What We Learned This Week: This is the Home of the Grizzly Paparazzi
Over the past decade, Togwotee Pass between Dubois and Moran Junction in Wyoming has become "a circus of wildlife paparazzi around grizzlies," noted Cowboy State Daily recently. Photographers crowd to within just a few yards of the bears and sometimes even get into shoving matches with each other trying to get prime positioning for the best photos. Officials say the growing mob over the bears is a disaster waiting to happen--it might be only a matter of time before somebody gets mauled or killed by a distracted driver. "There's arguing, there's threats," one photographer noted.
ICON: The Biennial Ritual for Visual Storytellers
ICON The Illustration Conference is the definitive destination for the global illustration community, providing a rare space where commercially driven art meets academic rigor. This unique four-day gathering serves as a vital forum for, professional advocacy, continuing education and pure inspiration. Operating entirely as a non-profit endeavor, the conference migrates to a different U.S. cultural hub every two years, drawing an influential crowd of creators, educators, designers, and art...

