2010 Fall Conference
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| Born in 1961 and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Mike Wimmer has been sketching and painting since age 6. His stepfather brought home paper and cardboard from his job at a box factory for him to draw on while his mother, then a college student and later a teacher at Mikeʼs middle school, introduced him to the world of books. Wimmer was deeply impressed with the classic adventure stories such as Treasure Island, especially those with the illustrations of such greats as N.C.Wyeth and Harvard Pyle. Excelling both academically and athletically in high school, he began to take his artistic aspirations seriously as his graduation approached. He turned down his mother’s offer to pay his college tuition if he would work on a degree in a “practical field” such as law or medicine. Instead, Wimmer followed his grandfather’s advice, that if he did what he loved he would excel and he would be richly compensated for it as well. Accordingly, he paid his own way when he started a bachelor of art program at the University of Oklahoma in 1979. Two years of the program were at the Sketchpad Studio in Arlington, Texas on a commercial arts apprenticeship. His graduation in 1984 was made even sweeter by the fact that his own design was used on the diploma he and his fellow graduates received. His first freelance assignments barely paid his and his new wife’s bills. But, gradually through hard work (completing upwards of 150 paintings a year), he established himself as a respected commercial artist. Wimmer currently lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with his wife and their two children. | TED ORLAND graduated from of the University of Southern California in 1963 with a degree in Industrial Design, and began his professional career working for several years as a graphic artist for designer Charles Eames. In 1966, Ted enrolled in as a fledgling photographer in Ansel Adams’ Yosemite Photography Workshop –an event which markedly changed the course of his artistic life. He returned to Yosemite as Ansel’s workshop assistant the following year, and in 1970 moved to Carmel to work fulltime as Ansel’s Assistant and printer of Adams’ Yosemite Special Edition Prints. Ted also returned for fifteen seasons as an Instructor at Ansel’s Yosemite Workshops. During this period Ted also earned a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Creative Arts from San Francisco State University, and began a second career in teaching. Ted has held fulltime positions at Stanford University and University of Oregon, and has taught part-time at a number of schools (including Cabrillo College, where he currently teaches Digital Photography). Ted has also led master classes in artistic development at workshop Centers across the country, including Maine Photography Workshops, Penland School of Crafts and University of California Extension. In 1985 Ted self-published his first book, Man & Yosemite, which traces the early history of Yosemite as it can be interpreted through photographs of the period. A large selection of Ted’s early photographs and writings appear in his monograph, Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity. Ted is also co-author (with David Bayles) of the classic artists’ survival guide, Art & Fear, and is author of its recent companion volume, The View From The Studio Door. Today Ted Orland lives in Santa Cruz, California, where he continues his parallel careers in teaching, writing and photography. |
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| Sample Professional Development: *”Experimental Cyanotype” “Tandy Dandy Books” “Primitive Digital Photography” “Picasso Reliefs w/ Glaze” “Monotype Mania” “Bronze Plaque Casting” and many, many more!! Vendors include: |
Divisions Session: Become a part of OAEA Board officers by volunteering your expert service to the association. Sessions are a great time to network and voice strategies, needs, and plans.  |
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