{"id":2841,"date":"2020-01-17T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2020-01-27T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T01:40:03","slug":"university-of-houston-guest-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/events\/university-of-houston-guest-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Houston – Visiting Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IFF director Margaret Wertheim will be visiting the University of Houston<\/strong> as a guest artist and lecturer in the School of Art. On Thursday January 30, 6:30 pm, Wertheim will present a public lecture about the Crochet Coral Reef<\/em> project and its intersection of art, science, mathematics, environmentalism and community engagement. Ms Wertheim will also conduct a workshop for students and faculty about hyperbolic space in which participants explore this enigmatic geometry and its relationship to nature by making paper models.<\/p>\n

Events hosted by the University of Houston’s Katherine G. McGovern College of Arts, School of Art, organized by Professor Anna Mayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Events Place & Time:
\n<\/strong>January 30, 2020.\u00a0Dudley Recital Hall – Fine Arts 132.
\n5:30pm Reception<\/strong>, 6:30pm Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Houston<\/strong> events webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Students construct a paper model of hyperbolic space in Margaret Wertheim’s “Making Space” class at the Hayward Gallery’s “Wide Open School” (2014).<\/p><\/div>\n

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Margaret Wertheim lecture @ University of Houston, School of Art, 01\/30\/2020.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Pod World – Hyperbolic,” by Christine and Margaret Wertheim at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Photo courtesy the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale “May You Live in Interesting Times” by Francesco Galli.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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