Annual Conference
Iowans Keeping Iowa Beautiful: The Art of Keeping Iowa Beautiful
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8AM to 4:30PM
Location: Seven Oaks Recreation, just west of Boone Iowa on Highway 30
REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND MATERIALS will be available on this page after March 1, 2012.
AGENDA (tentative)
| 8:00AM | Registration Opens/Silent Auction Bidding Begins/Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30AM | Welcome & Introductions |
| 8:45AM |
Community Art Recycling Projects by David Williamson, sculptor from Ogden, Iowa |
| 10:00AM |
Recycling & Illegal Dumping |
| 11:00AM | Networking & Sharing |
| 11:15AM | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tom Morain "History and Connecting to the Natural Environment" |
| Noon | Lunch & Presentation of 2012 Byers Environmental Scholarship Recipients |
| 1:15PM |
Youth Service Learning Panel Presentation |
| 2:15PM | Networking & Sharing |
| 3:00PM |
The 3 R's of Volunteerism Panel Presentation |
| 3:00PM | Silent Auction Bidding Ends |
| 4:00PM | Conference Wrap Up & Silent Auction Results |
Keynote Speaker (Luncheon Speaker)
Dr. Tom Morain will present a version of the Dorothy Schwieder Lecture that DMACC has initiated in April to honor Dorothy's Iowa history work. Dr. Morain was asked to present the first Dorothy Schwieder Lecture in 2012. His speech talks about the importance of local history to give meaning to the things around us--places, artifacts, etc. including the environment. The land has a history, too, even back beyond glaciers. Without the knowledge of the "story", we don't appreciate it appropriately.
Dr. Tom Morain was director of history at Living History Farms and administrator of the State Historical Society from 1995-2001. He has authored several books on small town history and Iowa life. A popular public speaker, Morain received the State Historical Society’s Petersen-Harlan Award in 2009, the organization’s highest honor for distinguished service. He currently teaches at Graceland University, serves as Director of Government Relations, and is assisting with the Iowa Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. In 2002 he received the Distinguished Service Award from Humanities Iowa.
Featured Presenter: David Williamson, sculptor, Ogden, Iowa
Williamson, who said his career is dedicated not to the process of making public art but to making the process of art public, joined DNR's Project AWARE in 2004 where he found a natural fit as an artist who has long specialized in using recovered objects in his work.
“I’ve been working ahead of the bulldozer for 40 years now,” he said.
Explaining that his art draws upon a hunting and gathering tradition, Williamson's house in rural Ogden is constructed of recycled material. He will be the opening speaker for the 2012 KIB Annual Conference. His sculpture, Drop In, (shown here) created in 2005 will also be on display during the conference.
Thank you to the following Conference Sponsors for 2012:
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Keep Iowa Beautiful awards up to 4 scholarships each year to Iowa High School seniors through the Byers Environmental Scholarship Program. To assist with fundraising to support the scholarships, a Silent Auction is held each year at the annual Conference. For 2012, the following items (partial listing) will be available for bid:
- Karl Chevrolet car sound system & installation - Value $150
- Large Packback from Newton Mfg - Value $50
- Google Notebook computer
- Various gift baskets......
- with more items to be added as they are received. Write in bids and phone bids that day will be allowed. Instructions will be posted in April on phone bidding.
If you are interested in making a donation to the Silent Auction, please contact Scott Smith, KIB Board Member 515-433-0591 or by E-mail: scotts@boonelandfill.org
