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CONFERENCE ART EXHIBIT CALL FOR ENTRIES

The call for entries and access to the online entry form for the Virginia Beach conference art exhibit has been posted on the web site: https://asdreams.org/2013/call-for-dream-artwork/.

The last day we can accept entries is Friday, April 5, 2013 (midnight eastern US time).

Original art works about or inspired by dreams are welcome from anyone, whether or not they are IASD members or conference attendees. Once again, cash awards will be offered from among works chosen to be displayed at the conference. The top prize will be $1000.

We are pleased to welcome several artists from the Virginia Beach area who will be contributing to the success of this year’s show.

Donna Iona Drozda, author, educator, and owner of Wren House Studio in Virginia Beach, will be curating the show.

Two other local artists will be on the jury: Michael Reidy, Emerson College (England) alumnus; Director, McClees Galleries (Philadelphia, PA); and art advisor to the Association for Research and Enlightenment and Venture Inward magazine, and Stephen Swan, President of SoluGroup; Former Gallery Director, Riverside Mill; and founder/owner of Artifax in Virginia Beach and Norfolk.

We also welcome Monika Del Bosque from Thousand Oaks, California. Monika is the Pierce College Art Faculty and Gallery Director. She received her MFA from JFK University and was referred to us by Fariba Bogzaran.

Former Arts Committee chairs and exhibit curators, Richard Russo and Kim Vergil, will also be serving on the jury.

We are glad we can continue this valuable contribution to our conference and look forward to another exhibition of professional, high-quality dream-related art. You may direct your questions or comments to Robert Gongloff at roberto@asdreams.org. 

The Venue • Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center is located on the beach at 2800 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia with sweeping views of the Cape Henry bay. The hotel provides complimentary bicycles, a fully-equipped health club, pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and a professional massage service. Located less than a mile from a wildlife sanctuary at First Landing State Park, your experience will include cypress swamp, salt marsh, maritime forest, freshwater wetlands and dunes, as well as the bay shoreline.

The Conference will feature three world-renowned keynote speakers, over 160 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and reception, a Dream Hike, the annual Dream Telepathy Contest, the ever popular costume Dream Ball, and other fun special events appropriate to the beachside location.

2013 Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is one of only a few masters of the Bön Dzogchen tradition presently living in the West. Tenzin Rinpoche is founder of the Ligmincha Institute near Charlottesville, Virginia, and is author of The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep.

Kevin Todeschi is the Executive Director and CEO of Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment and Atlantic University. Author of twenty books and a nationally recognized resource on the interpretation of dreams and symbols, Kevin has taught thousands of students the art of dream interpretation.

Mark Blagrove studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and is now Professor of Psychology at Swansea University, Wales. His sleep laboratory has over many years provided empirical evidence relevant to theories of the function of sleep and of dreaming.

IASD STUDENT AWARDS FOR DREAM RELATED RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

We are pleased to announce that the anonymous donor who has generously provided funding for the Student Research Award for the past seven years has graciously agreed to provide matching funds for the 2013 competition! The IASD board of trustees will provide the balance of funds.

As in previous years, there will be two $500 awards. The first is for the best student submission of original scientific research on dreams and dreaming. The second is for the best submission of original historical, literary, artistic, or theoretical research. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to submit papers. Please view the following for additional details: https://asdreams.org/2013/callforstudent/

All participants must submit their presentations in electronic form, preferably through email to office@asdreams.org or if necessary by mailing the files, copied to a CD or a DVD, to the IASD office by March 15, 2013.

IASD-Student Research
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703 USA
Mark on any mailed box "OK to leave on porch."

Text submissions must not exceed 6,000 words. Participants should submit text in MS Word, and artwork in .jpg, .tif, or .pdf formats.

Participants may also electronically submit videos in AVI formats, or music in MIDI or MPS formats. In the case of papers with multiple authors – in terms of the ideas presented as well as the description of the results – the contestant must indicate clearly, in either the text of the paper or in an accompanying letter, what portions are the submitter’s work.

Submissions must include a copy of your student ID. Alternatively, you can fax a copy to the IASD Office at 1-209-724-0889, or scan and email an attachment to office@asdreams.org. Include a note or cover letter that this is for the IASD Student Research Award. Participants must specify which of the two awards they are applying for.

Winners will be announced at the IASD annual conference, which will be held at the Virginia Beach Resort & Conference Center, Virginia Beach, VA, June 21 - 25, during the General Membership Meeting. Check the schedule of conference events to find out the exact date and time.

Curtiss Hoffman
Student Research Awards Chair

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

IASD Member, Rao Xiao Bing, Beijing, China

Rao Xiao Bing, Beijing, China, recently finished producing a film entitled, “Knock, Knock,” based on one of his dreams. “Knock, Knock” is about a 7-year old Chinese boy who wakes up in his father's dream thinking he has caused his father's death. The film continues through a cycle of people related to the boy and their dreams within dreams. Below are Bing’s comments related to his process in making this film, which will be offered to several film festivals in 2013.

The creative process of "Knock, Knock" was inspired by some of the earlier European artists, like Picasso and Braque, who used "chance" as creative inspiration. I think my style of filmmaking is dream related, at least for now. I am always interested in communication and this short film is about starting conversations. “Knock, Knock,” in a strange way, is a reflection of Chinese modern history and a hint of prophecy. Obviously, all stimulations are received at a personal level (by me, in this case,) and dreams reflect personal experience but they can also tell a "truth" that is beyond a personal experience like the coincidences that happened while shooting the film. That is, the two locations found in Beijing, and the Bible props found both in New York (in English) and Canton (in Chinese) suggest a “truth”.

I shot “Knock, Knock” in a village about an hour’s drive north of Beijing. The "farmers" (they are not anymore, because the farm land was turned into many different uses but farming) of the village leased many houses to artists and allowed them to rebuild the old houses into whatever style the artist’s wished. Two courtyards, which were next door to each other, are of very different styles and exactly what I needed for the film; one traditional Chinese and the other, western. It seemed even the location for the film was set up for me to shoot there. Is it by chance? I don't know. I found whatever I needed was set up for me by some mysterious force and to learn how to recognize this force and keep it with me.

I can write a lot about why I delayed making the movie until many years after I had the dream. It had a lot to do with finding out what's behind the dream. I was surprised to find, when I had the film strung together, that I could read the images as sentences, like "She is cornered."

Are these dreams about a broken family of three in contemporary China, or they are about a broken China and its timid artists?

Many thanks to Rao Xiao Bing, Executive Producer of Beijing Talent International Film Co., for contributing to the IASD Membership News this month. Perhaps next year we may see his dream film at the IASD conference!

From Membership Chair,
Diane E. Greig, Ph.D.

If you are interested in contributing to the Membership News, please do not hesitate to contact me: degreig2002@yahoo.ca

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From Susan Benson, Regional Chair

An important update to regional news: The New England Regional Conference has been rescheduled. The Executive Board and the conference planners, in response to registrant feedback and concerns over inclement weather, have rescheduled the date for Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the same venue, Regis College, in the hope that this will attract more participants.

Those who registered for the original date of January 12 have been informed of the change and we hope that they will be able to attend at the new date. A big “thank you” to all the registrants who took advantage of early registration. We apologize for any inconvenience due to the rescheduling and hope that you will be able to participate.

The program remains the same. The regional conference will provide a great lead-in to the annual conference following in June, in Virginia Beach.
Keep watching this column for more updates about the individual presentations.

Regional Event Calendar 2013

New England, USA Regional: “The Creative Power of Dreams”
May 25, 2013, Regis College, Weston, MA. Host: Curtiss Hoffman

For millennia, creative people in all cultures have relied upon their dreams for inspiration. Come and celebrate the creative power of dreams at this one-day IASD regional conference! Keynote speakers are Deirdre Barrett, the author of The Committee of Sleep, and Ernest Hartmann, the author of The Nature and Functions of Dreaming. In addition, there will be a performance of excerpts from Curtiss Hoffman’s Gilgamesh Cantata, based on dream texts from C.G. Jung’s Red Book and using musical themes derived from dreams. Additional speakers will present papers on various aspects of dreaming and creativity.

Pre-registration will be available by late October, as well as a more complete listing of speakers and topics and transportation information for getting to Regis College. Registration will be $68 for IASD members, $78 for non-members, and $48 for students and those with limited incomes. This fee includes registration and a catered lunch.

Contact: Curtiss Hoffman, teximus@comcast.net