Welcome to the Art+Environment Community

[Nevada Art]

Global interest in the intersections of nature and culture has broadened in recent years. In this expanding field, contemporary artists and designers have re-envisioned the concept of environment. To better understand the ideas shaping this dialogue, the Nevada Museum of Art will host creative practitioners whose works explore natural, built, and virtual environments.

Michael Heizer and the military chose Nevada for a reason. It's a paradoxical and unpredictable place. Wide open and the world's stage. A playground and a dumping ground. Nuclear. Entertainment. Water. Sprawl. Ranching. Beauty. Mining. Gaming. Land Art. Spectacle. Fantasy. Why hold The Conference in Nevada? Because unpredictability yields possibility.

With programming and permanent collections focused on art and the environment, and key partnerships with the environmental and science communities, the Nevada Museum of Art looks toward building an active network of people who are shaping the future of this field.



Welcome to The Art + Environment Conference at the Nevada Museum of Art. We're launching this new initiative with a conference in October, and we hope you will join us to talk about how and why art has become just as important as science in understanding the nature of environments.

Just as scientists in the 1960s began crossing disciplines to understand how environments work, so artists started to mix genres in order to model our relationship with them. Sculptors stopped working with clay and steel in their studios and went directly to the earth. Architects became installation artists and digital cartographers. Painters and photographers became participant-observers in agriculture and industry.

We're bringing together artists, designers, writers, and scientists from around the country to discuss how they change-and are changed by-the natural, built, and virtual environments in which they work.

-William L. Fox, The Conference Lead Moderator

[S. Van Schaick-Saint Laurent]

CONTACT: Van Schaick-Saint Laurent
4 Lark St., Greenwich, NY 12834,
ph. 518.692.2015, e-mail: [e-mail]



PROFILE:



Currently, Bringing Researchers, Key Decision Makers, Business Leaders, Scientists, Designers, Artists Together In A Collaborative VentureTo Spearhead Positive, Dynamic-Energy-Environmental Solutions.

Experienced Advertising/Public Relations Agency specializing in planning marketing programs, creating ads, well-written and researched press releases for disbursement to all media types, placing advertising, monitoring satisfactory placement performance, organizing AP/AR financial records, reviewing invoices, and sending invoices to responsible parties. Draws upon a sharp, market savvy, creative, talent pool for specific targeted campaign needs-streamlined for the client’s budgetary concerns. Collective experience ranges over thirty years-covering local, regional, and national audiences.



Van Schaick-Saint Laurent: Participated in 2007 Washington County Microenterprise Assistance Program.

Principal Player: S. Van Schaick-Saint Laurent:

· Self-starter able to relate to and work with a wide range of people to achieve results.

· Promoted the interests of small businesses, and non-profits through press releases and targeted ad campaigns.

· Conducted research, interviews, analysis, and wrote policy suggestions. Acted as liaison to thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, administrators, policymakers--requiring listening, comprehension, and communication skills. Handled confidential documents.

· Coordinated campaigns, story pitching, trade shows, account management, conducted telemarketing, training workshops, media strategies, fundraising assistance, development of technical materials, market research, data collection and assessment.



Wrote copy, scripts, speeches, news articles (i.e., Saratoga Business Journal, NJ’s The Suburban ),

press releases, media campaigns, and disseminated information to media/public. Found, auditioned, hired and scheduled talent, guest speakers and authorities for programs/shows. Conducted preliminary interviews for on air appearances(NYS). Conducted on-air interviews-Radio and Television(NYC/NJ/PA) area accounts. Acted as an Advertising Agency; Acted as an adjunct division of advertising/entertainment/news firms, and sub-contracted as account executive, creative director, news, copywriter, designer for advertising firms-including Image Makers/ NJ, Solutions/NJ, etc. and independent ABC/CBS radio affiliates D.C. to Maine.

Campaign Experience: “apolitical” on a-need-to know basis.

2000-Interviewed Presidential candidates post Durham, NH debates from floor of Press Room. Televised Feed Pick up for International Networks. Political Campaign Consultant-Paid & Pro-Bono: Major and Third Parties-Local, Regional, & National Presidential elections (NY 1980’s, NJ 1984-1986, MAINE 1992, NH 2000) Duties ranged from grassroots-voter registrations, polling, signage, press conferences, phone banks, ghost-writing for officials, candidates, fund-raising, collecting donations, copy writing, designing campaign mass media to advising on policy issues/national media presentations, and working the media/placing candidates with microphone/camera crews. 1980’s-2000. Reporting: Behind the scenes: current events.

1980’s-subcontracted as ghost-writer for speeches, copywriter, media/policy strategy advisor on Mid-Atlantic state/regional/local campaigns, including various NJ Town Councils, NJ Assembly, Mayoral races, state senators’ public appearances.



Co-produced televised shows: “Somotillo, Nicaragua: Survivors of the Conflict-Orphaned, Homeless Children” & “The Value of Art”. Aired 1998.

Co-produced 1996 Radio Talk Show-Who Can Pick Out the President? (WMVI);

DIRECTOR: “The Lorax”. Portsmouth Academy of the Performing Arts, Portsmouth, NH. Ages: 8-Adult.

DIRECTOR of Centenary Performing Arts Guild’s Children’s Theatre, CENTENARY COLLEGE, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ. Affiliated with a main-stage Equity Company. Staged major, full-scale productions. Directed shows. Taught workshop/classes ages 6-16. Supervised college assistants.



NYS MEDIA SPECIALIST/CREATIVE DIRECTOR. NYS-Gov. Appointee 1987

Advised NYSHD on EPIC, Generic RX, AIDS, plus other health promotion activities and mass media campaigns as seen on billboards, TV coverage, subways, print media, and heard on airwaves across the state. Conducted background work to enlist 50 celebrities to appear in the AIDS Does Not Discriminate Campaign. Wrote copy, scripts/creative direction-TV/Radio, media kits. Organized largest NYSHD Press Conference at that time in the state Capitol.

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL/HEALTH CARE /MEDIA EXPERIENCE: 1979 to Present: Conducted independent interviews with Senatorial Staffs, Federal Depts., Business Incubators, lobbyists on national health care bill proposals/health technologies. Initiated & Coordinated Cost Containment Programs, Employee Self-Audit, Out Pt. Surgery Plus, Second Opinion Examination Programs, Rendered Technical Management Decisions to Insurers across the US.. Interfaced with Employee Benefits Reps., Providers of Services, Government Agencies & Depts., Claimants, Attorneys, & Prepared Reports.



Susan Saint Laurent
Designer: Commercial & Residential

Corporate offices, hospitality, retail spaces, private homes, trade shows, & showhouses. Listed in National Trade Directories. Developed own advertising, marketing & product lines. Work favorably reviewed in Bennington Banner, Schenectady Gazette, Times-Union.



Studio St. Laurent: Co-Designer

Corporate shows, ballets, trade shows, theatrical productions. Worked with Broadway Directors & Designers, too. Commercial & Residential interiors. Work consistently, favorably reviewed in NY Times, Star-Ledger, Daily Record.



1980 XIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-Official 1 of 7 International individual artists. Designed, produced and marketed limited edition Official Olympic hand-pulled seriagraphs.



WASHINGTON CENTER FOR LEARNING ALTERNATIVES, Washington, D.C.

Chosen to participate, from a competitive pool of national applicants for a rigorous education in national policymaking and media reporting. Learned from, and interfaced with Pentagon, State Dept., Capitol Hill staff, D.C. area university faculty, Washington Post investigative reporters.



2003 SUNY/ Albany, NY - Under the M. A. Communications Degree program. Message Design

& Social Influence; Communication Theory. 6 cr.

2004 ACC-/Queensbury, NY/ Personal & Professional Development/ Communications Courses:

Fiction Writing: From Idea to Finished Manuscript & Writing Creative Non-Fiction.

1996 SUNY/ Plattsburgh, NY -Under the M.S. Ed. Degree program:

Reading in Secondary Schools. Designed Reading/Social studies curriculum titled,

Freedom and Its Inherent Responsibilities. 3cr.

1984 RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE/Albany, NY- Under the M. B. A. Degree program.

Marketing & Legal Environment. Designed a marketing plan for the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. 6cr.

1983 SUNY/ Albany, NY - Under the M. A. Degree program: Acting /Directing for the Camera.

· Acting for the Stage-Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts-The Egg/Albany, NY.

· The NY Art Students’ League-NY, NY.

1979 COLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS, Chicopee, MA. B.A., cum laude.

Majors: History/Political Science; Art. Minor: Speech & Drama.

Assisted in teaching Foreign Policy to Elms College Students/per request of Professor. Supplemented Income: Substitute Teaching-Private and Public Institutions: Academic courses: Elementary, Junior High, Senior High School Students & Special Needs; Technical Advisor for NJ High School Drama Dept. Tutored English as a second language to foreign college students and corporate executives. Taught adult workshops... Certified in NH for Alternative V: 2 areas: General Elementary Education & Secondary School Teaching in Art. Passed PPST I-1999. NH Certification is reciprocal with NYS via interstate agreement. July 2000: took NYSNA course: The Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse in NYS. NYS. Lic. RE Agent.

AFFILIATIONS-PRESENT AND FORMER: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Toastmasters International, Saratoga Regional Arts Council, VT’s CAT-TV, Sharon Art Center-NH, York Art Association-Maine, Exeter Area Arts Association-NH, Committee Member/Marketing-The Co-op Middle School’s “The Evening with the Arts Series”. U.S. Technical Assistance Project, U.S. Poster Society, Southern Vermont Arts Center, and The Print Club of Albany. Washington County Board of Realtors, Undergraduate: Speakers’ Club, Political Science Society, Drama Clubs, Chorus, and A.A.U. Track Club Events, Wrote for College Newspaper, Work-Study (ADV/PR/Promotions for College Arts Events; Co-managed campus costume shop; receptions for fundraising/arts events), Did freelance/ADV during college. Made Dean’s List.

Computer Skills: Quark Express, Internet, MS Word, Adobe Photo Shop, Excel, AutoCAD, HTML, Lotus 1,2,3, Corel Draw, Photo-Paint, Dream 3-D, OCR Scanning









SAMPLING OF PROFESSIONAL CREDITS:



· Upstate: DERRICK’s of Greenwich print/radio ad campaigns.

· Designed/painted 3ft x 9 ft painting of horses for NYS horse racing promotional pieces-Soave Faire-Saratoga, NY. 2007.

· “Let Freedom Reign(Ring)” national theme for citizenship friendly campaign,( pro-bono).

· Co-Designer Mardi Gras 2001-Saratoga Regional Arts Center

· Designed interior/mural Needleworks, Greenwich, NY.

· Designed interior coffee house, Something’s Brewing, Greenwich, NY.

· Bay State Exposition-product design promotions-2000.

· Best of Show –Trompe l’oeil Boston Design Show-Bay State Exposition Center 1992

· 1990’s designed upstairs corporate interior areas/stairwell mural of Hudson River-Olana view, E.W. Enterprises, Latham, NY, Visuals Bon-ton, for Co-designed float signage for Ballston Spa bank, Signage for Hy-grade food chain, silkscreen promotional wear for Latham businesses, posters for college rugby teams, promotions for past Siena Football Club, co-organized walk-a-thon,

· Accounts sampling: Automatic Fullfillment Service(National Publishing Trade Account-NJ),

· Petrosorb Print Ad campaign(National Oil Industry Trade Account-CT),

· Giant Inflatable King Kong/Banners/Signage Riverside Hospital(NJ) Fundraising Campaign, Parsippany-Troy Hills Rescue Squad(NJ) Fundraising/Promotions,

· Newstrek(Wash., D.C.),

· Infotrek(NJ),

· St. Mary’s Hospital Fundraising campaign, Denville, (NJ),

· Special Olympics(NJ),

· various- NJ Police Athletic Leagues-small promo pieces,

· Suds(NYC),

· Ft. Lee Charter Reform(NJ),

· Better Vision Care(PA),

· CJ’s Pizza(PA),

· ADV/PR for various NJ Town Councils, NJ Assembly, Mayoral races, state senators’ public appearances(1980’s),

· Marriott /Voice-over:Burlington( MA),

· Harley-Davidson Voice-overs(NJ-PA),

· Battle of the Bands-(NH-Maine),

· Kiwanis(NH),

· appeared in TV commercial for NJ Theatre.

· The Great Maine Lobster Watch Ad campaign (Biddeford, ME-Star Satellite System),

· Official Resident Designer for Club Bene, (NJ),

· Sub-contracted Designer: The Clinton House, Clinton, NJ,

· Custom-Designer on call for Priscilla of Boston Attire-private clients Bedminster/Gladstone,( NJ), Fashion Designer/Visual Designer on call for Alcott & Andrews-(NYC, NJ, CT);

· Resident Scenic Artist/Sub-contracted designer for The American Stage Company-Paul Sorvino/ Artistic Director-Teaneck, (NJ),

· Co-Designer for Official Maine Nutcracker Ballet-Portland(aired on Public TV),

· Prior to 2000: On-call production designer for referrals by Lincoln Center, per their referral did over the original Hello Dolly set-which was shown in Lakewood, NJ,

· Designed March on Washington Posters.

· Won-APRA AWARD-NJ: for sub-contracted Chubb Computer Institute Campaign.

· Received “Best Director Award”-McCarthy Arts Center.

· Prudential Graphics Award-First Place,

· 1991 Seacoast Scenic Design Kudos-Portsmouth Herald.

· NYS Generic Rx Campaign-1987-received “Honorable Mentions” in National Trade Directories.

· 1st Place-Chicopee, MA float design.

· Designed/Promotions for Stage West, W. Springfield, MA.

· Assistant Director & Co-Designer: Warner Lambert’s “War of the World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration-Mercer County Park, NJ/ Covered on Entertainment Tonight-1988;

· Co-Designer; Phantom of the Opera On Ice(Featuring Olympic skating medalists)late 1980’s; (Scenic Designer/Costume Designer)Centenary Stage Company;

· Designer:-“The Lorax”(PAPA)

· Co-Resident Designer Seacoast Repertory Theatre;

· Designer-Oldcastle Theatre Company;

· Co-Designer-Neil’s New Yorker,

· Co-Designer: Granite State Ballet, Nashua Ballet, Portland Ballet, Designer- Degas, Designer: Spectre De La Rose(narrated by Christopher Reeve/Victoria Rowell);

· Butterflies Are Free,

· NOTE: Some of the shows started in NJ, then went to Broadway.

· Co-Designer Evita.

· Designed for Bands;

· Costume Designer- I’m Not Rappaport;

· Director: Cat On a Hot Tin Roof;

· Director: Camelot;

· Co-Designer The Silver Seal;

· Designer-The Strand;

· Co-Designer-BIG-Musical;

· Designer/Scenic Artist- Bus Stop;

· Co-Designer 13th Street Repertory Company;

· Co-Designer-Dance Portland,

· Assistant photographer for rock bands-MA.

· Designer/Scenic Artist-M. Butterfly(Palace Theatre-Manchester, NH);

· Co-Designer-Sammons Cable Television-ESPN Promotion(Televised-on cable-turned an inside reception hall into a football stadium-entrants had to enter through strobe lit locker room-getting photos taken)

· Co-Designer-NYC Trade Shows/promotions-Hilton & NYC Sheraton Centre-Financial Follies (for Wall St. Financial Industry-several times),etc.

· S. Van Schaick’s art work hangs in art galleries, private and corporate collections