Bridges Conference 2002
Reza Sarhangi, Director
BRIDGES TOUR TO ART-MATH SITES
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON, DC
Carol Bier, Coordinator
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
8:00AM
8:30/9:00AM
8:30/9:00AM
9:30AM
10:30AM
12:30PM
12:45/1:15PM
12:45/1:15PM
Bus departs Glen Towers (Cross Campus Drive between York Road and Osler Drive)
ART AND MATH IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN with Linda and Peter Andre
Endless Ribbon, 1935, Max Bill (1908-1994)
Construction 140, 1971, Jose de Rivera (1904-1985)
ETHNOMATHEMATICS IN AFRICAN ART with Prof. Lawrence Shirley
Bus departs Baltimore Museum of Art for Washington, DC
Arrival at National Mall
Morning on the Mall – two hours on your own, your choice:
National Air and Space Museum – Explore mathematics and physics in aerodynamics
National Museum of Natural History – Observe three-dimensional symmetries
Hall of Gems and Minerals, 2nd floor
National Gallery of Art – Delight in mathematical principles in painting and sculpture
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery – Discover differences in the uses of
asymmetry, symmetry and symmetry-breaking in Islamic, Chinese, and Japanese art
National Museum of African Art – Reinforce your understanding of ethnomathematics
National Museum of American History – Watch the forces of time/space at work
Arts & Industries – Observe the effects of math and physics in the industrial age
Holocaust Memorial Museum – Consider the symmetry and asymmetry of war
N.B. 10:30AM – 12:30PM, our bus will proceed along a pre-determined route to view
art-math related architecture and sculpture, passing by the Obelisk (Washington
Monument), Smithsonian Institution museums, and the Tidal Basin/Jefferson Memorial;
we can drop off and pick up passengers at several pre-determined points: 1) National
Gallery of Art/East Wing; 2) Sculpture Garden; 3) National Museum of Natural History;
4) Freer/Sackler Galleries (Asian Art); 5) National Air and Space Museum.
Bus departs National Gallery of Art-East Building
Persian Lunch Buffet (included in tour package) at Caravan Grill, 1825 18th Street, NW
4:00PM
Math Association of America (Headquarters), 1529 18th Street, NW
Pentagonal Tiling discovered by Marjorie Rice, adapted by Doris Schattschneider
Umbilic Torus NC, Helaman Ferguson
Bus departs from Caravan Grill/MAA Headquarters to National Gallery of Art
VERMEER AND THE CAMERA OBSCURA IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Lecture/demonstration with Dr. Arthur Wheelock
National Gallery of Art, West Building Lecture Hall
Bus departs from National Gallery of Art/East Building via Capitol
5:00PM
Tour of barn/studio and garden of Helaman Ferguson, Bowie, MD
7:00PM
7:30PM
Bus departs from Helaman’s studio for Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
Arrival at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
Dinner choices (not included in tour package): Joy America Café at the American Visionary Arts
Museum or Harbor Place venues: Choose among the many harborside eateries and restaurants
in the Light Street and Pratt Street pavilions (see list provided)
Bus departs from behind Maryland Science Center along Key Highway
Arrival at Glen Towers, Towson University
2:00PM
3:00PM
9:00PM
9:30PM
Organized by Carol Bier with collaborative support from Florence Fasanelli, Ivars Peterson, Diane Proctor, Amy Thierer