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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 201
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
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Art Exhibition: The Alchemy of Art
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center, Room 201
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Garden City, NY 11530-0701
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Sunday, October 26 – Tuesday, December 2 |
On behalf of the Chemistry Department of Adelphi University, it is a pleasure to invite you to a one-day symposium on "Intersection of Art and Science". If you are interested in learning about the intertwines of Art and Science fields, please join us for a series of lectures by some of the most renowned artists and scientists in the field of chemistry of art. The symposium will be held on Wednesday October 29, 2008 and will be followed in the afternoon by the "The Alchemy of Art" exhibition of the art works of the featured artists Miss Cheryl Safren, MFA Puneeta Mittal and Mr. Paul Harrison.
Art and science have been intertwined for centuries. When art and science come together, magical things happen. Even though some purists insist that the two disciplines have always been at opposite poles, designers such as the British architect and engineer Christopher Wren and the Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci were working at the intersection of art and science centuries ago. While da Vinci made detailed illustrations based on patterns in water and created prototypes of a flying machine, Wren set new standards in engineering with his revolutionary design for St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Several generations later, the impact of science and technology on the arts is as strong as it has ever been.
The main goal of the Art and Science Symposium is to explore the connection between art and science and to present the alchemy and unity between them. It will present a fascinating and beautiful cross section of the arts and sciences.
The symposium will consist of several featured lectures followed by an art exhibition will bring together researchers and artists in order to start a conversation between these fields. The purpose of such a conversation is to stimulate discussions centered on how artists either use or are inspired by science and technology, and how science can create or investigate the art works. This symposium will celebrate the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform, support and complete each other.
I hope that students leave this symposium with a sense that art is not created in a vacuum, that artistic production is framed or shaped by other intellectual practices or modes of thought, scientific inquiry among them. I also hope that these developments may finally help to change the outlook of those who view science and technology as separate from the general culture. It's my belief that science is a cultural form as much as religion or art.
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) is a NYC nonprofit organization that has been serving the international art-sci-tech field for 20-years.
This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, Department of Art, W.W. Norton & Company, and Cengage Learning.
Please note: This event is open to the public.
RSVP by October 22, 2008
Dr. Justyna Widera
Chemistry Department
Adelphi University
p - 516.877.4135
e - widera@adelphi.edu
Contact Us
For additional information, please contact:
Cultural Events Hotline
p - 516.877.4555
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center
1 South Avenue
P.O. BOX 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
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