Tentative NLAPW 2008 Biennial Convention Schedule ~ "Coming Up Roses" Thursday April 24, 2008 Early Arrival - Mt. Vernon Dinner and Candlelight Tour Friday - April 25, 2008 Business Meeting - National Reports Read - Including State and Branch Reports Presidential Luncheon - Featured Speaker: David O. Stilling, The Lightning Stalker Photography Workshop - Judy Bingman, "How to Use Your Digital Camera" Presentation - Dr. Fran Carter, NLAPW Past National President, and Dr. John Carter, "Reflections on Rosie the Riveter" Presentation - Sandra Hudson, "The Van Gogh Conspiracy" Art Workshop - TBA Presentation - Laura E. Jordan, Esq., "Legal Issues for Artists: How to Protect Yourself and Your Work" Panel - "Money for Nothing - The Grant is Free." Funding Options Explored Art Banquet - TBA Art Show Reception - TBA Night Owls - Gather and Share Saturday April 26, 2008 Business Meeting - Training for Branch Treasurers or Alternates on New Banking System (after meeting) Presentation -Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Project Information and Anthology by Jean Holmes Music Luncheon - Winners of Young Composers Contest Pen Arts Tours - 12:00-4:00 p.m. Visit Your Historic Headquarters. Workshop - Louise Canepa and Marge Wheeler - International Music Composers Panel - "Methods of Capturing Women's Lives in Stories and Media" - Mary Louise Cox, Polly Memhard, and Jill Chambers Letters Winning Contest Workshop - Speaker to be announced by Letters Chair Gail Ferguson Presentation - Cozy Baker, "Kaleidoscopes: Art and Heart." Cozy is known as the "Mother of the Kaleidoscope Renaissance." She will share some of her kaleidoscopes' artistic and therapeutic facets. Panel - "Mentoring" - Strategies for Professional and Personal Growth Letters Banquet - Carol Buckland, "Billions of Bytes, But No Big Picture? The Impact of 24/7 Internet News." (Note: Buckland is Senior Editorial Producer for CNN's Emmy-winning Larry King Live.) Night Owls - Gather and Share Sunday, April 27, 2008 Memorial Ceremony and Brunch The Foundry Gallery - Reception and Exhibit of Sculpture by Catherine Bohrman Pen Arts Tours - 12:00-4:00 p.m. Visit Your Historic Headquarters Old Towne Alexandria / Washington DC - Tour the Area on Your Own. Don't Miss the Torpedo Factory Installation Banquet - Lillian Kiernan Brown, "Banned in Boston: Memoirs of a Stripper."