[Bcma-l] Alternator Gallery - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 13

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Media Release
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November   13, 2007

ATTENTION ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS
 
The Alternator Philosophers’ Café presents:
 
Poetry, Mathematics, and Endangered Species

With moderators Nancy Holmes and Dr. Sylvie Desjardins.
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KELOWNA, BC *– *Mathematical biology and poetry will be the theme of the 
next Philosophers’ Café at 7:30 p.m. on November 23rd, 2007 at the 
Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art.
                 
Nancy Holmes and Sylvie Desjardins are colleagues at UBC Okanagan and 
both share an interest in environmental conservation in the South 
Okanagan.  The South Okanagan valley is one of the most endangered 
habitats in Canada, with more endangered species than any other region 
in the country. This shared interest has led to a collaborative work 
that joins their seemingly incompatible backgrounds and disciplines 
towards something they both love- the landscape, plants and animals of 
the Okanagan valley.
 
Sylvie Desjardins is an associate professor of Mathematics at the 
University of British Columbia Okanagan. She has been involved in 
several field studies which mark and recapture butterflies to collect 
mathematical data to develop spatially –explicit population dispersal 
models.  This information is used by conservationists in their work to 
ensure the sustainability of ecological populations.
 
         Nancy Holmes is an accomplished poet and associate professor in 
Creative Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.  Her 
collaborative process with Sylvie invokes the poetics of the scientific 
process and an awareness of ecological connectivity that crosses 
academic disciplines.
 
The Philosophers’ Café, a new program designed to enhance the 
community’s understanding of contemporary art and stimulate discussion 
about cultural issues, is organized by the Alternator Gallery, an 
artist-run centre in the RCA at 421 Cawston Ave.  Admission is by 
donation. Call (250) 868-2298, check www.alternatorgallery.com 
<http://www.alternatorgallery.com/> or e-mail info@alternatorgallery.com 
<mailto:info@alternatorgallery.com> for information.
 

Jennifer Pickering
Director

Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art
#103-421 Cawston Ave.
Kelowna, BC
V1Y 6Z1
250-868-2298

www.alternatorgallery.com
info@alternatorgallery.com <mailto:info@alternatorgallery.com>