Greetings AAD 199: Art Meets Science students.

Here is an overview from class today as well as things to prepare for class in the near future. Please let us know if you have questions.

Monty Python explains the Scientific Method:

Ask Questions

Form Hypotheses

State a Hypothesis

Collect and Test Data

Make Conclusions

 

The UO’s Science Literacy Program (UO SLP)is a great resource for you during your time on this campus. UO SLP offers General Education courses for non-science majors that employ active, inquiry-based teaching methods to improve creative and critical reasoning.  Note that upcoming classes include topics of policy and biology, animal behavior, cancer biology, anatomy of sex, and astronomy among other topics.

Thanks to Elly Vandegrift and Julie Mueller for joining our class today to discuss questions such as “what counts as an image” and “why do scientists create images?” I think it’s interesting that many comments noted a need for emotional connection or reaction as well as a sense of composition, meaning, and information for any “work” to count as an image. Most agreed that we are visual beings so images in many forms (photographs, charts, rubrics, graphs, etc.) help us to make sense of the world, see trends, and convey ideas and data. We will continue exploring these ideas throughout the term. Keep practicing your Science Pictionary skills to stay sharp in the ways you connect and understand language, meaning, and visual imagery.

 

Finally a reminder about upcoming assignments:

1. Read online article: Palmer, C. (2013, June 21). The art of science: Princeton scientists and engineers create a stunning collection of scientific images better suited for a gallery than a lab meeting. Retrieved from:
   http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36123/title/The-Art-o
   f-Science/
2. Write & Post Reading Response to Palmer (Journal #3) on your personal UO Blog journal page. What interested you and makes you want to know about similar work at the UO? What questions do you have or what do you want to learn more about? Post to your UO Blog no later than 10a.m., Thursday, January 14th.  Dean Walton will be joining us to talk about the UO exhibit, Scientia venustior.
3. Begin attempting the 9 Dots exercise handed out today.  This will be due next Tuesday, January 19 as part of a hands-on activities and discussion with our guest.
4. Finally, remember to begin Report 2.  We will talk about this more in class on Thursday.  This report will finalize artist selection for term project. Use the worksheet (handed out on Thursday) as a guide to explore why you are selecting this artist. Write a proposal (Report 2) for what you will explore about this artist/scientific topic during the term. See details on assignment worksheet. Due next week, Thursday, January 21st.

Hi everyone,

Yes, still feeling bad that we did not fully maximize our work session today with the surprise technical difficulties that occurred. Again, we will have other hands-on sessions to really start thinking about designing unique and artistic project sites.

In the meantime, start working on  Journal Postings for your UO Blogs site. Remember, Journal #3 is due before class (by 10a.m.) on Thursday.  Journals #1 & 2 (completed by hand earlier) are due on the blog site by Friday, 10a.m.

Here are some good resources to help you get started with your blogs and if you run into questions along the way:

• Publishing a New Post: http://help.edublogs.org/writing-your-first-post/

• Editing a Post: http://help.edublogs.org/editing-posts/

• Post Visibility (how to make it ‘Private’):  http://help.edublogs.org/post-visibility/

• Adding Links: http://help.edublogs.org/how-to-insert-links-in-your-post/

• Adding Media (VERY important!  Be creative and think about multi-media for your postings, remember these Journal Postings can help achieve multiple different ‘Achievements’): http://help.edublogs.org/user-guide/media/

Additionally, you can use the UO IT Blog help pages at https://it.uoregon.edu/blogs/generalhelp.

AND if you get stuck please feel free to email us. We would rather assist you than not know about the problem.

Again be creative and have fun with this postings, this is a visual/image based class, and as has been noted in class we are a visual culture, so post visual resources that help make your postings even stronger!

Best,

Robert & Julie

Hi all,

Just a reminder to bring your laptops to class tomorrow for introduction to how to use UO Blogs for this class.  These activities, along with our guests from the Science Literacy program, will make an interesting day.

Also, I encourage all of you to consider adding an Arts Management Minor to your degree program.

Follow this link, http://aad.uoregon.edu/, and see the attachments here to learn more:

Winter16_DropInHours.pdf

AADMinorPostcard1Sided.pdf

I’d be happy to address any questions you have about the program.

Julie

Greetings Art & Science fans,

I hope you start watching the wind and how it affects the world everywhere you go now after seeing two types of wind sculptures today. Have fun further exploring the wind sculpture at the Lillis Business Complex that we spend more time examining and considering during today’s class as you write Report 1.

Theo Jansen’s wind sculptures introductory video:

Below is a brief follow-up from today’s class session as well as overview of what to prepare for next week.
Please let us know if you have questions.

Learn more about Norman Rockwell: http://www.nrm.org/about-2/about-norman-rockwell/

For Tuesday:
* If you haven’t already done so, purchase your course reading packet at the Duckstore, and have a sketchbook/journal ready for all classes.

* Please bring laptops to class

* Bring Report 1 — Your DARC analysis of the wind sculpture outside the Lillis Business Complex. UO Libraries page link: https://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/xwindfence.html to begin some preliminary research about the artist and this specific sculpture

* Have your Journal 1 from today (the reading response to the chapter from Art + Science) ready to post when we show you how to use UO Blogs on Tuesday. Keep thinking about how you might apply ideas and examples from this reading to your term-long project.

* Prepare Journal 2, a list of 2-3 artists that interest you to explore for the term-long project. Include lists of the pros/cons of why these artists interest you. This does not need to be elaborate at this point in time. You will be much more specific when you prepare Report 2. Some resources to begin finding artists in science that interest you:

Art + Science Now Artist Resource List: http://www.thamesandhudson.com/artscienceartists.html
Leonardo, the journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology:  http://www.leonardo.info/isast/art-science-environment.html
Artists in Labs: http://artistsinlabs.ch/lang/en/category/portfolio/artists/
Arts Catalyst Artist Resource List:  http://www.artscatalyst.org/artists/all/
Ars Electronica Futurelab:  http://www.aec.at/futurelab/en/people/?network=team
Synapse—Art Science Collaborations: http://www.synapse.net.au/

*On Tuesday, we will have some engaging speakers from the UO’s Science Literacy Program, help you launch your personal UO Blog site for the course, and discuss Report 2

Greetings Art Meets Science Presenters!

Excellent work Thursday morning showing off the strong projects you have developed over the term. Our guests were quite impressed and pleased with your work.

One faculty member in the humanities noted that your projects are helping him think about more creative engagement for a course project next year. Hannes Bend (one of our guest artists) said he loved the variety of approaches and concepts that you explored. Marilyn Linton of First-Year Programs noted her delight in the professionalism of your visuals and overall presentations. Nicely done!

A few reminders for Monday of Finals Week (due by 5pm):

* Please submit Report 5/Final project paper
* Please submit your final journal entry (described below)
* Please feel free to add any additional components or make revisions to your project blog site
* Robert and I will send the links to your projects to UO colleagues before or during spring break.

Of course, feel free to continue working on these project sites as long as you want given your own interest in the subject matter, research, and other projects with which you engage during the course of your studies with the UO.

Final Journal entry: What did you learn about your project through the final display? What are your project’s strengths at this point? Weaknesses? What are opportunities you can build on if you would continue with this project? What may be threatening to or risking the best outcomes for the project? (Journal #23).

Thanks for a great term!
Julie & Robert