Don't miss issue #22 of the DF Kite Journal (Summer-Fall 2006) or the Kite Sailing Symposium. It's not too late to register for the symposium-a mere 20 dollars to meet with some of the leading theorists and practitioners in traction kiting. Congratulations to Iqbal Husain, who won the prize in our March newsletter contest, a set of DF designer T-shirts.
Calendar
9/5-11/7 DF Traveling Exhibit About Kites at Cherry Valley Artworks, Cherry Valley, NY
9/9-17 DF sponsors Historical Kites tent at 14th annual Dieppe International Kite Festival, Dieppe, France.
9/13 DF supports fighter kite workshop with Jay and Kathleen Bell, in conjunction with a "Kite Runner" program, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
9/21 DF presents all-school kite fly, with Japanese kite maker Mikio Toki, at Lockwood Elementary, Bothell, WA, as part of Washington State Arts Commission First Step grant.
9/21-1/7 DF Traveling Exhibit Surf the Wind at Minnetrista Cultural Foundation, Muncie, IN
9/26-12/3 DF co-sponsors Paper in Flight exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Skinner is a panelist with artists Byron Kim, creator of the Sky Blue Kite project, and Lesley Dill, creator of the 10-foot "Healing Man" art kite. Panel Oct 28th, open to the public.
9/28-30 DF presents Kite Sailing Symposium, Seattle, WA.
10/1 DF Board of Directors annual meeting; review of 2007 grant applications.
10/7 DF participates in teacher workshop about Day of the Dead (Guatemalan kites), Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
mid-Oct Young Explorer grantee Aron Curzon, USGS scientist Mike Rymer, USGS employee and KAPer Scott Haefner, and DF staff member Renea Nielsen conduct seismic fault research with KAP, Owens Valley, CA.
10/10 DF loans Guatemalan kites for exhibit at Bellevue Regional Library, King County Library System, Bellevue, WA.
10/13 DF presents teacher workshop at Lockwood Elementary, Bothell, WA, as part of WSAC First Step grant.
10/14 DF presents teacher workshop, with Pat Bliquez of Roxhill Elementary at Washington Library Media Association Conference, SeaTac, WA.
10/17 DF presents parent education program at Lockwood Elementary, Bothell, WA, as part of WSAC First Step grant.
10/20 Skinner and Fujino present "Washi to Wings" and make fish kites with 200 participants at 25th Anniversary Conference, Friends of Dard Hunter, Chillicothe, OH.
Oct DF tests Brasington Bird Kite, Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center, Seattle School District, Seattle, WA
10/29-11/2 2006 DF grantee Oscar Frey presents on KAP in gray whale research, and USGS employee Scott Haefner discusses both "Capturing San Francisco" and the Young Explorers Project, KAPiCA Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Featured Archive Item: Bell Tetrahedral Cells & SableIsland Kite Replica
Most kite fanciers know about Alexander Graham Bell’s work with tetrahedral kites (the DF Archive holds four original Bell tetrahedral cells). Scott Skinner and Renea Nielsen describe Bell’s earlier involvement with kite experiments on Sable Island and a replica of the kite used (constructed by Robert Trépanier). Read more. Photo by Robert Trépanier.
DF Pilots University-level Kite Research Program
Students Davud Kasparov and Alvaro Pantigoso of the University of Washington Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the College of Engineering are first to participate in a program DF is piloting to involve university students in kite research. Read more. Photo by Simon Bond.
News for Educators
The Kono Box Kite, designed by Greg Kono, joins the Trépanier Trapezoid and the Kono Dihedral Diamond as kites available for free download from the Drachen website. All three kites are also available in inexpensive 10-pack kits, complete with spars, line, and winders. Check out the updated Kites in the Classroom page on the DF website for student readings and resources to support teachers’ use of DF kites. Photo by Renea Nielsen.
Who Visits the DF Study Center?
KAP pioneer George Lawrence (the 1906 image, “ San Francisco in Ruins”) has a growing fan club. Among the most enthusiastic members is Henry Jebe of Juneau, Alaska. Read more about Jebe’s tribute to Lawrence and the reason for his recent visit to the DF Study Center. Photo by Dylan Stacey.
Hargrave Inspires Contemporary Artist
A piece inspired by Hargrave’s box kite is included in an exhibit of recent work by Swedish artist Sigrid Sandström, on display at Seattle’s Frye Art Museum through September 10, 2006. Link here to an interview with the artist.
Hargrave’s Commitment—No Rights Reserved , 2004
Box kite, canned food, wrapped chocolate bars, rocks, digital video
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Note: posting of the Street/lockhart and Ed & Bonnie Wright collections to the DF digital archive has been delayed. Coming soon.