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What Happens When Art and Science Play Together?
Have you ever seen a microphotograph of a glittering gemstone that knocked you off your feet? How about an image from the Hubble Space Telescope that left in you in awe at the beauty of the universe?
Our Art + Science series is made up of family days for discovering the infinite ways that Art and Science intersect in our world, and for losing yourself in a day of games, workshops, and performance art.
We also look at how the laws of science play into the creation of our most fantastic works of art and how scientific inquiry leads to a deeper view of the natural world's inherent beauty.
This season we'll focus in on the natural world and discover what lies just above and underneath the surface. From botany to mineralogy Our Art + Science days will be microscopic, focusing on the up-close and personal.
So join us, and discover what Art + Science = for you!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Art + Science = The Beauty of Botany
This month, Art + Science focuses not on fauna, but flora! Come find the many ways that plants are more alive than you think. Take a look at photographs from an Scanning Electron Microscope camera of the structure of a plant, use our microscope to look at your own plants and join a Gallery Interpreter on an outside discovery walk with magnifying glasses.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Art + Science = Gems and Minerals
Gems and minerals are beautiful but it’s what’s inside them that really impresses the Natural History Museum! Find out what it takes to make some of the most beautiful things on Earth by getting up close and personal with our collections. Check out some Scanning Electron Microscope photographs, talk to our Mineral Sciences Curatorial Staff, and discover the science of gems with hands on activities.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Art + Science = Skin Deep
Discover what lies beneath your skin, or just on top of it, when you visit the Natural History Museum. You will find why birds have feathers, snakes have scales and much more! Observe some real artists in action, test your skills on different body coverings and look at SEM pictures of the miniature critters that could be on your skin!
This Season: Resident Artists from Ryman Arts
Wander the halls of the Museum on this day and you will run into our resident artists of the Art + Science Season, of Ryman Arts!
The Ryman Arts residency at the Natural History Museum is a partnership in education through art and science. If you see a gifted teen artist drawing intently in the galleries today, you’re seeing the residency in action!
Ryman Arts is a nonprofit community organization that meets a vital need to foster the education of young artists. High school students compete to enroll in the Saturday classes, which provide professional fine art training in drawing and painting. For more information, visit rymanarts.org.