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Open Call: DIGITAL’2010: PLANET EARTH

DIGITAL’2010:  PLANET EARTH 12th international digital print competition-exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) to be held at the New York Hall of Science Oct.3, 2010 – January 31, 2011 DEADLINE: Aug.16, 2010 Click here for the GUIDELINES <http://www.asci.org/artikel1106.html> with links to: Co-Juror Bios, Online Entry Form, Payment Page] INTRODUCTION Our blue planet, [...]

Ann: Visual Culture and Evolution Symposium

Monday, April 5 through Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Public access to the online discussion is at http://vcande.blogspot.com/. Moderator: Kevin Finneran. The international panel of over 30 scientists, artists, historians, writers and other experts includes Roger Malina, Suzanne Anker, Brandon Ballengee, Ellen K. Levy, Michael Ruse, Barbara Maria Stafford, JD Talasek, EO Wilson, and others.

Ann: Catalogue of Scientia Canadensis

The complete catalogue of Scientia Canadensis, the Canadian Journal of theHistory of Science, Technology and Medicine is now available on line athttp://www.erudit.org/revue/scientia/index.html initially published asnewsletter between 1976 and 1980, Scientia Canadensis became a peer-reviewedjournal in 1981.

Ann: Leonardo: New Reviews Posted

Leonardo Reviews | September 2009New postings

Ann: Arctic Circle 2009 Education and Outreach Opportunity

The Arctic Circle program, a series of artist and scientist-led expeditions to remote and fascinating destinations, seeks expressions of interest from educators, at the high school level, to participate in the educational component of The Arctic Circle 2009 (Oct 5th- 22nd, 2009).

Exhibition: The Life and Art of Mary Delany (Yale Center for British Art)

At the age of seventy-two, Mary Delany, née Mary Granville (1700–1788), a botanical artist, woman of fashion, and commentator on life and society in eighteenth-century England and Ireland, embarked on a series of one thousand botanical collages, or “paper mosaics.” These were the crowning achievement of a life defined by creative accomplishment.

FYI: A Streetcar Named Darwin

Some streetcar riders in Cologne, Germany, are getting a dose of evolutionary biology during their daily commute. Twenty art students at the University of Cologne, directed by biologist Daniel Dreesmann, artist Volker Saul, and art professor Silke Leverkühne, celebrated the Darwin Year by creating the “Evolution Erfahren” (experience evolution) streetcar, which will run for the [...]