Saranac Lake
Art & Science Series
Third Thursdays in March, April & May
HOTEL SARANAC
Ballroom
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. Tickets for opening night on sale now.
The March 20 Line-Up
Our Opening Night will feature a keynote address from North Country Newscaster Todd Moe.
Dive into the worlds of journalism, peatlands, basket making, and wildlife ecology with a night that will reignite your sense of wonder.
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Sit back and enjoy the ride while Newscaster Todd Moe delivers a retrospective on his work with NCPR, with a focus on the arts story beat. Meet the scientists/artists who captivated Todd’s imagination over the years, and hear from Todd why the intersection of art and science is more important than ever before. All while being comforted by the voice that guided you through your mornings for decades.
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Dive into the worlds of basketmaking and invasive species management; carbon farming through peatlands; and the wonders of some of the smallest vertebrates on the planet.
Our speakers include Steve Langdon, Angello Johnson, and Jason Hill.
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Cozy up to a live music intermission performance from paleoclimatologist Curt Stager and Kary Johnson. Submit your burning questions to help inform the Q&A session to close the night.
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Your questions, answered. Each Speaker will take the stage with host Charlie Reinertsen to answer your burning questions about their work, what drives them, and their perspective on the future of art and science.
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Discover the speakers coming this spring! Tickets for the second and third events will go on sale at the conclusion of the first event. Mark your calendars for April 17 and May 15 – you won’t want to miss the headliners and conversations coming your way this spring. Third Thursdays in mud season have never been better.
Tickets to the first show available now!
What will a celebratory night of Art & Science look like?
Three headlining speakers, a live music performance, and an audience-driven Q&A Session 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 our incredible event sponsors who helped make this series possible, including Hotel Saranac, Trudeau Institute, and Adirondack Health.
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 learn more about our headlining speakers inviting you to reignite your sense of wonder.
Tickets on sale now for Opening Night on March 20
Gear up for the Series with Guided Painting!
Join us at ADK ArtRise for a guided painting event sponsored by Trudeau Institute on Friday, February 28 at 6:30 pm – the first 20 to RSVP will secure a spot!
RSVP for this unique experience here