The Bridges Organization

The Bridges Organization

Formation	1998
Founder	Reza Sarhangi [1]
Headquarters	Kansas
Location	United States
President	George W. Hart [1]
Website	bridgesmathart.org

The Bridges Organization is a non-profit 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]

List of Bridges conferences

Year	Place
1998	Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [8]
1999	Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [9]
2000	Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [10]
2001	Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States [11]
2002	Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States [12]
2003	University of Granada, Granada, Spain [13]
2004	Southwestern 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]
2009	Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada [19]
2010	Pécs, Hungary [20]
2011	University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal [21]
2012	Towson 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]
2020	Virtual Conference [30]
2021	Virtual Conference [31]
2022	Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland [32]
2023	Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [33]
2024	Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia [34]
2025	Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven [35]

References

1. "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". MoSAIC. 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". Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
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.
34. "Bridges Richmond 2024 – The Bridges Organization" . Retrieved June 5, 2025.
35. "Bridges Eindhoven 2025 – The Bridges Organization" . Retrieved November 12, 2025.

External links

• Official website