N.C. PSI Executive Director Adrian Percy<\/a> sees the offerings as a way for the initiative to continue to encourage creativity and interdisciplinarity around solving complex agricultural challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This partnership provides us with an opportunity to add another string to our students\u2019 bow.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany of the problems that our farmers face are very, very complex and are not going to be solved by one single approach. When it comes to tackling such issues, we need individuals with a really broad set of experiences and the ability to look across many different areas \u2014 whether it’s engineering, biology, chemistry or the arts, the humanities or social sciences,\u201d Percy says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis partnership provides us with an opportunity to add another string to our students\u2019 bow, making them more rounded individuals able to think deeply from their scientific and engineering disciplines and creatively from their exposure to the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three NC State graduate students are gaining such exposure through a new artist-in-residence program with Leah Sobsey<\/a>, an artist, curator and associate professor of photography at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the residency, Sobsey is shadowing three selected students from three colleges. Each of the students conducts research related to the plant sciences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gregg Museum Director Sara Segerlin<\/a> says she looks forward to witnessing the bonds that form between the students and Sobsey as they work together on art to be displayed at NC State’s Plant Sciences Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The residency … embodies our community-engaged mission: art and science working hand-in-hand as practical tools to nurture both the land and communities that depend on it.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the Gregg Museum and Arts NC State<\/a>, we see creativity as a vital bridge \u2014 connecting people, ideas and disciplines to reveal deeper truths and transform how we experience the world,\u201d Segerlin says. \u201cThe residency exchange with the N.C. PSI embodies our community-engaged mission: art and science working hand-in-hand as practical tools to nurture both the land and communities that depend on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAbove all, it is the unfolding journey of arts-based inquiry and lived experience that will resonate through the installation \u2014 cultivating a richer, more connected understanding of our shared world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sobsey, who has spent two decades working in partnership with scientists and using plants as both her subject and medium, says she\u2019s excited about the residency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have a multidisciplinary experimental photographic practice that reaches into the fields of nature, science, and design,\u201d Sobsey says. \u201cThis newly formed collaboration with N.C. PSI and researchers Hannah Pil, Mohammadreza Zare and Adarsha Devihalli is an exciting opportunity for me to create new artworks that keep art and science in dialog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plant-focused arts and sciences initiative also includes two exhibits at the Gregg Museum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of the NC State community and the public invited to take part in several related events this fall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Special thanks to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund<\/a> for supporting the Gregg Museum\u2019s Art & Science initiative.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n The intricate beauty and complexity of the natural world come into focus at North Carolina State University this fall in a series of events designed to invite the artistic and scientific exploration of plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The result of an interdisciplinary partnership between the Gregg Museum of Art & Design<\/a> and the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a> (N.C. PSI), the series focuses on the beauty, function and diversity of plants. It includes exhibitions, an artist-in-residence program and public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n N.C. PSI Executive Director Adrian Percy<\/a> sees the offerings as a way for the initiative to continue to encourage creativity and interdisciplinarity around solving complex agricultural challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This partnership provides us with an opportunity to add another string to our students\u2019 bow.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany of the problems that our farmers face are very, very complex and are not going to be solved by one single approach. When it comes to tackling such issues, we need individuals with a really broad set of experiences and the ability to look across many different areas \u2014 whether it's engineering, biology, chemistry or the arts, the humanities or social sciences,\u201d Percy says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis partnership provides us with an opportunity to add another string to our students\u2019 bow, making them more rounded individuals able to think deeply from their scientific and engineering disciplines and creatively from their exposure to the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three NC State graduate students are gaining such exposure through a new artist-in-residence program with Leah Sobsey<\/a>, an artist, curator and associate professor of photography at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the residency, Sobsey is shadowing three selected students from three colleges. Each of the students conducts research related to the plant sciences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gregg Museum Director Sara Segerlin<\/a> says she looks forward to witnessing the bonds that form between the students and Sobsey as they work together on art to be displayed at NC State's Plant Sciences Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The residency ... embodies our community-engaged mission: art and science working hand-in-hand as practical tools to nurture both the land and communities that depend on it.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the Gregg Museum and Arts NC State<\/a>, we see creativity as a vital bridge \u2014 connecting people, ideas and disciplines to reveal deeper truths and transform how we experience the world,\u201d Segerlin says. \u201cThe residency exchange with the N.C. PSI embodies our community-engaged mission: art and science working hand-in-hand as practical tools to nurture both the land and communities that depend on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAbove all, it is the unfolding journey of arts-based inquiry and lived experience that will resonate through the installation \u2014 cultivating a richer, more connected understanding of our shared world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sobsey, who has spent two decades working in partnership with scientists and using plants as both her subject and medium, says she\u2019s excited about the residency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have a multidisciplinary experimental photographic practice that reaches into the fields of nature, science, and design,\u201d Sobsey says. \u201cThis newly formed collaboration with N.C. PSI and researchers Hannah Pil, Mohammadreza Zare and Adarsha Devihalli is an exciting opportunity for me to create new artworks that keep art and science in dialog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plant-focused arts and sciences initiative also includes two exhibits at the Gregg Museum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of the NC State community and the public invited to take part in several related events this fall:<\/p>\n\n\n\nFusing Art With Plant Sciences Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The exhibit\u2019s co-curators are Sobsey, Marsha Gordon<\/a>, NC State professor of film studies; Emily Meineke,<\/a> an NC State Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology alumna who serves as an assistant professor of urban landscape ecology at the University of California, Davis; and Robin Vuchnich<\/a>, NC State College of Design new media artist and lecturer. Jory Weintraub, science engagement director with NC State\u2019s Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs<\/a>, supported the efforts. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nWays to Engage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The exhibit\u2019s co-curators are Sobsey, Marsha Gordon<\/a>, NC State professor of film studies; Emily Meineke,<\/a> an NC State Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology alumna who serves as an assistant professor of urban landscape ecology at the University of California, Davis; and Robin Vuchnich<\/a>, NC State College of Design new media artist and lecturer. Jory Weintraub, science engagement director with NC State\u2019s Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs<\/a>, supported the efforts. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nWays to Engage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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