Since the dawn of human creativity, art in its myriad forms has endeavored to investigate and understand the world around us. This symposium will explore humankind’s enduring quest to unravel the importance of what is seen and understood, but also the significance of what is absent.
On Saturday, April 7th at 2 pm, The Space Between – Symposium – Art/Science, an educational program sponsored by the Kent County Arts Council and underwritten by private donors, will take place at the Garfield Center for the Arts. The event is FREE and open to the Public.
Artist Greg Mort is a gifted amateur astronomer and was an early participant in NASA’s American Artist program. He served on the Board of the MacDonald Observatory and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Lowell Observatory and the Night Sky Conservation Foundation. New discoveries in physics and cosmology are challenging long held assumptions concerning the evolution of the galaxies and opening new opportunities for research and exploration. Abstract concepts often require metaphor so that we might understand their meaning. Throughout history the artist and the scientist have been challenged to create the language their discoveries demand. Greg Mort, a frequent speaker on the collaboration of art and science, has invited others on the forefront of this visionary quest to serve on the panel for the April 7th symposium.
Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider will introduce the symposium. Greg Mort will serve as moderator and panelist. Dr. Richard Mushotzky, an astrophysicist and NASA X-Ray astronomer, Tom McCabe, Founder and CEO of McCabe Software, Rebecca Hoffberger, the Founder and Director of the American Visionary Art Museum, and Erik Neil, Director of the Academy Art Museum will complete the panel.
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
—Albert Einstein
Introduction: Ambassador Cynthia Schneider – American diplomat and art historian.
Panelists:
Artist and astronomer Greg Mort
Dr. Richard Mushotzky, Astrophysicist and NASA X-Ray Astronomer
Tom McCabe, Founder and CEO of McCabe Software
Rebecca Hoffberger, Founder and Director of the American Visionary Art Museum
Erik Neil, Director of the Academy Art Museum
Sponsored by the Kent County Arts Council
Saturday April 7, 2012
2 pm
FREE and open to the public
The Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre
210 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
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