Bringing scientists and artists together in dialogue with the public since 2012.
PAST EVENTS
2025
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YIN-YANG: SHIFT PERCEPTIONS WITH TAI CHI
Speakers:
Jasper Sanchez, Assistant Curator, Boston Public Art Triennial
Peter Wayne, PhD., Harvard Medical School and Founder, Tree of Life Tai Chi Center
Presented in partnership with the Boston Public Art Triennial
June 13, 2025 -
WE ARE STARDUST: CONNECTING THE SPHERES
Speakers:
David Ibbetts, Composer in Residence Center for Astrophyics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Andrew S. Yang, Ph.D. Biologist and Artist.
Presented in partnership with the Manship Artists Residency
May 29, 2025 -
OUR OCEANS, OUR COASTS, AND US
Speakers:
Emma Gildesgame, Climate Scientist
Jessica Griffin, Ph.D., Marine Ecologist
Rebecca McGee Tuck, Artist and Activist
Presented in partnership with the Nature Conservancy MA. Reception sponsor: Hefring Engineering
March 21, 2025
2024
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WHY WE NEED MAGIC
Speakers:
Graham M. Jones, Anthropology Professor, MIT
Zoe Reiches, Magician
Presented in partnership with the MIT List Visual Arts center
December 11, 2024 -
GAME MATTERS
Speakers:
Jeremy Couillard, Artist and Coder
Mikael Jakobsson, Research Coordinator, MIT Game Lab
Presented in partnership with the MIT List Visual Arts Center for the Cambridge Science Festival
September 26, 2024 -
PICTURING LANGUAGE
Speakers:
Athulya Aravind, Linguist
Sarah Hulsey, Artist
Presented in partnership with the MIT List Visual Arts Center
April 25, 2024 -
TAPPED IN: MOVING HEARTS & MIND THROUGH ART & SCIENCE
Speakers:
Raquel Fornasaro, Artist
John Sterman, Director MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
Michelle Lougee, Artist
William Moomaw, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
Victor Pacheco, Artist
Paul Kirshen, Professor, School for the Environment, Research Director, Stone Living Lab, UMASS Boston
Moderated by Co-Curators Stephanie Marlin-Curiel and Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney -
BEYOND WORDS: WHAT DO OUR PETS THINK ABOUT?
Speaker:
Dr. Angie Johnston
Presented in partnership with the Catalyst Collaborative @MIT
March 23, 2024 -
MY HEART IN YOUR HANDS
Speakers:
Daniel Chonde, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Kentucky and Founder, The People’s heART
Meredith Goldstein Love Letters columnist and features writer, The Boston Globe
Cate McQuaid Arts critic, The Boston Globe
Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc Director of Preventive Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital ad Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Presented in partnership with the Broad Discovery Series
March 28, 2024
