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Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States

Opening Reception for Art's Work/Genetic Futures, a multi-site art-science exhibit and symposium led by the NC State University libraries and the GES Center, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, with additional exhibits in the physical and digital display spaces of the libraries.

Free

Symposium – Art’s Work the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures

Erdahl-Cloyd 2304 Auditorium, D.H. Hill Library 2 W Broughton Dr, Raleigh, NC, United States

The GES Center, NC State University Libraries, and Gregg Museum of Art & Design will host a symposium to discuss the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology exhibition. The symposium will bring together artists, humanists, and social/natural scientists, using the exhibition as a departure point for conversations about the future of biotechnology and genetics.

Free

Artist Talk: Suzanne Anker (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States

A Bio Art pioneer, visual artist, and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences, Anker talks about her work as it relates to Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology, setting the stage for author Margaret Atwood’s keynote talk on the novel Oryx & Crake at NC State Talley Student Union the following evening

Free

An Evening with Margaret Atwood

Talley Student Union 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC, United States

November 15, 2019 - An Evening with Margaret Atwood. A CHASS Lightning Rod Event: Literature to Explore Our Genetic Engineering Futures. More information at go.ncsu.edu/atwood

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Emilia Tikka – EUDAIMONIA (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

Artist Emilia Tikka will talk about her interdisciplinary practice combining storytelling methods, feminist technoscience and speculative design, following with an introduction to her work Eudaimonia.

Darrell Stover – Science Poetry: Case of the Two Rita’s | GES Colloquium

Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States

What is science poetry and how is it that we can have two women named Rita successful in two seemingly separate fields, literature and microbiology, providing inspiration for science communication? The poem, "The Two Rita's," examines the time parallels of the contributions of Rita Dove and Rita Colwell.

Short Lectures on the Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Exhibition

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, United States

In conjunction with "Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology," lectures will be presented by select NC State faculty and staff: Jennifer Baltzegar, Todd Kuiken, and Fred Gould of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center; Darrell Stover from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and Molly Renda from NC State University Libraries.

Free