The Bridges Organization

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The Bridges Organization
Formation1998
FounderReza Sarhangi [1]
Headquarters Kansas
Location
President
 George W. Hart [1]
Website bridgesmathart.org

The Bridges Organization is an organization that was founded in Kansas, United States, in 1998 with the goal of promoting interdisciplinary work in mathematics and art. [2] [3] The Bridges Conference is an annual conference on connections between art and mathematics. [4] [5] [6] The conference features papers, educational workshops, an art exhibition, a mathematical poetry reading, and a short movie festival. [7]

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List of Bridges conferences

YearPlace
1998 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [8]
1999Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [9]
2000Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [10]
2001Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [11]
2002 Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States [12]
2003 University of Granada, Granada, Spain [13]
2004Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [14]
2005 Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada [15]
2006 University of London, London, England [16]
2007 University of the Basque Country, Spain [17]
2008 Stenden University, Netherlands [18]
2009Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada [19]
2010 Pécs, Hungary [20]
2011 University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal [21]
2012Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States [22]
2013 Enschede, Netherlands [23]
2014 Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea [24]
2015 University of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States [25]
2016 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland [26]
2017 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada [27]
2018 National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden [28]
2019 Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria [29]
2020Virtual Conference [30]
2021Virtual Conference [31]
2022Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland [32]
2023Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [33]

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Bridges". The Bridges Organization. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bridging the Gap Between Math and Art". Scientific American. August 23, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Bridges Organization: art and mathematics". The Bridges Organization. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Metropolitan New York Section of The Mathematical Association of America March 2010" (PDF). Mathematical Association of America. March 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ "What Happens When You Combine Art and Math?". Science. March 25, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Bellos, Alex (July 30, 2015). "Bridges 2015: a meeting of maths and art – in pictures". The Guardian .
  7. ↑ "About Bridges". mosaicmathart.org. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bridges 1998".
  9. ↑ "Bridges 1999".
  10. ↑ "Bridges 2000".
  11. ↑ "Bridges 2001".
  12. ↑ "Bridges 2002".
  13. ↑ "Bridges 2003".
  14. ↑ "Bridges 2004".
  15. ↑ "Bridges 2005".
  16. ↑ "Bridges 2006".
  17. ↑ "Bridges 2007".
  18. ↑ "Bridges 2008".
  19. ↑ "Bridges 2009".
  20. ↑ "Bridges 2010".
  21. ↑ "Bridges 2011".
  22. ↑ "Bridges 2013".
  23. ↑ "Bridges 2013".
  24. ↑ "Bridges 2014".
  25. ↑ "Bridges 2015".
  26. ↑ "Bridges 2016".
  27. ↑ "Bridges 2017".
  28. ↑ "Bridges 2018".
  29. ↑ "Bridges 2019".
  30. ↑ "Bridges 2020 Virtual Conference".
  31. ↑ "Bridges 2021 – The Bridges Organization" . Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  32. ↑ "Bridges Aalto 2022 – The Bridges Organization" . Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Bridges Halifax 2023 – The Bridges Organization" . Retrieved July 10, 2023.


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