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Emerging Archaeopteryx, Darryl Wheye/Science Art
Archaeopteryx as if rising from the
Berlin specimen, shows the flight-
worthy feathers of this toothed
“missing link”.
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Board* and Officers
Tony Angell, naturalist, artist, and author
Carel Brest van Kempen, artist and author
Paul R. Ehrlich, Bing Professor of
Population Studies, Department of
Biology, Stanford University
Donald Kennedy, President emeritus,
Woods Senior Fellow, Stanford
University
Glendon Mellow, artist and blogger
Jerry Osteryoung, Jim Moran Professor
emeritus of Entrepreneurship and
Professor emeritus of Finance,
Senior Partner, Osteryoung and
Patterson
Darryl Wheye, artist and author
Our nonprofit also includes an advisory council and a group of affiliated artists, scientists and interested parties.
*The Founding Board also included Pamela Meadowcroft
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Bat-eared Fox Portrait, by Carel Brest van Kempen
Termite specialists, these foxes, have exceptional teeth and excavate complex tunnel networks.
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Our nonprofit public benefit corporation is organized and operated for charitable and educational pur- poses. These purposes are discussed in Humans, Nature, and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens*, co-authored by board members Wheye and Kennedy, introduced by board member Ehrlich, includes examples by board member Angell, and Brest van Kempen.
*Published with assistance from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program. |
to raise the prominence of
Science Art and the benefits of
combining the accuracy of
science with the evocative
power of art
and
to advocate the use of Science
Art to inform viewers about
nature and encourage the
sustainable use of resources |
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The aims of
SCIENCE ART-NATURE are:
- to show how Science Art informs viewers about nature so that evaluating works through a science lens becomes more automatic
- to encourage the use of Science Art so that the importance of maintaining the vital services nature supplies to societyis better understood
- to promote collaboration among scientists and artists so that the production of Science Art is optimally informative, timely, and directed as much as possible toward achieving a sustainable society
- to bridge science and artby raising the visibility of Science Art and those who produce it so that opportunities for Science Art to be utilized in public spaces, in publications, in exhibits, and online expand
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Detail from a poster produced for our
second online Science Art exhibit. Both virtual exhibits remain accessible through our website.
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.The value of SCIENCE ART …
From the perspective of a scientist:
Science Art can help the public become better informed about and more comfortable with scientific issues important to them.
From that of an artist:
Science Art, through the creative and original designs of a skilled artist interpreting nature, can advance human understanding as it provides aesthetic pleasure.
Or that of a teacher:
Science Art can teach students some elements of analysis by extracting the scientific meaning and significance of the art.
Or a student:
Science Art can encourage the exploration of nature, the recognition of scientific principles, and the importance of the 30,000-year pictorial record.
Or an art lover:
Science Art can expand the way we look at and appreciate the art |
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