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Yes, There is even a new journal, *The STEAM Journal, *from the Claremont
Graduate University. It publishes in inter/transdisciplinary subjects.
Also... a curriculm being developed with staff from the California Academy
of Sciences.

Good ideas are in the air!

Nadja

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Jeff Rosenblatt
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> Has anybody heard of the back alley replacement acronym for STEM called
> STEAM (don't make fun now)?  It's a term we are seriously throwing around
> as we begin to plan our 'Maker Space.'
> It simply acknowledges the "Art" aspect inherent to science and
> creativity, and also built into what many of us already do every day.
>
> --Jeff--
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> Hello,
> Our capital campaign included an initiative called "Project Art". The
> three large permanent installations were determined after an international
> call for submissions and a jury review.
> The largest piece - Cloud- has significant presence in our Great Hall.
>  Info can be seen in the link below, but other photos can be found in our
> 'private events' section of our website where photos show that evening
> functions sometimes coordinate their colours and theme to complement this
> amazing piece of art.
> Catherine
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> http://ontariosciencecentre.ca/aoc/part.asp
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> May 11, 2012 at 9:12 AM -0400 wrote:
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> >This fall, NYSCI will open ReGeneration, a major exhibition with 14 new
> commissioned works from artists ranging from Brooklyn to Taiwan.  Its
> really big, it will be installed in our central pavilion at the heart of
> the museum, about 8k ft2. The theme of the exhibition is "community and
> sustainability."  We will do a full-on catalog for the 3-month exhibition.
> >
> >I am trying to think of any other art exhibition of this scale in a
> science museum, and I can't.  The artists were selected by a jury, the work
> that we are commissioning is new, the them is intentionally broad.  I know
> Science Gallery in Dublin has done a number of exhibitions like this, but I
> can't think of any science museum that has.
> >
> >Does anyone here remember anything comparable?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >Eric
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Nadja Lazansky
Museum Studies Masters' candidate
John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley, CA

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