The ArtScienceMatchup site is about connecting artists, scientists, and educators to help create exciting new STEM + arts (STEAM) projects.  Our goal is to develop a knowledgebase and a place for practitioners to find resources and collaborators. ArtScienceMatchup is a project of the Art of Science Learning, supported by the National Science Foundation.  We’ll be opening the site to contributors, so please let us know if you’re interested in posting...

Carla Farsi is a mathematician AND artist, and her career seems to be a constant dialogue and dialectic between the two, rather than a simple collaboration.  She points out the deep similarities between art and mathematics from the point of view of the practitioner: “Something that is logical, that makes a mathematical theorem, also makes some kind of a visual statement about structure and composition. It’s almost like a piece of art, it has its own...

References to the work of Kenneth Laws on the physics of dance. “Physics and dance represent remarkably complementary approaches to human body movement – the scientific approach of classical mechanics, and the aesthetic approach of the popular art form of dance.” “Physics of Dance” presentations and classes are given by Kenneth Laws, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Dickinson College and adjunct teacher at the Central Pennsylvania...

From Oracle’s ThinkQuest project (“Projects by Students For Students)  comes a site with a series of lessons linking math and music. “Math and music have always been considered closely connected in many ways. It is widely believed that students who do well in music also excel in math. Some research shows that starting music lessons at a young age enhances math ability . One theory is that music strengthens the neural chords that transmit...

Too Cool for School was an “art and science fair” in 2010 showcasing arts-science projects in a “science fair” context. Although the projects themselves were by adults, the event suggests an interesting possibility.  Organizing an arts/science fair for kids might be a great way to break down the barriers between the arts and sciences, between the artsy types and science geeks, at the middle / high school...

Hive Learning Network NYC is an amazing network of organizations brought together by Mozilla and The MacArthur Foundation to explore collaborations leveraging art, technology, and culture to support innovation in education. “Hive NYC is comprised of thirty-nine non-profit organizations—museums, libraries, media and other youth-facing organizations—that create opportunities for youth to explore their intellectual and skill-based interests using digital...

Another math / music resource: Math and Music: Harmonious Connections by Trudi Hammel Garland “explores the music of various cultures and the sounds heard in nature while highlighting the mathematical concepts, such as proportion, patterns, Fibonacci numbers, geometric transformations, and trigonometry, found in music.”