Tag: "art"

“The Art of Nature” Educates and Inspires

“The Art of Nature” Educates and Inspires

The First Friday Art Tour took place on May 4th at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History's exhibit, "The Art of Nature."

 
Celebrating Earth Day with Book Arts and A Squid

Celebrating Earth Day with Book Arts and A Squid

On Saturday, April 21st, I found myself driving to the San Francisco with a dead squid in the trunk. The squid part wasn't unusual. The unusual part was my destination: the San Franscisco Center for the Book.

 
Stanford Marine Biologists Share Their Artistic Side

Stanford Marine Biologists Share Their Artistic Side

The third annual Hopkins Marine Station Amateur Art Show was held this past weekend in Monterey, California.

 
Geneticists Solve Van Gogh's Mutant Sunflowers After 125 Years

Geneticists Solve Van Gogh's Mutant Sunflowers After 125 Years

Most admirers of Vincent van Gogh's iconic "Sunflower" paintings gaze upon the golden inflorescences without any awareness of the scientific conundrum they pose. But researchers from the University of Georgia have finally cracked the case with a paper published in PLoS Genetics.

 
The Calligrapher's Golden Touch

The Calligrapher's Golden Touch

When I was in LA this weekend and noticed that the Getty was showing a new illuminated manuscript exhibit, I had to check it out. The only work in the exhibit that wasn't centuries old belonged to San Francisco master calligrapher Thomas Ingmire.

 
The Fact and Fiction of Fantastic Hybrids

The Fact and Fiction of Fantastic Hybrids

Have you heard of the Poisonous Fiddlerfrog, whose tadpoles grow up into crabs? Or the Hummingshrew, who eats flies as well as nectar? These animals aren't real, so you'd only know about them if you've seen Voyage Through a Hidden World.

 
Look at Nature, Get Happy

Look at Nature, Get Happy

What do hospitals and Costa Rica have in common? Science says: they both benefit from beautiful natural landscapes. In fact, we all do.

 
Beautiful Slime

Beautiful Slime

Ross's film Leviathans is on display at the Vast and Undetectable exhibit in the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.

 
The Twinsburg John Doe: Forensic Reconstruction

The Twinsburg John Doe: Forensic Reconstruction

The Twinsburg John Doe case is an especially tough one, and the Summit County Police Department and the Medical Examiner’s office need help identifying this man.  No dental records have been found that match his teeth.  I hope my facial reconstruction will jog someone’s memory, and that he will be recognized. Background for Twinsburg Case [...]

 
Cool Kinetic Sculpture at GAFFTA

Cool Kinetic Sculpture at GAFFTA

Kinetic sculpture is taking over GAFFTA. This is the final week to check out this unique exhibit.

 
How it Works at the Crucible

How it Works at the Crucible

I grew up wih the mantra, "If something works, take it apart and find out why”. The Crucible takes that one step further in adding artistic and community-oriented components.

 
Producer's Notes: Color By Nano – The Art of Kate Nichols

Producer's Notes: Color By Nano – The Art of Kate Nichols

Artist Kate Nichols synthesizes silver nanoparticles and incorporates them into her unique and colorful macroscale pieces.

 
Programming for Poets and more at GAFFTA

Programming for Poets and more at GAFFTA

Gray Area Foundation for the Arts offers a variety of classes to hone your DIY skills. Whether you're looking to program, take in some pilates or yoga or even build circuits into clothing (think light up' clothes), there's something for everyone.

 
The cubes which will light up as Syzygryd is being played.

Bay Area Artists Create Fire-Breathing, Beat-Thumping Art Structure

Four Bay Area art groups have come together to build a 2.5 ton fire-breathing collaborative musical instrument. Syzygryd (pronounced Si-zee-grid) is a 2010 Burning Man art installation that will be assembled in Black Rock Desert later this August for the event.

 
Science Event Pick – Mixing Art & Science

Science Event Pick – Mixing Art & Science

See science blend with art this week. Visualizing Science is a panel discussion of artists and scientists at Swissnex San Francisco on April 7th. Yuri's Night Bay Area, celebrating the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of Earth, is a concert, art installation, and science celebration all mixed into one giant festival.

 
Producer's Notes – Youth Speaks Green: Simone Crew

Producer's Notes – Youth Speaks Green: Simone Crew

Through Youth Speaks Green, we’ll explore how young people in the Bay Area view the challenges of becoming green. We’ll be looking beyond clean fuels, efficient vehicles and solar panel rebates and delving instead into the personal.

 
Science Event Review— Ask a Scientist: How Computers Look at Art

Science Event Review— Ask a Scientist: How Computers Look at Art

What's amazing is that I knew nothing, nada, zip, zilch about art history and computer modeling prior to 7pm last night. I still don't know much, but enough to talk about it with my wife and friends. That's the brilliant thing about these informal science events, the information sticks with you.

 
Delving into the Depths: Artists in Residence Part 2

Delving into the Depths: Artists in Residence Part 2

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." – Albert Einstein Photo credit: Dr. Richard Mooi It is not often that the public is able to see the components and care that go into creating a museum exhibit. However the California Academy [...]