On September 21, 2016, the Institute For Figuring was awarded the annual art and science, AxS Award by the Pasadena Arts Council. Margaret and Christine Wertheim were delighted to accept this honor, which has previously been granted to such luminaries as JPL’s artist-in-residence Dan Goods, land-artist Lita Albequeque, and Lorne Buchman president of Art Center College of Design.