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The 2005 CU Year of Art and Math project aimed to deepen the understanding of the
relationship between art and mathematics. Mathematics can indeed be defined as the general
science of pattern and structure. Since art also involves patterns and structures, art and
math relate in many natural ways, which is the basis for our exploration. This project was
the brainchild of CU-Boulder Professor of Mathematics Carla Farsi, who enlisted help from
other campus departments to develop programs and assist with funding. CU-Boulder
collaborators and contributors included the Department of Mathematics, the UMC Art Gallery,
the Dept. of Art and Art History, the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Center for Arts
and Humanities, the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's
Excellence Fund, the College of Music, the College of Engineering, and the CU Art Museum.
Area collaborators include the Boulder Public Library, Studio Aiello, the Colorado Women's
Art Caucus, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, NCAR (the National Center for
Atmospheric research) and CORE New Art Space. This project was awarded an $18,000 Colorado
Council on the Arts grant for its focus on increasing community participation.
The Special Year focused
on the exploration of the relationship between art and
mathematics with an accent on the visual arts. The creation of new learning, research, and
teaching experiences and expressions in both art and mathematics were some of its main
goals.
For the Special Year we planned a
variety of visual art exhibits on art/math
themes, an international conference, classes, series of movies and lectures, concerts, and
plays., During our 2005 CU Special Year Summer Festival, new traveling visual arts
exhibits, dance, and music concerts, were created and presented.
We were the first
in the world to designate a "Special Year on Art and Mathematics.
" This made our program unique with its exciting first-class interdisciplinary
activities and quality partnerships at the local, national, and international level.
The five images on this page are copyrighted as follows: the three images in color are
©Carla Farsi and the two black and white images are ©Jim Johnson.
See more images here.
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