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Winners of the Savannah Sidewalk Festival 2009

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SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Savannah College of Art and Design held its annual Sidewalk Arts Festival Saturday, April 25, in Forsyth Park. Thousands of visitors viewed temporary chalk masterpieces created on the walkways of the historic park, and more than 600 SCAD students competed for prizes. More than 135 SCAD alumni and 110 prospective students also participated in the competition.

The following is a complete list of winners:
Best in Show
Sarah Burgess, illustration, Sedley, Va.; Danielle Feliciano, illustration, Virginia Beach, Va.

Sidewalks Arts Festival Winner

SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival 2009 Best of Show

Individual Student
First Place: Wei Lai, industrial design, Sinjhuang City, Taiwan
Second Place: Allison Horner, painting, Dayton, Ohio
Third Place: Katherine Cantrell, illustration, Wooster, Ohio

Alumni
First Place: Alyssa Couturier-Atrdon, B.F.A, fashion, 2008, Boston, Mass.
Second Place: Emily Cook, B.F.A., graphic design, 2000, Edinburg, Va.
Third Place: Paige Valente, B.F.A., graphic design, 2001, Napa, Calif.

Prospective Students
First Place: Stephanie Forbes, Greenbriar High School, Evans, Ga.
Second Place: Brittain McCall, Lakeside High School, Martinez, Ga.
Third Place: Madeline Rupard, Greenbriar High School, Evans, Ga.

Group – Students
First Place: Chulwoo Han, interior design, Jeonju, South Korea; Jung Kim, undecided, Seoul, South Korea; Sung Kyung Shin, undecided, Seoul, South Korea
Second Place: Jessica Dion, illustration, Boston, Mass.; Alison Wisniewski, broadcast design and motion graphics, Cleveland, Ohio; Dhymond Nicholls, industrial design, St. Thomas, V.I.; Tyler Akers, art history, Lewisburg, W.Va.
Third Place: Lynsey Steinberg, illustration, Medford, N.J.; Kyle Miller, animation, Columbus, Ga.

Drawing Minor Award
Colin Tatum, painting, Darien, Conn.

Residence Life and Housing Award
First Place: Katherine Creasy, fibers, Florence, Ala.; Heather Bryant, illustration, Akron, Ohio
Second Place: Jimmy Fisher, broadcast design and motion graphics, Evanston, Ill.; Malorie Hepner, architecture, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Xavier Neuner, production design, Lafayette, La.

Gray’s Reef Fantastic Fishes Award
First Place: Benjamin Gabelman, undecided, Ballston Spa, N.Y.; Capucine Gros, painting, Shanghai, China; Romano Todoca, graphic design, Baia Mare, Romania
Second Place: Kok Gan, sequential art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Third Place: Samantha Fox, graphic design and photography, Suffern, N.Y.

Graduate Student Award
David Riddle, animation, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Amber Chance, illustration, Pueblo, Colo.

Florida’s Birding and Foto Fest on the First Coast

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.  Florida’s Birding & FotoFest will take place along the Northeast coast of Florida April 22-26, 2009. Now it in its seventh year, this year’s events will be headquartered at the Center for Marine Studies at the University of Florida’s Whitney Lab at Marineland – approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine on historic and scenic A1A. Over the years, the event has grown tremendously in popularity – this year, participants are coming from 31 states and two countries.

The popular festival provides visitors and residents outstanding opportunities to experience the unspoiled natural beauty that is unique to Northeast Florida. Events take place from Ft. George Island in Jacksonville southward to Volusia County’s North Peninsula State Park.
Egret by Roger McGraw

Tickets remain available for the Saturday, April 25 keynote presentation by John Moran titled A Photographer’s Search for the Soul of Florida. There are also slots available for participating in the day-long Bird Migration Workshop scheduled for 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22. In addition to the workshops and tours, numerous exhibitors will be on hand at Whitney Lab throughout the festival. These include the Audubon Birds of Prey Center (featuring live birds); St. Johns and Duval Audubon Societies; Bushnell, Canon USA, Eagle, Leica, Sigma, Swarovski, and Zeiss optics; Wildstock Photography; Hunt’s Photo and Video; NatureScapes.net;; Essential Photo Gear; Nature Nook Books and many others. Festival exhibit hours are Thursday, 2-5 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-4 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

For more information and to purchase tickets for festival tours, workshops and seminars, visit www.Getaway4Nature.com or call 1-800-514-ETIX (3849).

For more information about events and vacation opportunities in St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & The Beaches visit www.Getaway4Florida.com or call 1.800.653.2489.

Photo by: Roger Graw

East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival 2009

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(Charleston, SC) James Island County Park will host the 19th Annual East Coast Canoe & Kayak Festival, April 17-19, 2009. One of the premier paddlesport events on the Atlantic Coast, the festival is a full-weekend immersed in the technique, hands-on experience,>history, and fun of canoeing and kayaking.

kayak festival in charlestonEach year E.C.C.K.F. brings together paddling enthusiasts of all levels with world-renowned instructors and equipment manufacturers. The action-packed festival features a multitude of on-water classes, lectures, and demonstrations directed to the novice as well as the experienced paddler. Plus over 40 commercial exhibitors will be on-hand to give you a chance to try the latest equipment before you buy.

The heart of the festival is the simultaneous running of four classrooms throughout the three-day event. You can meet and learn from the following experts, Nigel Foster, Cathy Piffath, Christopher Stec, Jeff Cooper, Ken Fink, Karen Knight, Dubside, Ben Lawry, Steve Scherrer, and Russell Farrow, as well as other knowledgeable paddlesport enthusiasts. A wide variety of topics include slide shows of exotic paddling locations, how-to sessions on navigation, selecting or repairing equipment, safety, and preparing gourmet cuisine fresh from your dry bag.

Kayak Festival CharlestonThe 2009 festival kicks off Friday with classes, workshops, and boat demonstrations. Join keynote speaker Russell Farrow for the opening barbecue dinner and social. Russell will present an exciting multimedia presentation of his six-week kayaking trip to Canadian High Arctic on the north end of Baffin Island (600 miles north of the Arctic Circle).

Children are also welcome to the festival and are free with a paying adult. Learn how to paddle as a family in our clinics, or register your young paddlers in the full and ½ day canoe and kayak camps (ages 6-12) featuring hands-on sessions, cardboard canoe races, nature walks, crafts, and more.

Make plans now to participate in this exciting event! Come meet your paddling peers throughout the weekend and enjoy food, beverages, music and of course, canoeing and kayaking!

For more information, a daily festival schedule, and to register, call (843) 795-4FUN or visit our website at www.ccprc.com/ecckf.
Kayak Festival Charleston

EPA’s Flagship Comes To Savannah, Georgia

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(ATLANTA – APRIL 3, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Ocean Survey Vessel (OSV) BOLD will make its first appearance in Savannah, Ga., next week. EPA’s 224-foot research flagship will be docked at the Savannah Riverfront and will be open to the public. Free public tours will be conducted Apr. 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. by the U.S. EPA, the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The OSV BOLD is equipped with state-of-the art sampling, mapping, and analysis equipment including side scan sonar, underwater video, water sampling instruments, and sediment sampling devices, which scientists use in various monitoring activities.

The vessel is a converted U.S. Navy T-AGOS class vessel and is 224 feet long and 43 feet wide. EPA acquired the OSV BOLD on Mar. 31, 2004. The ship, its crew and EPA scientists collect water quality and sediment samples, fish, and other organisms in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

During its tour of duty in the area, the OSV BOLD will be used to:

Monitor ocean dredged material disposal sites in the southeast at four sites, including Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville and Tampa, Fl., and Mobile, Ala.;
Conduct coral reef monitoring in the Dry Tortugas National Park and the surrounding Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; and
Investigate the ecological impact of an invasive coral species, Tubastraea coccinea, which may pose a threat to the health and biodiversity of Florida, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico reef ecosystems.

The EPA deploys the OSV Bold on numerous scientific surveys each year. The OSV Bold supports EPA’s efforts to monitor and assess impacts on ocean and coastal waters from land- and ocean-based human activities and naturally occurring ecological disturbances. EPA began using the 224-foot OSV Bold as a research vessel in 2005 to perform extensive marine surveys along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico. In 2008, the ship visited the Pacific Coast for the first time. It has returned to the east coast and will begin survey activities in the Southeast in April.

For additional information about the OSV Bold, visit www.epa.gov/bold