2021 Spring –  Art and Science Workshops ALL FOUR SESSIONS (incl.recording)

UA Desert Lab

Join us for all four sessions of the Spring 2021 Art and Science Workshops: Seeing Math in Nature

Join us at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill as we celebrate the science and art of our favorite desert season: monsoon summer. In the sultry days of midsummer, anticipation builds . . . The winds carry the scent of damp earth. Prickly pear cactus fruit begins to turn from tourmaline pink to ripe, delicious ruby-red. Mesquites droop like weeping willows, their limbs weighted down with drying, ripe bean pods. Desert farmers begin to prepare their fields and plant seeds—relatives of wild beans, squash, corn, spinach, and chiles. They know that the searing heat and ripe saguaro fruits of June will tell you what the plants and animals also know: The rains are coming, it’s time to prepare. July is Jukiabig Mashath, Moon of the Rains in the Tohono O’odham calendar.Our teams of scientists and artists will be your guides as we explore the science and art of Sound, Sight, Smell and Taste of the monsoon summer.Each sense-oriented online workshop is two hours long, on a Saturday morning from 10 am until noon (Arizona time), with a 50-minute science talk, an hour of art instruction and sharing, and a 10-minute Q&A. Two of the sessions—Sight and Taste—will include optional field trips on a separate day (additional paid ticket required).$45 each or $170 for all four—including access to all recordings for six months. Optional field trips are priced per session ($45–$55).[We record the sessions, so you can sign up for all four, even after several have passed and get access to everything, anytime, online!]7.10 Fibonacci and Agaves — Explore how the Fibonacci Sequence and its number ratios express in everything from DNA to the farthest galaxies by drawing plants and their growth patterns. 7.14	 Fractals and Forests — We look at fractal mathematical formulas applied to trees and used to calculate carbon impact of whole forests—and we’ll draw trees using Mandelbrot formulas.7.24 Fluid Dynamics and River Meanders — Forms such as river meanders and snake locomotion can be predicted mathematically. We’ll delve into this by drawing the re-emerging Santa Cruz River.8.14	 Tessellations and Jaguar Spots — Learn about the mathematics of pattern-forming in nature, such as jaguar spots and honeycombs, which we’ll study by sketching._____________________________________________________________________________________Refund requests will be accepted up to three days prior to the workshop.Student discounts (50%) are available; please email Roseann Hanson with details of your school enrollment. [roseannhanson at arizona dot edu]For more information about the University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.tumamoc.arizona.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.tumamoc.arizona.edu</a>

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