The 2007 Convention is proud to present a full range of cave art salons. These salons draw artists and photogaphers from all over the world in a first class display of creativity. Information on participating in these Salons is available on the NSS Salons Pages listed below. For general information, please visit the NSS Salons Website.

Slide and Video SalonThe Thursday evening Slide and Video Salon will be held underground in the Marengo Warehouse, 3.5 miles from the Convention campground. Bus service will be available from the campground. Join us in air-conditioned comfort for an amazing evening of cave slides, multi-media progams, and videos. For more information on these salons see:

Slide Salon: Website

Video Salon: Website

Multimedia Salon: Website

Cave Ballad Salon Cave ballads come in an eclectic mix of forms and styles; whether it's new words for existing songs, original words and music, or avant-garde; whether it's pop, rock, folk, country, blues, classical, or new age, the Caves Ballad Salon draws them all. Attend the awards session to hear this year's entries and winners. Or drop by the listening room later in the week and relax to both old and new. See Cave Ballad Salon website for more information about this salon.

Visual Arts Salons: All the Visual Arts Salons will be at the High School.

Fine Arts Salon If it doesn't fit into one of the other salons, it goes here. The exhibits include drawings, paintings, sculpture, collage, and much more. See Fine Arts Salon website for more information.

SpeleoArtLetters Welcome to our free competition for Art postcards and letters! Every year we will encourage you to send a card to our Convention site. The card must be home-made by you and involve the subject of caves, karst and caving. It can be in any medium, photograph or print. It can be elaborate or simple, a poem, a comment, a story...it must be art. Every year, we will have SpeleoArtLetters in our workshops at Convention. See SpeleoArtLetters website for more information.

Print Salon The photographic print offers a different viewing experience from that provided by slides. These prints come in photographic color, digital color, and black and white. Spend as much time as you want on each. Discuss them with your friends. Think about how you would have taken the same picture. The print salon will be here for you to enjoy. See Print Salon website for more information.

Cover Arts Salon Newsletter editors continuously hound their friends for cover material. This gentle harassment often produces wonderful photographic, non-photographic, and computer enhanced images. The cover arts salon will feature newsletter covers from NSS affiliated organizations. See Cover Art Salon website for more information.

T-Shirt Salon Cavers often wear their passion for caves on their chests. This salon will display t-shirts from caving organizations, camps, and expeditions throughout the world. See T-Shirt Salon website for more information.

Symbolic Emblem Salon Pins, patches, decals, and other devices identify a caver's affiliations and interests, as well as providing yet another outlet for unbounded creativity. They'll all be on display in the Symbolic Emblem Salon. See Symbolic Emblems Website for more information.

Cartographic Salon Survey and cartography have always been a major focus of the NSS. Long hours underground in cramped and uncomfortable positions are followed by long hours huntched over computer and drafting table. Both art and tool, the cave map combines useful and accurate information with the artistry of presentation. This salon will feature the finest in cave and karst maps. See Cartography Website for more information.