Public Invited to USU's ARTsySTEM Symposium April 16-17
In the evenings during USU's ARTsySTEM Symposium, guests will have a final opportunity to view artist Andrea Polli’s visiting 'Particle Falls’ lighted air quality data visualization on the outside north wall of the Caine Performance Hall.
Utah State University’s ARTsySTEM, a multi-disciplinary project integrating the arts and sciences, invites the public to ARTsySTEM Symposium April 16-17 on the Logan campus.
Theme for the two-day gathering, which features nationally renowned visiting artists and scientists, is “The Changing Climate of the Arts and Sciences.” Admission is free.
Featured symposium speakers include writer, artist and environmentalist Rebecca Solnit, bioartist Paul Vanouse, entomologist Andrea Lucky, bioartist Brandon Ballengee, microbiologist Bonnie Baxter and landscape architect Matthew Coolidge.
The gathering, aimed at fostering collaborations among scientists and artists, features lectures, panel discussions and a “speed dating” mixer. For a full schedule, visit the symposium website.
The symposium also affords the Cache Valley community the final opportunity to view “Particle Falls,” a visiting real-time visualization of air quality data projected on the outside north wall of the Caine Performance Hall on campus. Created by artist Andrea Polli, the falling blue light features spots of bright, fiery color representing the presence of fine particulate matter.
ARTsySTEM is led by Mark Lee Koven, assistant professor in USU’s Department of Art and Design, and Nancy Huntly, professor in USU’s Department of Biology and director of the USU Ecology Center.
ARTsySTEM features a year-long artist and scientist residency, a visiting scholar lecture series, art and science workshops and public art exhibitions, along with a semester-long art and ecology graduate course taught by Lee Koven and Huntly. In concert with USU’s 2015 Year of Water campaign, the project’s programming focuses on water ecology.
Supported by a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts ‘Art Works’ grant, ARTsySTEM is also funded by the Tanner Trust for Utah Universities, the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation — Russell Family, USU’s Quinney College of Natural Resources, USU College of Science, Caine College of the Arts, USU Ecology Center, USU Department of Art and Design and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Related links:
“USU Awarded NEA Grant, Matching Funds to Integrate Art and Science,” Utah State Today
Contact: Mark Lee Koven, 435-797-7655, mark.lee.koven@usu.edu
Contact: Nancy Huntly, 435-797-2555, nancy.huntly@usu.edu
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto, 435-797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu
All are welcome to USU's ARTsySTEM Symposium 'The Changing Climates of Arts and Sciences,’ April 16-17, 2015. Admission is free.
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