Music, poetry, art exhibitions and a quilting display will be offered in June as part of a yearlong University of Colorado at Boulder project exploring the relationship between art and mathematics.
All of the CU Special Year in Art and Mathematics events and exhibitions in Boulder and Denver are free and open to the public.
A presentation of "Phragmentia" featuring music, poetry and visual art and exploring the relationship between mathematics and art will be on Wednesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. in the Boulder Public Library Auditorium. Performers include poet and yodeler Jack Collom of Naropa University, musician Art Lande and visual artist and musician Ken Bernstein.
Beginning June 3, 19 quilters will display their work at the Boulder Public Library in the show "Fabrics, Form and Formula: The Marriage of Quilting and Mathematics." The show will kick off with a 2 p.m. lecture by CU-Boulder visiting mathematics Professor Judy Holdner of Kenyon College in Ohio on "A Glimpse of Mathematical Quilting," followed by a reception until 4 p.m. The show will run through June 17.
On Saturday, June 4, composer and computer musician Andrew May will present a concert, "Mathematics Made Music," at 4 p.m. in the Boulder Public Library Auditorium. The concert will showcase international artists who use computers to create new kinds of music and video art.
The library is located at 1000 Canyon Blvd. in Boulder.
More than two dozen special events and art exhibits have been held throughout the year as part of the Special Year in Art and Mathematics spearheaded by CU-Boulder mathematics Professor Carla Farsi. Many campus departments and outside organizations are participating including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Boulder Public Library, Studio Aiello and Naropa University.
The project is aimed at illustrating that math is not just about formulas and logic, but also about structure, symmetry, shape and beauty, Farsi said. Conversely, each event will show that art is not only about emotion, color and aesthetic ideals, but also rhythm, timing, patterns and problem solving.
Several free art exhibitions connected to the Special Year in Art and Mathematics also will be on view starting in early June.
"Intersection," a juried exhibition, will be on display at Studio Aiello at 3563 Walnut St. in Denver from June 2 through June 17. The exhibit then travels to the University Memorial Center Art Gallery on the CU-Boulder campus where it will be displayed from June 27 through Aug. 5.
The show will feature artwork in a variety of mediums inspired by mathematical formulas that also use math in their creation. For example, one artist composed an opera based on prime numbers that changes in sound and visual images each time it is played.
A CU-Boulder student art show featuring digital art and paintings, "Celestial Ecstasy: Between Space," opens June 2 with a 7 p.m. reception at the Core New Art Space Gallery at 900 Santa Fe Drive in Denver and will run through June 19. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays and noon to 10 p.m. on Fridays.
Also at the Core New Art Space Gallery, Farsi will present her installation on the relationship between language and mathematical images, "In the Beginning There Was Logos," from June 23 to July 9.
Starting June 4 and running through Aug. 12, the Lincoln Gallery at Naropa University will present "WomenMenArtMath." The opening reception will be on Saturday, June 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 2130 Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder. The public is welcome and there is no cost to attend.
The show will feature works by 11 artists from Boulder, Denver, Santa Fe and Connecticut. The overarching theme of the show is the various ways in which these artists explore mathematics through their work.
Exhibitors will include Naropa University Visual Arts Chair Sue Hammond West and visual arts staff member Jeff Bolter, CU-Boulder art and art history professor and department chair Jim Johnson, University of Northern Colorado faculty member Anna Ursyn, Eileen Braziel, Jane Dalrymple Hollo, Richard Kallweit, Alina Lobert, Jalaliyyih Quinn, Sue Simon and Ben Woodard. For information on the Naropa exhibit call (303) 245-4637.
For more information on the CU Special Year in Art and Mathematics visit the Web site at .