VIRTUAL EVENT, register HERE.Art and Science are often considered polar opposites. Yet both require curiosity, inspiration, and careful observation to create, learn, and move our understanding forward. As a biologist, illustrator, and science educator, Dr. Jennifer Landin will share her approach to teaching biological illustration as an example of how knowledge, observation, and drawing impact each other.Dr. Jennifer Landin is an associate professor in NCSU’s Department of Biological Sciences. Her course in biological illustration is a favorite among science and art students alike,…

VIRTUAL EVENTIn what ways do our experiences and understanding shape how we see? We’ll invite expert “observers” in the sciences, arts, and the humanities to join us for a series of virtual conversations around individual artworks in the Weatherspoon’s collection.February 19: Frances Bottenberg, lecturer, Department of Philosophy and co-director, the Liberal Arts Advantage; and Adam Rosenfeld, lecturer, Department of Philosophy.Zoom registration HERE.More info: https://weatherspoonart.org/event-feb-19-mar-19-apr-16-how-do-i-look/

Virtual Event, register HERE.Images and objects, stories and geography, bodies and landscapes: artist Xaviera Simmons binds these multiple themes together in artworks that explore the complexity of history. Whether creating photographs, performances, sculptures, texts, or paintings, her work is anchored in archival research. Of specific interest to the artist are those documents and artifacts that shed light on the lesser-known stories and experiences of Indigenous and Black Americans. Honoring the layers and nuances of those narratives, Simmons never relays them in linear fashion.…

VIRTUAL EVENTIn what ways do our experiences and understanding shape how we see? We’ll invite expert “observers” in the sciences, arts, and the humanities to join us for a series of virtual conversations around individual artworks in the Weatherspoon’s collection.March 19: Rachel Briley, associate professor, Department of Theatre, and artistic director NC Theatre for Young People; Natacha Nikokeza, senior program coordinator, Center for New North Carolinians; and Kathy Williams, professor, Department of Kinesiology. Zoom registration HERE.More info: https://weatherspoonart.org/event-feb-19-mar-19-apr-16-how-do-i-look/

VIRTUAL EVENTAnn Hamilton is a visual artist known for her site-responsive and large scale installations, public projects, and performance collaborations. Her ephemeral artworks are based in a career-long interest in felt experience as the basis for recognition and knowledge, as well as in the relationships between written language and tactile experience.Hamilton has received the National Medal of Arts, MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, NEA Visual Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, the Heinz Award, and was selected to represent the…