The Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences will co-host the Visual Culture and Evolution Online Symposium with UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (UMBC) and Johns Hopkins University's Master of Arts in Museum Studies Program.
Visit the symposium: http://www.vcande.org
Follow the discussion: http://vcande.blogspot.com
The symposium, which will be conducted through software designed for online courses, will be publicly accessible. The online format overcomes geographic and financial barriers, enabling leading figures in these fields from around the world to engage in the discussion without a major disruption to their research and practices.
Kevin Finneran, editor in chief of Issues in Science and Technology, will moderate the discussion. Issues is the quarterly policy journal published by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and University of Texas at Dallas.
For more than 29 years, the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences has sponsored exhibitions, concerts, and other events that explore relationships among the arts and sciences.
Image: Tracy Hicks, Moose (Detail of a site specific installation from Reflections on Darwin a group exhibition curated by Ben Montague and exhibited at Wright State University, November 1, 2009 January 10, 2010) Mixed media and collected object (#31309.005 thru .021 - Alces alces shiraz, 3/4 year old cow moose bones collected: Montana: 21 July 09, with glass scientific vessels) 2009.