a2ru Conference Panel – Facilitation Toward Flourishing: Art-Science Programs on Creating Conditions for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaboration

a2ru Conference Panel – Creative Futures: Driving Interdisciplinary Innovation Through the Arts Hamel Music Center Recital Hall

Panelists:

Lissy Goralnik, Michigan State University Mary Beth Leigh: University of Alaska Fairbanks Megan Halpern: Michigan State University Carly Lettero, Oregon State University PRAx

Art-science integration can catalyze imagination and creativity, engage broad audiences, and contribute to complex social-environmental problem-solving. But research also shows that these collaborations can be limited by internal and external power dynamics, epistemological hurdles, and communication challenges. How can we transcend these potential barriers to facilitate art-science interactions toward effective collaboration? What are the conditions that allow collaborative dynamics to flourish, and how might facilitators design programming with these conditions in mind? How do we know if our efforts are working? This panel will explore art-science facilitation across several university-affiliated interdisciplinary programs.

This special panel is open to everyone – no conference registration required – and will take place at the Hamel Music Center Recital Hall. To attend all the a2ru events, register for the full conference here.