The Center for Chemical Evolution is deeply committed to sharing our science with the world, and helping to inspire people to learn more about chemistry. To help us acheive this goal, we have created a visiting artist program. By having artists help us translate our science into different media, we are able to attract people who might not otherwise have been interested in chemistry and show them that science can be beautiful.

Visiting Artists

Spring 2012 Awardees:

After receiving applications from across the country, the Center for Chemical Evolution has selected Nathan Sharratt, GloATL, and the Encyclopedia show as recipients of our exploratory seed grants.  In addition, we have awarded 2011 Visiting Artists Terri Dilling and Nacho Rodriguez Bach additional funding to continue their projects.  Congratulations to all!  And many thanks to Art & Science Collaborations, Inc (ASCI) for helping connect us with artists!

Spring 2011 Awardees:

Out of Hand Theater collaborates with international theater makers and scientists to advance public understanding of science, and tours their work to reach new audiences in new ways. Since 2001, Out of Hand has developed ten original plays, several of which have been produced many times over. As Artists in Residence for the Center for Chemical Evolution, they worked closely with Center members to produce Group Intelligence: a mass mp3 experience. The flash mob theater event which explored concepts of self assembly premiered in downtown Atlanta in April 2011 and with additional funding from NSF, the production toured to the 2012 Cambridge Science Festival and is scheduled to tour to the 2012 International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven.

Steve Everett is a Professor of Music and teaches composition, computer music, and directs the Music-Audio Research Center at Emory University. Many of his recent compositions involve performers with computer controlled electronics and have been performed in twenty different countries throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Everett worked hand in hand with Center for Chemical Evolution member Martha Grover to transform her molecular modeling data into a musical composition for the Vega String Quartet.  The piece, First Life, premiered at Emory University in March 2012.  Read more.

Based out of Mexico City, Nacho Rodriguez Bach is a philosopher who publishes through art and a composer in search of unorthodox mediums for musical expression. His work is characterized by the diversity of mediums, taking common elements out of context to re-signify them in different levels. He blurs the line between art and other disciplines such as design, entertainment, city making, and scientific speculation. After interviewing a number of Center scientists, Bach pursued an animation project, opening at the Museum of Natural History of Mexico City in May 2012.

Terri Dilling is a painter and printmaker who explores the beauty and complexity of the natural world. She is inspired by scientific investigations into the patterns and structures of nature. Her art is a mix of macro and micro viewpoints, of structured order and random marks that occur during the creative process. Dilling is president of the Atlanta Printmakers Studio, and has utilized various printmaking skills to develop a series of hand-pulled prints based on conversations with Center for Chemical Evolution scientists.  "Connecting the Dots", Terri's current exhibit at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta, presents her new body of prints, paintings, video and installation.

Celeste Miller is a movement theatre artist and an artist educator. She creates multi-disciplinary works that combine dance, spoken word and visual imagery. Chip Epsten is a violinist and composes for film, theater and dance. His work, too, stems from a multidisciplinary approach. Recently, both artists have taken inspiration from science, and collaborated together to create a dance production with original music based off of Center for Chemical Evolution science.