Welcome to the 2016 First-Year seminar ‘Arts Meets Science’!

In this seminar we work closely with students and various guest speakers as an academic cohort to address the following questions:

• What are artistic and cultural meanings of scientific images?
• How is scientific-based imagery displayed artistically and how do artists remix these visualizations in their own works?

When placed within artistic contexts, scientific images change meaning over time and become part of our visual culture. We will examine ways in which images, whether of the human body or the universe, are visually and artistically represented in public spaces and how such imagery tells us stories about our lives related to science. Each student will research and analyze a specific artist throughout the term. A final paper and visual presentation will be developed.

We are excited to learn from everyone as this term progresses!

Best,

Julie and Robert Voelker-Morris