An Astro-Animation Class: Optimizing Artistic, Educational and Outreach Outcomes
| dc.contributor.author | Arcadias, Laurence | |
| dc.contributor.author | Corbet, Robin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T14:35:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T14:35:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-01-18 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The authors investigate how teaching art and astronomy together has the potential to inspire new art forms, enhance scientific public outreach, and promote art and science education. The authors teach an astro-animation class at the Maryland Institute College of Art in partnership with NASA scientists. The animations explore science in creative ways. Astrophysicists, educators, students, and the general public were surveyed to evaluate the experiences, and benefits from this project. The responses were very positive - the program is an effective way to stimulate art students to learn science, share an artist’s viewpoint beyond the classroom, and engage with the public. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We thank the many student animators at MICA and scientists at NASA GSFC, JHU APL, and elsewhere who created the animations that are at the core of this program. We also received support and help from many others at MICA and NASA GSFC. We thank Jay Friedlander for extensive participation in the project. We thank Rong Chen for statistical analyses, KC Corbett for graphics production, Declan McKenna and Vy Phan for transcribing interviews, Brigitte Pocta for editing assistance, and Kathleen Ward for assistance with administering questionnaires and conducting interviews, and MICA’s Office of Research. We thank the Fermi team for their support of this project since its earliest stages, and the Fermi Cake Committee for their sweet contributions. Paola Cabal, Kathryn Schaffer and their class are thanked for their hospitality at SAIC. This research was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, number 17-980145 and NASA (80GSFC17M0002). | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06980 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.genre | preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2v1qo-x3ne | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/24118 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.title | An Astro-Animation Class: Optimizing Artistic, Educational and Outreach Outcomes | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-651X | en_US |