Saranac Lake
Art & Science Series
Third Thursdays in March, April & May
HOTEL SARANAC
Oak Room
100 Main St
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
This three-part event series held in downtown Saranac Lake spotlights artists and scientists who are pushing the boundaries of their work.
Saranac Lake Art & Science will celebrate and explore the intersection of these disciplines through a multitude of voices and styles of work.
Feed your sense of wonder.
The March 19 Line-Up
Travel to the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly. Discover mind-boggling facts about our gossamer-winged summer neighbors, and learn what you can do to help them on their journey.
Next, enjoy interviews with local scientists and artists on a wide range of topics that live in the realms of art and science. Questions will be generated by the audience, and interviews will be hosted by Charlie Reinertsen. Sign up to be interviewed here!
Conclude the night with a performance from Slough Creek in the Great Hall Bar.
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“On Gossamer Wings” immersive presentation by Charlie Reinertsen diving into the mysteries and wonders of the monarch butterfly migration.
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Sign up to be interviewed about your work in the fields of art and/or science! You are welcome to submit an image of your work via the form when you sign up. Fill out the form here for a chance to share your work.
What will the Open Mic session look like? Each participant will take the stage and be interviewed by event host Charlie Reinertsen for 10 minutes. The first round of questions are all the same: What is your work? Why do you work on this topic/area? How do you carry out your work?
After the opening questions, we will open the floor up to the audience to ask questions about your work as well.Sign up for March 19 or May 21 here! You’ll get a free ticket when you are accepted into the line-up.
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Enjoy a performance from Slough Creek in the Great Hall Bar to conclude the evening.
Calling artists and scientists!
The April 16 Line-Up
Suit up with your local Salamander Brigade to learn how you can support migrating amphibians this season. Blow your mind with mysterious facts about salamanders, toads, and frogs.
Participate in an audience-driven interview with the Hilary Hawke Band to learn about their approach to instrumental breaks and solos that reinvent traditional songs and breathe life into original tunes that feel like they have been in your daily listening rotation for decades, even on the first spin through.
Conclude the evening with a show from Hilary Hawke Band in the Ballroom of Hotel Saranac. Bring your dancing shoes!
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“Big Night Brigade” presented by Charlie Reinertsen.
Interview with Hilary Hawke Band exploring their approach to improvisation – interview driven by audience-generated questions.
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Enjoy a performance from the Hilary Hawke Band in the Ballroom (tickets sold separately). Bring your dancing shoes!
Get your tickets here:
The May 21 Line-Up
Once peatlands catch fire underground, there is very little we can do to stop them. Dive underground to uncover the story behind zombie fires, and how we can keep these climate-disrupting monsters from awakening.
Next, enjoy interviews with local scientists and artists on a wide range of topics that live in the realms of art and science. Questions will be generated by the audience, and interviews will be hosted by Charlie Reinertsen. Sign up to be interviewed here!
Conclude the evening with a show from Hilary Hawke Band in the Ballroom of Hotel Saranac. Bring your dancing shoes!
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“Zombie Fires (And how to stop them)” presented by Charlie Reinertsen. Learn how the story of underground fires in peatlands can be turned on its head through a case study of the first commercial Carbon Credit project for peatland restoration in the United States on the coast of North Carolina.
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Sign up to be interviewed about your work in the fields of art and/or science! You are welcome to submit an image of your work via the form when you sign up. Fill out the form here for a chance to share your work.
What will the Open Mic session look like? Each participant will take the stage and be interviewed by event host Charlie Reinertsen for 10 minutes. The first round of questions are all the same: What is your work? Why do you work on this topic/area? How do you carry out your work?
After the opening questions, we will open the floor up to the audience to ask questions about your work as well.Sign up for March 19 or May 21 here! You’ll get a free ticket when you are accepted into the line-up.
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Enjoy a performance from Slough Creek in the Great Hall Bar to conclude the evening.
What will a celebratory night of Art & Science look like?
Immersive presentations, an audience-driven Q&A Session, and a live music performance to close down the show.
Faced with some of the greatest environmental challenges in human history – climate change and biodiversity loss – the voices bringing science into our living rooms are more important than ever.
The Adirondacks are home to a sometimes hidden community of artist/scientists. Leaders in climate research, wildlife ecology, and botany are moonlighting as artists, interpreting their data in artistic displays, working to connect the public to their work through non-traditional pathways, coping with the grief of their findings, or celebrating the hidden workings of the world around us in captivating songs, paintings, poetry, and works of art.
Simultaneously, artists are applying scientific methodologies to explore new creative methods to create their work. Photographers using technology to capture wavelengths invisible to the human eye; ceramicists applying chemical reactions to achieve their artistic vision; and dancers applying the principles of physics to defy gravity.
The line between art and science has always been blurred. Come celebrate how these two disciplines inform and shape one another, and feed your sense of wonder.
A special thanks to Hotel Saranac for hosting this event in their gorgeous Oak Room and Ballroom spaces.
THE LINE-UP
THE LINE-UP
Click on the poster to view full-screen, and download the file to share on social media. Visit this page again soon to find out who will be presenting during the Open Mic portions in March and May!