HASKINS LABORATORIES 300 George Street, 9th Floor,
New Haven
CURRENT EXHIBITION Through January 28, 2011
Artists and Scientists Collaborate with Mind Sets
at Haskins Laboratories
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with
Haskins Laboratories, presents Mind Sets at Haskins
Laboratories, 300 George St., 9th floor, New Haven. This exhibition
will be on display now through January 28, 2011. Regular viewing
hours are Wednesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. An
artists’ and scientists’ reception is scheduled
for Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 7 pm, with a panel discussion
at 5 pm. The public is invited to attend.
At the opening panel discussion on November 4, artist Carol
Padberg and scientist Philip Ruben discuss their intellectual
process.
Musicians Matt Sargent and Bill Solomon created an audio piece
as part of the exhibit. Click
here to hear their work and read an article about
Matt and Bill's collaborative experience taking part in the
Mind Sets project.
Curated by Cat Balco and Debbie Hesse
with Curatorial Assistant Steven Olsen, Mind Sets
explores the potential of collaboration between artists and
scientists. New initiatives and ideas result from conversations
between artists and scientists, offering new ways of approaching
concepts through interdisciplinary communication.
Featured artists include Fritz Horstman, Zachary Keeting,
Lucy Kim, Eva Lee, Martha Lewis, Laura Marsh, Kim Mikenis,
Carol Padberg, Dushko Petrovich, Cuyler Remick, Matt Sargent,
Bill Solomon, Susan Classen-Sullivan and Paul Theriault. Students
of Natacha Poggio, a multidisciplinary designer on faculty
at Hartford Art School and Director of the Design Global Change
initiative, have collaboratively produced a catalogue and
graphic images for the exhibit.
Haskins Laboratories is an independent, international, multidisciplinary
community of researchers conducting basic research on spoken
and written language. Exchanging ideas, fostering collaborations,
and forging partnerships across the sciences, it produces
groundbreaking research that enhances our understanding of
-- and reveals ways to improve or remediate -- speech perception
and production, reading and reading disabilities, and human
communication.
For more information about Mind Sets and Haskins Laboratories,
please call the Arts Council at (203) 772-2788.
Exhibitions are presented by the Arts Council, in collaboration
with Haskins Laboratories, an independent, international,
multidisciplinary community of researchers conducting basic
research on spoken and written language. Exchanging ideas,
fostering collaborations and forging partnerships across the
sciences, Haskins Laboratories produces groundbreaking research
that enhances our understanding of — and reveals ways
to improve or remediate — speech perception and production,
reading and reading disabilities, and human communication.
If you would like to be considered for an exhibition at Haskins
Laboratories, please send images, résumé and
bio to: Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St.,
New Haven, CT 06510. For more information, call Debbie Hesse
at 203-772-2788 or send e-mail to dhesse@newhavenarts.org.
