Thomas D. Mangelsen, High Noon at Oxbow Bend. © Thomas D. Mangelsen, 2003.
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The photo above by award winning photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen is especially appropriate for the October 2009 edition of the Museum's eNews. Mangelsen eloquently
describes the circumstances behind the photo in his book The Natural World. Shot in late September 2003, Mangelsen was one of the instructors at the popular Photography at the Summit workshop held at the Museum each Fall.
On October 1st, during the 2009 Photography at the Summit Evening Lecture Series, the Museum opens The Natural World: Photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen. The stunning exhibition will feature approximately 40 of the photographer's panoramic images. See below for more information.
Congratulations to Colorado artist Lanny Grant. Grant's Mini Raffle ticket, #2612, was the winner in the Museum's raffle of a 2009 MINI Cooper during the 22nd annual Western Visions.
On Saturday, October 3, join us for the first ever Saturday U. This free program is a fun and informative way to Spend a Day with University of Wyoming's Best and Brightest Thinkers. Learn about the speakers and sessions below.
Young at Art returns for the season on October 19 with another creative project for toddlers with their caregivers.
The October Invite a Friend Membership Campaign prize is a Weekend Warrior Pass courtesy of Business Member Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Read details below.
See you soon at the Museum!
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Opening and Reception:
The Natural World: Photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
5:30PM Doors Open
7:00PM Presentation by Thomas D. Mangelsen
Free for members, $10 non-members
The Natural World chronicles award-winning photographer Thomas D.
Mangelsen's experiences in 10 unique natural areas through panoramic photographs
and excerpts from his journals. Mangelsen's journal entries take us on his daily
excursions through the jungle, across the icebergs, and down the coast of
Iceland. He describes the losses and (sometimes) the preservation of these wild
places. The Natural World will appeal to art and photography lovers,
scientists, school groups, and visitors to the Museum. The companion book for
this exhibition, also titled The Natural World, took top honors in the
coffee table book category of the Benjamin Franklin
Awards.
Thomas D. Mangelsen (United Staes, b. 1946), Untitled, Thorofare Pass, Denali National Park, September 2003. © Thomas D. Mangelsen.
Generously sponsored by Silver: Marcia Kunstel & Joe
Albright, James and Alvina Bartos Balog Foundation, Gainor & Joseph Bennett,
Linda & Tony Brooks, Sophie & Derek Craighead, Gloria & Ross
Edwards, Carole & Bob Hummel, Friends of Tom Mangelsen, Tom's Tribe, Beth
Murdaugh, National Museum of Wildlife Art Explorers Club, Spring Creek Ranch,
Veerle & Kent Ullberg, Tina & Karl Weber, Angie Greene Wright, and
Anonymous.
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Saturday U:
Spend a Day with University of Wyoming's Best & Brightest Thinkers
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Saturday, October 3, 20099:00AM - 3:00PMFREE!This all new program kicks off with the Fall Term of Saturday U on October 3. There will be three sessions on this day, each featuring an exciting presentation by a tenured University of Wyoming professor. Join us for all three sessions, or choose only those that appeal most to you. Fall Term schedule: 9:00 - 10:30 AM: Six-Legged Soldiers: Use of Insects for Torture, Terror, and War with Jeff Lockwood11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Environmental Change: What do We Need to Know to Avoid Irreversibility? with Ingrid Burke1:30 - 3:00PM: The Scientific Revolution: From Alchemy to Chemistry with Susanna Goodin Jeff Lockwood, Professor, Natural Sciences and Humanities. Pushcart Prize
and John Burroughs Award Winner. Author of Six-Legged
Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War (Oxford).
Six-Legged Soldiers:
Use of Insects for Torture, Terror, and War
Insects have been used as weapons in weirdly creative,
truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways. Find out how the emir of
Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away prisoners' flesh. Explore the horrific
programs of insect weaponization by the Japanese during World War II. What are
today's defenses - and homeland security's dangerous shortcomings - against
entomological attacks?
Ingrid Burke,
Ecosystem Scientist. Director of Haub School and Ruckelshaus
Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. Teaches environmental science,
ecology, and biogeochemistry.
Environmental Change:
What do We Need to Know to Avoid Irreversibility?
The environment is changing at a rate that is
unprecedented in earth's history, primarily due to human use of natural
resources. How do we understand which ecosystems are most sensitive to human
use? Are there rules of thumb that can be used to understand and manage
ecosystems so that we can continue to reap the fuel, fiber, and food we need?
Susanna Goodin,
Associate Professor, Philosophy. 2003 Wyoming Professor of
the Year. Teaches history of modern philosophy; environmental ethics; and sex,
love and philosophy.
The Scientific
Revolution: From Alchemy to Chemistry
In the Middle Ages, the idea of turning lead into gold -
alchemy - had a devout following of individuals working to unlock the secrets
of nature in hopes of coming to understand the mind of God. Alchemy represented
a dominant worldview throughout Europe for centuries, longer in fact than the
current scientific method. How did changes in theology, economics, culture,
social trends, and philosophy open the door to the shift from alchemy to
chemistry?
Saturday University is presented by the University of
Wyoming, University of Wyoming Foundation and the Wyoming Humanities Council in
collaboration with the Teton County Library Foundation, National Museum of
Wildlife Art and Central Wyoming College. Saturday U's fall term is sponsored
in part by Jackson Hole Rotary Foundation, the Anglers Inn and Flat Creek Ranch.
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First Sundays
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Sunday, October 4,
2009  9:00 AM -
4:00 PMFree to area
locals! The first Sunday of
every month is free to area locals! First Sundays generously sponsored by
Wells Fargo.
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| Help support Your Museum in Jackson Hole |
 Museum Membership
Always free admission, valuable benefits including invitations to National Museum of Wildlife Art events, Call of the Wild magazine, and a 10% discount in the Museum Shop and Rising Sage Café.
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Invite a Friend to Join Membership Campaign
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Business Member Jackson Hole Mountain Resort supports the National
Museum of Wildlife Art's Invite a Friend to Join Membership Campaign in October by
offering a chance to win a Weekend Warrior Ski Pass.
You can become eligible for this prize by encouraging a
friend to join at any membership level from Pika to Rungius during the month of October. When your friend's application is processed you both
get entered into the drawing.
To get your membership application, you can:  - Visit the Resort Store on the Jackson Town Square,
- Visit the Museum's Admissions Desk,
- Call 307-732-5447,
 - Visit online.
Be sure your friend's name
is added in parentheses so we know to enter both of you in the drawing!
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Hope to see you soon,
National Museum of Wildlife Art
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