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The
Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human
perception, with a mission to create a culture of learning
through innovative environments, programs, and tools
that help people nurture their curiosity about the world
around them. We invite visitors, artists, scientists,
educators, and exhibit developers to explore the natural
world in new ways. From its beginning, the museum has
used the observations made by scientists and artists
as a means of expanding visitors' understanding
of nature, culture, and natural phenomena. In the words
of Exploratorium founder Dr. Frank Oppenheimer:
"Art
is included, not just to make things pretty, although
it often does so, but primarily because artists make
different kinds of discoveries about nature than do
physicists or geologists. They also rely on a different
basis for decision-making while creating their exhibits.
But both artists and scientists help us notice and
appreciate things in nature that we had learned to
ignore or had never been taught to see. Both art and
science are needed to fully understand nature and
its effects on people. The art in the Exploratorium
is therefore blended with the science as part of the
overall pedagogy."
To develop new insights and understandings by incorporating
the artistic process with other investigative processes.
To enhance the role of the museum as a center of cultural
investigation.
To initiate internal and public discourse about the
relationships among art, science, human activities,
and topics related to multidisciplinary and multicultural
activities.
To elucidate, by example, the role that artists can
play in modern society.
We
are looking for artists to create artworks, installations,
films, and performances that can augment large-scale
thematically-based exhibitions.
These projects can be residencies, workshops, commissions,
or rentals. We also feature artists in a variety of
other capacities. All of these opportunities come
with stipends. As our programming changes and new
opportunities are created, we will continue to update
these pages.
Artists
should be interested in dialogue and interaction,
and view art as a key to understanding and communicating
their excitement about the world. We have featured
many artists from a variety of disciplines; however,
installation artists, exhibit artists, filmmakers,
media artists, performers, and sound artists make
up the majority of our roster.
We
are housed in a large warehouse-like building with
few white walls, a small, 130-seat theater, and a
flexible exhibition floor. The museum floor features
hundreds of interactive exhibits that explore seeing,
sound and hearing, the physical world, mind and learning,
and the life sciences. The atmosphere on the floor
is generally noisy, although we have built special
spaces for artworks that require control over light
and sound. We have a fully equipped machine shop and
woodworking shop as well as media and electronic labs.
Graphic production facilities are also available.
quality of concept
quality of past work
ability to communicate
willingness to collaborate and to share new ideas
relevance of project content to other current projects
or investigations at the museum
expressed staff interest in the project and artist
Fill
out the application form
and send to
Pamela Winfrey
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Questions
about opportunities for artists should be directed
to Pamela Winfrey (415) 561-0309 (pamw@exploratorium.edu),
or Maggie Taylor (415) 674-2830 (maggiet@exploratorium.edu).
For
general information about the Exploratorium, go to
www.exploratorium.edu.
If
you are interested in reviewing past
art projects, click here.
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Opportunities for artists 
