Exciting news from the MLWGS Mathematical Art Senior Seminar taught by Mr. Ryan Webb; during the first 9 weeks of this year, the students were encouraged to submit their work to the curated exhibit at the 2019 Joint Math Meetings (JMM), to be held January 18-20 in Baltimore, MD. This is the U.S. edition of the international Bridges Conference exhibit and is assembled by the same people.
The Mathematical Art Senior Seminar is a dual enrollment VCU class where students take an in-depth look at classical and contemporary mathematically inspired and generated arts. Over the course of the year students work with hand-drawn/built, computer generated, and procedurally generated works. While students spend a good deal of time researching existing artists, the focus of this seminar is using the artists and works that they find in their research as inspiration to create their own personal pieces, with the end goal of producing a themed exhibit to be displayed on senior showcase day.
Well over five thousand professional mathematicians typically attend this meeting, so this is an excellent opportunity to get your work seen by people who will appreciate it. Past exhibitions have been very well received, and the AMS and MAA feel the art exhibition has become a valuable addition to the meeting.
Submissions must be completed between September 15, 2018, and October 15, 2018. Because of weather setbacks only two of the 9 students, Derek Chen and Virginia (Ginny) Fielding, had polished finalized work by the October 15th deadline, but we are very excited to announce that both of their works were accepted into the exhibit!
Since Maggie Walker did not submit works to this conference last year, Derek and Ginny are the first two MW students to have work accepted to this exhibit.
Derek Chen (Henrico)
Student: Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
“I have a great interest in geometry, and especially the Japanese art of paper folding, origami. I hope to channel these passions into my work and attempt to create original designs with every one of my works. Aesthetics are one of my primary goals, but alongside that, I hope to incorporate simple geometric designs that are beautiful in their own right. ”
Virginia (Ginny) Fielding (Chesterfield)
Student: Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
“I am a high school student currently enrolled in a math art seminar. So far I’ve have enjoyed exploring the connections between these two things that I used to think were separate.”
The teacher, Mr. Ryan Webb, had two pieces of art also accepted into this exhibit. Congratulations, Ginny, Derek and Mr. Webb!
