The Center for Humanities and History of Modern Biology will host the second Science Meets Art Festival, a biennial event celebrating the unique & successful Celia & Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program. The program was founded and supported by Nobel Laureate and artist Walter Gilbert and his wife Celia Gilbert, a poet.
Festival Program:
2:00pm – 3:00pm Art Exhibition: Includes work from Gilbert Artist-in-Residence recipients, CSHL staff and invited artists. Artwork will be a mix of mediums from visual & multidisciplinary artists and photography. Silent Auction open for bids.
3:00pm -5:00pm Art Symposium:
- Welcome – Wally Gilbert, Nobel Prize Laureate
- Special Lecture by April Gornik, Internationally-Acclaimed Landscape Painter
- Introduction: Carter Burwell, American Film Composer
- Coffee break & Silent Auction
Talks by Gilbert Artists-in-Residence
• Rebecca Kamen, Visual Artist
• Christine Lorenz, Macro Photographer
• Liza Duncan, Writer& Poet- Poetry Reading
• Nicholas Edwards, Composer – Musical piece performed by Peter Westcott
• Annabel Romero Hernandez, Book Artist
2:00pm-4:00pm Silent Auction: Bid on a curated collection of original artwork and support this successful program!
Reception to follow – light refreshments will be served.
Registration required; reserve your spot here:
For more questions, contact Tricia Loria at [email protected].