Art and Science United!

Saturday May 8, 12pm – 4pm

Harbourfront Centre
235 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto

What is an Art & Science Fair?

The event was structured like a typical science fair, with forty projects and their creators assembled for one day to share their work and ideas with an audience and to compete for awards. The difference was that these projects were a mix of both art and science.

The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair is a part of Fresh Ground new works, Harbourfront Centre’s national commissioning programme. The fair was a great success, a buzzing cacophonous afternoon of information sharing across disciplinary boundaries.

The Projects

Forty unique projects combining art and science were displayed by Abigale Miller, Alexander Moyle, Allison Rowe, Ariana Andrei and Reagan Brown, Arthur Konok, Brian White, Bridget Moser, Chris Bennett, Doug Jarvis, Elissa Ross and Patrick Ingram, Emily Comeau, Emily Cook, Erika James, Erika Lincoln, Gareth Lichty, Gene Mastrangeli, Heather Carey, Students and teacher of The Student School, Iris Hea-Won Cho, Jesse Robertson, Ken Leung, Laura Paolini, Lauren Hall and Ed Barsalou, Libby Hague, Linda Fitz, Lisa Smolkin, Mari Tsylke, Martin Reis, Michael Enzbrunner and Allison McCall, Miki Rubin, Niki D’Amore and Emilie Dionne, Patrick Beh, Reynaldo Padua, Ryan Thorne, Sarah Peebles, Susan Bustos, Tagny Duff, and Willy Le Maitre.

Check out the Projects page to learn more.

Judges and Winners

Each and every project was brilliant in its own way, so judges Sean Gryb, Hooley McLaughlin and Crystal Mowry had a difficult time choosing their three favourite displays. The winners were Elissa Ross & Patrick Ingram, Willy Le Maitre and Lisa Smolkin. They each received a prize bag containing a free membership to the Ontario Science Centre, a free pass to the Subtle Technologies Festival, a gift certificate from Above Ground Art Supplies and a gift certificate from Active Surplus. Congratulations, winners!

What Kind of Person am I?
by Lisa Smolkin

Photos

Photos from the Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair are now available on Flickr.

If you have images from the fair that you’d like to share, please post them to the Too Cool for School Art and Science Fair Flickr group.

But wait, there’s more!

We are now moving into phase two of the project. Sally McKay and Patrick Macaulay are curating a selection of participants from the Art and Science Fair to develop their projects for a November exhibition about art and science. The exhibition will be held in the large gallery space at Harbourfront Centre’s York Quay galleries. Stay tuned for details.

Fresh Ground new works

The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair and Exhibition are a part of Fresh Ground new works, Harbourfront Centre’s national commissioning programme.

Science Rendevous

The fair was part of  Harbourfront Centre’s all day program of events, displays, and activities for the city wide Science Rendezvous.

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