2012 Biennial National Convention: “Branching Out”
Program Schedule
April 19-22, 2012
National League Of American Pen Women, Inc.
All events at L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024
202-484-1000 unless otherwise noted.
For transportation information, please see our Biennial Main Page.
Thursday‚ April 19, 2012
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
NLAPW Biennial Registration, Montcalm Room
Boutique, Lafayette Room, and Silent Auction, LaSalle Room
12:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Letters Luncheon‚ Renoir Room
Speaker: Clare Crawford Mason, Senior Producer, formerly with NBC
Presentation of Letters Awards
Music from the Heartland award-winning trio
for flute, violin and cello by composer, Nancy Bloomer Deussen
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Library of Congress Tour, Thomas Jefferson Building
(time subject to change: please plan accordingly for ample time to go through security at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building) Presentation on Copyright Law
Poetry readings, including Poet Laureates.
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Dinner on your own
There is a 10% discount at the hotel restaurants for Biennial attendees during the conference dates. This promotion does not apply to room service orders. Several restaurants in the Plaza Promenade will provide special offers to Biennial attendees.
9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Night Owl Poetry Session, Lafayette Room
Friday‚ April 20, 2012
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Breakfast on your own
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Biennial Registration, Boutique and Silent Auction
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Business Meeting, Monet Room 1
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Art Luncheon‚ Renoir Room
“From Barriers to Thresholds: Lessons of a Cultural Worker”
Cheryl McClenney-Brooker, Director of External Affairs, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Judy Bingman, saxophone, and Elizabeth Lauer, piano. Gershwin and “Shenandoah” arrangements.
2:30 PM
National Juried Art Exhibit and Awards Presentation
Charles Sumner Museum, 1201 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036
Juror: Moe Brooker, Professor Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Moe Brooker is an abstract painter whose use of color and composition are based on Jazz. He serves as professor of painting and Chair of the Foundation Department at the Moore College of Art & Design. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts receiving a certificate in painting.
4:00 PM
President’s Tea honoring all NLAPW Presidents; Open House at the Pen Arts Building
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM
Monuments Cruise on the Potomac, with Talk Shop program. Experts Kinnard Wright, Professional Fundraiser and Development Specialist, and Austin Camacho, Social Media and Public Affairs Specialist, will present their topics informally.
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Evening Concert, Renoir Room: Opening, An-Ming Wang arrangement of Japanese song, “Sakura,” for either voice or solo instrument to commemorate the Cherry Blossom Festival and Elise Mulliken
Margaret Mills performing Improvisations, OP. 148 (1938) by Amy Beach, (1867-1944) and Lagrimas y Locuras,”Mapping the Mind of a Madwoman” (20ll) by Joelle Wallach (b. 1946)
Nancy Bloomer Deussen playing and accompanying Debbie Lawrence in “The Long Voyage,” and a piano solo, “Adirondak Morn.”
Linda Nash, performing original works.
Marcia Preston, performing “Afterglow”
Leslie Bennet performing 3 songs based upon Emily Dickinson’s poetry
Grace Reid on piano, Aminta Konawicz on guitar
Saturday, April 21, 2012
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Breakfast on your own
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Business Meeting Cont. (if needed) Monet Room 1
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
“Different Branches: the Gulf between Classical Composing and Popular Music in the Age of Technology and How They Can Come Together
Panel discussion led by Candace Long performer, writer, composer, theatrical producer and entertainment project developer.
Panel: Peter Fraize, classical/jazz saxophonist, Nancy Deussen, Elizabeth Lauer, Barbara Thompson
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
“The Peace Tapestry” Monet Room 4
Joice Fairchild will present and discuss the documentary featuring the NLAPW Peace Tapestry.
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
“From Commission to Performance to Award” Monet Room 4
Elizabeth Lauer will discuss the three “branches” of a work in progress.
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Healing and the Word, Monet Room 3
Trish Wootten, CHHC
Nourish your creative state, and enhance your inner muse. Come and explore your own truth, and find healing in words, and other forms of language.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Music Luncheon, Renoir Room
Elizabeth Lauer will perform her award-winning composition, “Carousel”
1:15 PM to 2:00 PM
“World of Women (We Shall Overcome)”
DVD Presentation, Monet Room 1
By Bette Miller, Composer/Pianist
By Gail Dimitroff, Editor/Advisor
With poetry by Lois Howard and published Southern California poets.
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
“The Very Word is Change” Monet Room 2
Panel discussion led by Dr. Sue Walker, Stokes Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Panel Members: Treanor Baring, Maureen Sappey, Barbara Blackburn
Topics: Book Publishing, Small presses vs. large Publishers, e-books, print-on-demand, the Chapbook en route to the big deal. What to Expect From Your Publisher, The Book Contract, Book Promotion, Marketing, and Distribution, Literary Agents: What can a Literary Agent Do For You? Finding the Right Agent, Fee-Charging Agents
The Media: Contexts and Technotexts, How the contemporary arts interact with technology, Social Media and the NLAPW
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Branching out with Fabric Collage, Monet Room 3
Lauren Kingsland
Create your own souvenir of the NLAPW convention in DC in this hands-on workshop with fiber artist Lauren Kingsland.
The Fabric Postcard** is a popular fiber art format for capturing a quick impression of a place. We’ll use fabric and stitching/ fusing to put our own images and words onto our 4×6‚creations.
Through a drop-in format, Lauren will repeat the basic instructions for the project every half hour (2:00, 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30). Come when you wish, stay and work as long as you want. Luscious materials, threads, and embellishments and a variety of tools will be available for your use. There is not a set kit fee, but a donation toward the cost of materials is requested.
** Note: Unlike their paper counterparts, these are not actually for mailing unless protected by an envelope.
5:00 PM
Memorial Service, Renoir Room
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
NLAPW Installation Banquet, Renoir Room
Keynote Speaker:
David Brook, J.D., Ed.D.
Director, Division of Historical Resources
Office of Archives and History
N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
