Math and Art

06/08/2022

The N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont., has unveiled its newest teaching tool: A vending machine that dispenses Indigenous stories to reunite kids with their language and culture.

01/25/2021

An exciting event this week: the film of Witches of Agnesi, a musical play about three women mathematicians written by Susan Gerofsky for Bridges Math and Art, will be featured at the US https://www.nationalmathfestival.org/people/witches-of-agnesi/this Wednesday January 27, 10-11:30 AM Pacific Time/ 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time/ 6 -7:30 PM GMT.

The screening will be enhanced by a panel discussion on diversity in mathematics with Drs. Shelly Jones, Nancy Scherich, Moira Chas and the playwright, and there will be time for some discussion.

You can get a free ticket that gives you the link to the event via this Eventbrite link - Performance Series https://tinyurl.com/y8zlu7jh. If teachers want to register their students to attend individually, you can contact [email protected] for assistance.

Hoping you can make it to this free live performance!

The 2021 National Math Festival has moved online!

12/09/2020

Mike Naylor’s multifaceted variations on the theme of the Towers of
Hanoi! Recommended!

Quick, think of something inspiring! What did you think of? A piece of artwork or music? A great story? A beautiful sight from nature? What about... mathemat...

07/23/2019

The Bridges 2019 conference was in Linz this year, (a conference about math and art). The first day ended with a fashion show, following the inaugural event from last year!

09/26/2018

https://www.facebook.com/culturetrip/videos/526818344419904/

11/05/2017

Dance showing the Mathematics behind braid representations. Very cool!

Interpretative dance competition celebrates its 10th year

06/18/2017

https://www.facebook.com/polocriativo/videos/1386420138118004/

04/27/2017

https://www.facebook.com/scifri/videos/10154643456998403/

04/19/2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39506989

Music pioneer Brian Eno discusses his generative music app Reflection.

03/09/2017

http://www.cmuse.org/anna-maria-hefele-does-overtone-singing/
Wow! The pitches that she is able to combine are restricted mathematically because the higher frequency must be an integer multiple of the lower one and it's amazing how easily she moves between the pitch combinations!

Overtone singing is when a vocalist sings two different notes at the same time. It sounds like something a higher­form of intelligence (think Aliens, but witho

02/19/2017

https://www.facebook.com/cnet/videos/10155181393637275/

01/11/2017

http://timewheel.net/image-25-stunning-photographs-of-sacred-geometry-and-fractals-in/

These wonderfully symmetrical plants show the fractal nature of math, physics and the universe. Could this be evidence of sacred geometry? “Look deep into nature, and then you will...View More →