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Re: art and science...and history
From:
Liza Rawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 May 2012 10:05:37 -0400
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The New Children's Museum in San Diego worked with 12 artists to mount a
science themed exhibition on trash:

http://www.thinkplaycreate.org/galleries/index.html

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Walter Staveloz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> Here is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen in a
> science/artist collaboration
>
> http://press.web.cern.ch/press/pressreleases/releases2000/PR06.00ESignatures.html
>
> http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/195
>
> Not sure it visited a science center museum though.
>
> Best of luck with your project.
>
> Walter
>
>
> Walter Staveloz
> Director International Relations
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Siegel
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:13 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: art and science...and history
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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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*Liza Reich Rawson
Senior Exhibition Developer & Project Manager
Exhibitions & Featured Experiences
Liberty Science Center
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222 Jersey City Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07305 USA
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