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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>True </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#8EB4E3'>Colors:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>What did </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#002060'>dinosaurs</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'> look </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B0F0'>like?</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Meet the artists who make these ancient beasts come to life!</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Panel Discussion and Book Signing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Saturday, April 16 from 1-3pm – </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>Museum of the Earth!</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>What did dinosaurs look like?<b> </b>The Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) will hold a special panel discussion on <b><i>Dinosaurs in Art</i></b>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>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 <i>Dinosaur</i> and he was a consultant on the motion picture <i>Jurassic Park</i>. His book, “<i>The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs</i>” 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 <i>Predatory Dinosaurs of the World</i> (Simon & Schuster), <i>The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs</i> (St. Martin's), and <i>Dinosaurs of the Air</i>. His work has also appeared in <i>Scientific American</i>, <i>Nature</i>, the <i>New York Times</i>, and many other publications.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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,</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 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? </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In May 2010<i> </i><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>Wildrick was an artist in residence</span></em><i> </i><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>at the Museum of the Earth </span></em>with <i>They're Alive! Dinosaurs in Our Mind's Eye. </i>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.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moderator Dr. Richard Kissel, Director of Teacher Programs at PRI, is a vertebrate paleontologist and illustrator who recently authored the books <i>Evolving Planet: Four Billion Years of Life on Earth</i> and <i>Cecil’s Colossal Journey Through Time </i>for young readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"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,.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There will be a reception and book signing with Greg Paul and Dr. Richard Kissel after the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'><br>### <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>