Exhibition
Brief Encounters
From: 9th March 2018 10:00 am
To: 31st March 2018 4:00 pm
Prof. Turi King (University of Leicester)
Newarke House Museum, The Newarke, Leicester, UKArt/Science Residency exhibition for British Science Week
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The University of Leicester hosts 8 Mini Science/Art Residencies as part of British Science Week. Artists have been invited to spend time with University of Leicester scientists in their environment and to share each other’s practices.
The residencies will culminate in an exhibition of works created by the artists in residence, held during British Science Week and until the end of March (March 10-31st, 2018) in the Newarke House Museum, Leicester.
Artists taking part
- Kate Bajic – jewellery
- Amica Dickson – fine art (right, with Steven Foster)
- Graham Ensor – installation art
- Phil Hackett – illustration
- Kathryn Parsons – mixed media
- Ruth Singer – textiles
- Mita Solanky – visual art
- Lucy Stevens – exploring acoustic ecology
Scientists taking part
- Dr Steven Foster – Department of Genetics and Genome Biology
- Professor Flaviano Giorgini – Department of Genetics and Genome Biology
- John Holt – Space Research Centre
- Dr Jonathan Nichols – Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Dr Kim Page – Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Gayle Price – the University’s very own Scientific Glassblower!
- Dr Nicola Royle – Department of Genetics and Genome Biology
