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Science Meets Art Festival 2026

Flyer for a Science Meets Art Festival with event details, dates, and registration info on a yellow background.

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].