The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center will soon unveil the Art of Science Learning exhibition, which tackles water challenges in San Diego.
For three years, The Art of Science Learning group conducted a remarkable experiment to discover what happens when art is used as a catalyst to spark innovation in science, technology, engineering and math. Art of Science Learning Incubator teams were created to address a challenge specific to their community.
The San Diego Incubator’s innovation challenge was water — a critical issue for the region. The Incubator team was composed of more than 100 Art of Science Learning Fellows, a group of scientists, educators, researchers, artists, engineers, museum professionals, business leaders, policymakers and early-career STEM professionals drawn from all over the bi-national San Diego region.
The exhibit is designed as a call to action, to seek solutions to tackle challenges, local and global. The reason for using the arts in the innovation process is its unique ability to bring people together to collaborate and create. Art opens up our imaginations, nurtures creativity and taps into multiple ways of sensing, feeling, thinking and learning.
The Art of Science Learning exhibition will be open from Jan. 23 to May 3, 2016
For more information, visit www.rhfleet.org/exhibitions/art-science-learning.