildrick has spent the last several years studying to
become a self-taught professional paleontologist and is particularly
interested in dinosaurs. His work explores why these extinct animals, which
no human has ever seen, have such an expansive role in our culture and
imaginations. How have artists translated scientists' ideas into the images
that saturate our books, movies, toys, and pajamas? In May 2010 Wildrick was
an artist in residence at the Museum of the Earth with They're Alive!
Dinosaurs in Our Mind's Eye. He received his MFA from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1999 and teaches in the Department of Foundation in the
School of Art and Design at Syracuse University.


 


Dr. Warren Allmon, Director of PRI and the Hunter R. Rawlings III Professor
of Paleontology at Cornell University, will join Paul and Wildrick to
discuss their research on dinosaurs in art and will talk about how images of
dinosaurs have been effected as much by what scientists thought dinosaurs
should look like based on their particular views of the evolutionary
process, as by empirical information derived from analysis of fossils. 

Moderator Dr. Richard Kissel, Director of Teacher Programs at PRI, is a
vertebrate paleontologist and illustrator who recently authored the books
Evolving Planet: Four Billion Years of Life on Earth and Cecil's Colossal
Journey Through Time for young readers. 

 

"Greg Paul is one of today's most popular dinosaur artists, and it's so
exciting to have him at Museum of the Earth.  Coupled with Warren's
knowledge of the history of dinosaur art, as well as Chris' fascinating
studies of dinosaurs as art, the panel will no doubt be a fascinating
discussion!" said Kissel,.

 

There will be a reception and book signing with Greg Paul and Dr. Richard
Kissel after the discussion.

For information on this and other events go to museumoftheearth.org or call
607-273-6623 ext. 33.  The Museum of the Earth is located at 1259
Trumansburg Rd (off rt. 96) in Ithaca. 


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