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Spectrum: Arts

Igniting curiosity and inspiring conversation, Spectrum brings you the latest news and perspectives from across the Exploratorium.

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Writer Mary Roach Reveals How to Read a Cardboard Box

by Mary Roach • May 24, 2017

Box tattoos and bees? Writer Mary Roach spent time with our Welcome to WildCard exhibition team then made some surprising discoveries about cardboard boxes. 

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Get to Know Keith Newstead, Featured Artist in Curious Contraptions at the Exploratorium

by Kevin Boyd • December 2, 2016

Meet Keith Newstead a featured artist in the Curious Contraptions exhibition at the Exploratorium.

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Round the Clock(s)

by Pearl Tesler • September 7, 2016

“What time is it?” Ask this simple question and you’ll get a deliriously un-simple set of answers, courtesy of Timepieces, a new artwork by Katie Paterson on display at the Exploratorium.

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Hear the Music of Bosun's Bass

by Exploratorium Staff • September 30, 2015

Bosun’s Bass by artist Tim Hawkinson is a tide-activated sound work that will be on display in the public space in front of the Exploratorium at at Pier 15.

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Art to Taste: A Cow Meets Salt Story

by Megan Pruiett • September 3, 2015

Human history has been powerfully shaped by sought-for, traded, taxed, hoarded, fought-for, fortune-making salt. How satisfying to think of bovine artists at work, gradually shaping emblems to our shared need for salt.

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Vast Views and Small Stones

by Kirstin Bach • July 21, 2015

Kirstin Bach of the Exploratorium's Center for Art & Inquiry discusses her recent visit to Mono Lake and the Eastern Sierras with Artist-in-Residence Ilana Halperin. 

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Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Played The Waiting Game

by Jackie Clay • June 16, 2015

Exploratorium Artist-In-Residence Nina Katchadourian's participation in the well-known "marshmallow test" study may inform her contemporary art practice.

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Poetry, Plankton, and Play: Juan Felipe Herrera

by Exploratorium Staff • June 15, 2015

When we first met him, Juan Felipe Herrera was the poet laureate of California. The Library of Congress has announced a promotion of sorts: He has been tapped as the next poet laureate of the United States.

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Artist-in-Residence Zarouhie Abdalian on "The Art Assignment"

by Exploratorium Staff • June 11, 2015

PBS Digitial Studios' latest episode of The Art Assignment profiles Oakland-based artist Zarouhie Abdalian, an Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence and one of the most talented young artists in the Bay Area.

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French Musician Colleen to Kick Off U.S. Tour on June 11 at Exploratorium

by Exploratorium Staff • June 3, 2015

French multi-instrumentalist Colleen’s music ranges from mysterious and contemplative to kinetic and playful. Her June 11 performance at the Exploratorium will include songs from her April 2015 album, Caption of None.

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