The national educational movement to promote the seamless working relationship of science and art has taken the next step, teaming up the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design and the Orlando Science Center with a permanent new gallery of science-inspired artwork.
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Yulia Tikhonova, UCF Art Gallery director, worked with the science center to develop the idea of hosting paintings, sculptures, animations, graphic designs and other UCF artworks among the center 麻豆精品 S檚 dinosaur bones, telescopic views of the stars and hands-on exhibits.
There will be four planned exhibits a year to engage visitors with visual interpretations of scientific concepts, Poindexter said. Artists also will show how STEM has influenced their work and showcase the similarities between art and science.
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Both institutions hope that exhibit visitors leave with a better understanding of the synergy between art and science. More than half of the 535,000 who visited the center in 2015 were under 17 years old, Tikhonova said.
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Fusion: A STEAM Gallery is included with admission to the Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.