The 4th International Festival of NanoArt

The 4^th International Festival of NanoArt organized by NanoArt 21 ( http://nanoart21.org ) was hosted last month in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, by the University Babes Bolyai. The show was curated by artist/scientist Cris Orfescu (USA) founder of NanoArt 21 and artist/scientist Mirela Suchea (Romania). The previous editions of the festival were held in Finland, Germany, and Romania. Around 70 artworks authored by artists from 11 countries have been shown in the University Exhibition Hall. The artworks were donated to Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, who hosted the 3^rd edition of the festival. The exhibition is designed to be a travel show to spread around the country and eventual Europe this new art discipline. The next show is tentatively scheduled to be held in Bucharest, Romania, next July, and will include more artworks that will be added to the portfolio.

Event photos by Mirela Suchea.

NanoArt at the Art-Science Exhibition in Los Angeles - enTANGLEment

During the month of September 2016 in Venice, California, Trunk Gallery hosted the Art-Science show enTANGLEment featuring works by Ann Erpino, Amy Helene, Randi Hokett, and NanoArt by Cris Orfescu. The exhibition curators were Bob Nidever of UCLA and gallery director Ann Perich. The early opening during the Mar Vista Art Walk draw a large audience and raised interest in Art-Science intersections.

Featured artists/scientists:

• Ann Erpino - artist - http://www.annerpino.com/
• Amy Helene - scientist - http://www.artamyhelene.com/ 
• Randi Hokett - artist -http://randihokettfineart.com/home.html
• Cris Orfescu - scientist - http://crisorfescu.com/

Host:
Artist & Scientist Meetups http://www.meetup.com/ArtInScience

Promotional sponsors:
ArtScience Nexus | Signal to Noise Magazine | Hamed Mirzaei Foundation | Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.

Image courtesy: Brian Bender, PhD

More Images from STEAM3 Conference at the University of Texas in Austin

Here are some more images from the NanoArt installation and demo stage at STEAM³. Open to the general public, the event provided an interactive stage for the exploration of the fast emerging technologies that could improve the education process in the nearest future and featured a two-day conference with speakers and panels, workshops, demonstrations, installations, and entertainment.

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NanoArt at STEAM3 at the University of Texas

The first Steam³ Science (Science + Tech + Engineering + Arts + Math "cubed") was a unique public event held on March 1st and 2nd, 2014 at the University of Texas, JJ Pickle Research Campus. The event presented a comprehensive look into the future of experiential learning providing an interactive stage for the exploration and demonstration of the fast emerging approaches, formats, technologies, and learning models that will redefine education over the next decade.

Beside and art exhibit and a scanning electron microscopy demo, thanks to the generosity of Hitachi, Cris Orfescu presented a paper on NanoArt as one of the most effective tools to introduce Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to students and general public. The paper presented the first uses of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies to create art, the beginnings of NanoArt, and the actual status on this new artistic-scientific discipline and movement that evolved from recent technological developments in the multidisciplinary area known as nanotechnology. It also informed the audience about the international juried NanoArt competitions, festivals, and exhibitions. Thoughts of select nanoartists and art people in the regard to NanoArt were also presented.

NanoArt 2011 INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMPETITION

FREE Entries - Open to All Artists and Scientists - Seed Images of 3 Nanostructures are Provided for Further Artistic Creation

Submission deadline March 31, 2011

NanoArt is a new art discipline at the art-science-technology intersections. To read more about NanoArt and Nanotechnology please visit the entire nanoart21.org website. The 5th anniversary edition of the worldwide competition NanoArt 2011 is open to all artists 18 years and older. The online exhibition will open for public in April, 2011.

Jurors: Dr. Anatoli Korkin (PhD in Physics from Moscow Lomonosov State University) is Associate Research Professor at Arizona State University and President of Nano & Giga Solutions, a company that provides research and software development in the area of computational chemistry and materials design for nanotechnology applications and consulting and project management in nanotechnology education, science, and innovation; Hugh McGrory is an Irish filmmaker/photographer and a NanoArt pioneer who has built a strong reputation for innovation through experimentation. He was filmmaker in residence at the Toomre Lab’s CINEMA microscopy department, Yale University School of Medicine for summer 2007, researching, collecting and creating moving images of the living cell and exploring the wider area of scientific imaging. He is now the Creative Director of Culture Shock Marketing in New York City.

Winners will be notified and published online on May 31, 2011. The competition will be promoted on different venues online, nanoart21.org contacts, word-of-mouth. The artists could also promote the competition on their websites and other venues.

For the 5th anniversary edition of this competition, nanoart21.org founded by artist and scientist Cris Orfescu (www.crisorfescu.com) will provide 3 high resolution monochromatic electron scans of nanosculptures created by Orfescu. The participating artists will have to alter the provided image(s) in any artistic way to finish the artistic-scientific process and create NanoArt work(s). The artists and scientists are strongly encouraged to participate with their own images as long as these visualize micro or nano structures.

For more information, visit NanoArt 2011 competition site.