Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences Podcast
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Podcast Description
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences Podcast provides access to past lectures, symposia, and other events hosted by CPNAS. These events explore the nexus of art and science.
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), September 15, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This event featured presentations by Irina Aristarkhova, assistant professor of women's studies and art, Penn State University; Rebecca Kamen, artist and professor of art, Northern Virginia community College; Natalie Settles, artist in residence, Tonsor Lab for Plant Evolutionary Genetics, University of Pittsburgh; adjunct assistant professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University; and Stephen Tonsor, associate professor, Plant Evolutionary Genetics, University of Pittsburgh. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), June 16, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This event featured presentations by Pamela L. Jennings, program director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate Information and INtelligent Systems Division HUman Centered Computing and CreativeIT Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA; Cynthia Pannucci, artist and founder/director, Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI); Michael Sappol, curator-historian, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Elizabeth Warson, assistant professor, Graduate Art Therapy Program, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hildreth Meiere Paints the Great Hall: The Inside Story, April 6, 2011 | Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meieres (1892-1961) first major commission was to create the ceiling decorations for the dome of the Great Hall at the NAS at 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W. (currently undergoing a major restoration project). During her lifetime, Meiere was one of the most respected and prolific muralists in the country. As one of Americas most gifted embellishers of architectural environments, Meiere was a leading practitioner of the art of mosaic. Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meiere, a major exhibition of her work curated by Catherine C. Brawer, is on view at the National Building Museum from March 19 through November 27, 2011. At this April 6, 2011 lecture, Brawer spoke about Meieres work on the Great Hall, the project that launched her career. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), May 19, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This event featured presentations by Harry Abramson, director of art services, Direct Dimensions, Inc. Owings Mills, MD; Michael Chorost, science writer, author of World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet, Washington, D.C.; Randall Packer, multimedia artist, composer, and artistic director, Zakros InterArts, Washington, D.C. with Robin Shannon, actor and certified deaf interpreter; Zeev Rosenzweig, program director and lead of the SCIART program, Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), April 21, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This event featured presentations by Amy Bastian, director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Kennedy Krieger Institute; associate professor, Neurobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; Max Kazemzadeh, assistant professor, Art and Media Technology, Washburn Arts Center, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.; Joanna Marsh, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Jane Milosch, director, Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative, and former curator, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), March 16, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This event featured presentations by Alberto Gaitan, multi-media and technology artist; Jennifer Lindsay, programming coordinator for the Smithsonian Community Reef, on display at the National Museum of Natural History as part of the Institute for Figuring's Hyperbolic Crochet Reef Project; Siddharth Ramakrishnan, postdoctoral research scientist, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York; and Andrew Wingfield, associate professor, New Century College and director of Environmental and Sustainability Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), February 16, 2011 | Cultural Programs is partnering with Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, to present DASER, a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This kick-off event featured presentations by Lee Boot, associate director, Imaging Research Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Thomas Skalak, vice president for research and professor of biomedical engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Carol Christian, scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Gunalan Nadarajan, vice provost, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, facilitated the discussion. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting It Right in an Imperfect World, February 18, 2010 | During this second annual African American History Program lecture, Dr. Wanda M. Austin discussed how living by your values, and working for an employer with values you admire, you can make a huge difference for communities, companies, and citizens. A National Academy of Engineering member, Dr, Austin is president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation. | 10/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Persistent Voices Poetry Reading and Discussion, April 22, 2010 | The lives of countless writers have been cut short by AIDS, a virus discovered in the early 1980s. This April 22, 2010 poetry reading and discussion at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. explored the social history of the epidemic and its impact on culture. The evening began with readings from Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS, a book that encourages us to consider these writers contributions during their abbreviated careers and to contemplate their unrealized potential. Participants included Philip Clark, co-editor of the book; Tina Darragh, a DC poet; E. Ethelbert Miller; a literary activist and director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University; and Bernard Welt, professor of arts and humanities at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. The panel was joined by Michael Sappol, historian at the National Library of Medicine and Raymond Martins, chief medical officer of the Whitman-Walker Clinic. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fry Street Quartet talks to Martha Woods after their October 4, 2009 concert at the NAS | The Fry Street Quartet performed at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Their program featured Beethovens String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4; Bartoks String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor; and Dvoraks String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (American Quartet). Hailed as a triumph of ensemble playing (New York Times), the Fry Street Quartet has perfected a blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity (Strad). Since securing the Millennium Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2000, the Fry Street Quartet has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to Sarajevo and Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with profound understanding, depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness (Deseret Morning News). http://www.frystreetquartet.com/ | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bioartist Eduardo Kac on Visual Culture and Evolution | To help introduce some of the topics that will be discussed during the Visual Culture and Evolution Online Symposium, Kevin Finneran traveled to Chicago to speak with Eduardo Kac, one of the pioneers of bio art. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Photographer Mark Sloan discusses his exhibition, The Rarest of the Rare: Stories behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of | In 2003, Mark Sloan photographed the behind-the-scenes collections of Harvards Natural History Museum. Enlisting the help of curators and department heads, he identified rare scientific specimens with fascinating histories. Harvards natural history collections comprise some 21 million specimens -- animal, vegetable, and mineral -- from every imaginable part of the planet. An exhibition of photographs from this project were on view at the National Academy of Sciences from July 30, 2009 through March 17, 2010. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences interviewed Sloan on Sunday, October 4, 2009. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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200 Years After Darwin and Lincoln: Freedom, Choice, and Human Survival in the Contemporary American Democratic Society, A Lect | Dr. Reed V. Tuckson gives the first annual African American History Program Lecture on 200 Years After Darwin and Lincoln | 3/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America | Clendinen reads passages from his book A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America. | 8/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Ellery Hale: A Visionary for the 21st Century, a Lecture by Thomas Burnett | Thomas Burnett, Mirzayan Fellow, gave this lecture on astrophysicist, internationalist, and NAS member George Ellery Hale on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. JD Talasek, director of Cultural Programs, introduces Thomas Burnett. Intro music Ibiza (Trance Mix) by Delta. | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
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