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Rebecca Kamen: A Curious Life
This film, by Shawn Kornhauser, explores the significance of curiosity and collaboration in the development of
Kamen’s career as an artist.
Credits: Videography by Shawn Kornhauser, Artists: Rebecca Kamen, Zhao Shu Tong; A Bridge Between Cultures Film Footage, Filmmaker: Bob Nesson; Assistant Professor, Annenberg School of Communication: David Lydon Staley, Neuroscience Researcher, University of Pennsylvania: Dale Zhou; Curator: Sarah Tanguy; Exhibition Venue: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC.
2024
Cecila & Wally Gilbert Artist in Residence, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, NY
Featured Speaker — Ewing Distinguished Lecture Series
Department of Integrative Biology Oklahoma State University
Poem of the Day Guest Editor for the month of March, Poetry Foundation, Chicago
In collaboration with British poet, SJ Fowler
Featured Speaker — Arts Based Research Scholar Panel: Michigan State University
Artist Talk — The Gifts of Neurodiversity: A Catalyst for Awakening Scientific Discovery Through Art, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
Featured Speaker — In the Umbra: An Artist’s Perspective — Chief Science Officers Meeting
2023
Featured Panel Speaker: In The Umbra: An Artist’s Perspective — Chimaera Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Curiosity and the Creative Process: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discoveries of Women
The American Philosophical Society Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Featured Panel Speaker — Beauty at Work: Work and Well Being in Science International Symposium
Catholic University,
Washington, DC
Click to learn more about the symposium
The Lamar Dodd School of Art Visiting Artist and Scholars Series
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Curiosity and the Creative Process as Self Care
Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts
Singapore
The Butterfly Effect: Cajal as Catalyst
Art Therapy Class
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Making the Invisible, Visible: The Art of Reimaging Scientific Discovery
The Cosmopolitan Club
Philadelphia, PA
Making the Invisible, Visible, The Art of Reimaging Scientific Discovery
Lecture and Sculpture Dedication,
American University, Physics Department
Washington, DC
2022
The Butterfly Effect: Cajal as Catalyst
Art Therapy Class
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Grey Matter: Exploring the Intersections of Art, Neuroscience, and Architecture
Computational Neuroscience Initiative Seminar
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Making the Invisible, Visible: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Life @ Elon
Elon University
Elon, NC
2021
Making the Invisible, Visible: Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Science, Technology, and Society Meeting
Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Towson University,
Towson, MD
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Northern Virginia Community College,
Alexandria, VA
Making the Invisible, Visible: Reimagining Scientific Discovery
The Library Company,
Philadelphia, PA
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Museum Gallery Talk
American University,
Washington, DC
Curiosity at the Edge: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry
American University,
Washington, DC
Crisis, Curiosity, and the Creative Process
Georgetown Visitation School,
Washington, DC
Lever Book Talk: Extraordinary Partnerships: How the Arts & Humanities are Transforming America
This Lever Book Talk features Rebecca Kamen and Ari Epstein, both contributors to Lever Press title “Extraordinary Partnerships: How the Arts and Humanities are Transforming America” (Christine Henseler. ed.). The conversation focuses on the interactions and intersections of science with the creative process from the perspective of an artist and a scientist who regularly cross these boundaries. (Taken from the Lever Online You-Tube write-up)
Lever Book Talk: Extraordinary Partnerships Episode 1
In the first episode, Rebecca Kamen (an artist) and Ari Epstein (a scientist and faculty member at MIT) talk about how they met and the creative synergies they both find at the intersections of science and art.
Lever Book Talk: Extraordinary Partnerships Episode 2
In Episode 2, Rebecca discusses her piece _Portal_ and how she was inspired by collaborating with scientists who study black holes.
Lever Book Talk: Extraordinary Partnerships Episode 5
Episode 5 features Rebecca’s piece “Divining Nature” and how it makes the essential beauty of the Period Table of Elements accessible to both scientists and non-scientists.
Lecture — Torrance Festival of Ideas, Torrance Center for Creativity,
University of Georgia,
Athens, GA
Visiting Artist — NeuroSalon Seminar,
Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, PA
Lecture — Lafayette College,
Easton, PA
2020
Lecture — NYC Psychoanalysts / Psychotherapist Study Group
Featured Speaker — NeuroSalon, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, PA
Featured Speaker — Brain Visualization Seminar
Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, PA
Click to watch a video of Rebecca’s talk with the Brain Visualization Seminar
Lecture — Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH titled: Patterns: Making the Invisible, Visible: Discoveries Between Art and Science
Virtual Artist Studio Tour and Lecture: Curiosity and the Creative Process: Re-Imaging Scientific Discovery, sponsored by Esther Klein Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Click to see a video recording of the presentation
Featured Speaker — Penn Network Visualization Workshop,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Featured Speaker — Interdisciplinary Mind and Brain Series,
Computational Neuroscience Initiative, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Featured Speaker — The Apollo 11 Artists Response Video Project
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11,
The Franklin Institute, Night Skies in the Observatory Program,
Philadelphia, PA
Artist in Residence — Westtown School,
West Chester, PA
2019
Keynote Presentation — Curiosity and the Creative Process: Awakening Scientific Discovery Through Art. Click to see the event flyer as a PDF.
American University,
Washington, DC
Featured Speaker — Shoemaker Visiting Lecture Series — Westtown School,
West Chester, PA
Artist in Residence — Westtown School,
West Chester, PA
Featured Speaker — PLOT Project
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
The Franklin Institute, Night Skies in the Observatory Program
Part of the Summer of the Moon celebration
Philadelphia, PA
Featured Speaker — PLOT Project:
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11,
Read the article in The Library Company blog
The Library Company of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
Featured Speaker — Interpreting the Periodic Table Through Art,
Science History Institute,
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Featured Speaker – Biological Sciences Seminar,
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Baton Rouge, LA
Featured Speaker – Saturday Speaker Series – Science History Institute,
Philadelphia, PA
Artist in Residence – University of Manitoba,
Manitoba, Canada
Artist in Residence – Singapore Teachers Academy for the Arts,
Singapore
Featured Speaker – National Art Education Associate Conference,
Seattle, WA
American Philosophical Society – Lunch at the Library Lecture Series,
Philadelphia, PA
2017
Artist in Residence – Carolinas Healthcare System Artist in Residence, The McColl Center for Art,
Charlotte, NC
Artist Talk – Science Center,
Philadelphia, PA
Women Who Make a Difference Speaker Series, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School,
Washington, DC
Education Innovation: Building Cultures of Creativity, 2017 National Coalition of Girls School Conference,
Washington, DC
Lyceum Lecture, Annandale Campus, Northern Virginia Community College,
Annandale, VA
2016
Keynote Speaker – Design Science Symposium, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI
Artist in Residence – Sponsored by MLC School,
Sydney, Australia
Artist in Residence – Sponsored by the Arts Council of Fairfax County
Fairfax, VA
Keynote Speaker – Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia Biennial Educators Conference,
Brisbane, Australia
Featured Speaker – Global Forum, National Coalition of Girls Schools,
New York, NY
Artist in Residence – Sponsored by Bullis School,
Potomac, MD
Janelia Research Campus,
Ashburn, VA
Complexity Systems Group, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Honors Program – Alexandria Campus, Northern Virginia Community College,
Alexandria, VA
Keynote Address – The College of New Jersey,
Ewing, NJ
Keynote Address – Emma Willard School,
Troy, NY
Agnes Irwin School,
Rosemont, PA
TC Williams High School – Nifty-Fifty Speaker, USA Science and Engineering Festival
Alexandria, VA
2015
MLC School, Sydney Australia
Arlington Economic Development Lecture Series, Arlington, VA
TEDx Lecture, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Science Education Seminar – Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University
Sun Valley Center for the Arts – Ketchum, Idaho
Featured Speaker – National Coalition for Girls’ Schools Conference, Richmond, VA
A Nifty Fifty Speaker – USA Science and Engineering Festival
Loudoun School for the Gifted, Ashburn, VA
Madeira School, Great Falls, VA
Art / Science Lecture / Workshop:
Marblehead High School- Marblehead, MA
Cooper Middle School, McLean, VA
Langley High School, McLean, VA
Falls Church High School, Falls Church, VA
Oakton High School, Oakton, VA
Symposium Speaker – 2015
Cajal Symposium, NINDS / National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Invited Seminar Participant – 2015
Salzburg Global Seminar – Salzburg, Austria
Topic: The Neuroscience of Art: Sources of Innovation and Creativity
2014
Medical Museum Science Cafe, The National Museum of Health and Medicine – click to see a poster for the event.
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Art Exhibition and Residency Lecture, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Physics / Astronomy Seminar, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
STEM to STEAM Lecture / Workshop, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
Parks and People Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
Brain Awareness Week, The National Museum of Health and Medicine
STEM to STEAM, Loudoun Country Day School, Loudoun, VA
2013
Science Education Seminar – Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University
Terrascope Program – MIT
Honors Program – Randolph Macon College
Entertaining Science Series, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City
Nifty Fifty Speaker Lecture, USA Science and Engineering Festival
Keynote Speaker, VA Art Education Association Fall Conference
World Intellectual Property Day- US Patent and Trademark Office
Keynote Speaker, Virginia’s Collegiate Honors Seminar Annual Meeting
Faculty STEAM Group- Fairfax High School- 2013
Keynote Speaker, VA Association of Museums (VAM) Annual Meeting
Cajal Neuroscience Institute, Madrid, Spain
Krasnow Neuroscience Institute, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
New Horizon’s Technology and Education Conference- Roanoke, VA
US Patient and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
2012
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Focus on the Fellows, The Eye Institute, NIH
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ NIH
Patterns in Art and Science Lecture- NINDS Art Challenge- NIH
Native American Science Intern Lecture- NINDS/NIH
Lecture and Panel with Neuroscientists about Creativity and Innovation in Art and Science- NINDS/NIH
Department of Medical Arts / NIH
National Eye Institute- NIH
Making the Invisible, Visible – NINDS/NIH
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Professional Practices, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Visual Sound, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA
TEDx Lecture- Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Christianburg, VA
LASER (Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous) University of San Francisco
2011
Harvard / Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University
SERMACS 2011: Charting Chemical Connections, ACS Regional Meeting
DASER (DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous) National Academy of Science
DC Science Cafe
National Institute of Health
Virginia Library Association Conference-Keynote Speaker–Portsmouth, VA
New Horizons Conference-Roanoke, VA
American Philosophical Society–Friends of the Library Lecture
2010
Science Symposium-Northern Virginia Community College
2009
Center for Consciousness and Transformation, George Mason University
2008
American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, PA
2005
American Center for Physics, College Park, MD
1999
US Embassy, Cairo, Egypt
Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
1995
Association of University Women, Arlington, VA
1993
Virginia Association of Museums Conference, Charlottesville, VA
1987
Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Research Institute, Shanghai, China
Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Sichuan Urban Sculpture Planning Office, Chengdu, China
China Artist Association, Shanghai, China
1985
Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Research Institute, Shanghai, China
Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Symposium Panel Speaker
2023
In May of 2023 Rebecca was invited to participate in the Beauty at Work symposium at The Catholic University of America. The organizer of the symposium, Brandon Vaidyanathan, has written an article and created a wonderful, short video about Rebecca’s practice of finding how her work overlaps with the worlds of science and philosophy and how this relates to the symposium topic. Click this to visit the symposium website. Click here to view the June, 2024 article by Brandon Vaidyanathan. Watch the video, below, which was produced by Grey Matter Group with the support of Templeton Religion Trust, and edited by Podcast Engineers.
2012
The Creative Mind – Brown University/Rhode Island School of Design
Transforming STEM Education – Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Chemistry and Art – American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2011
DASER Panel – National Academy of Science, Washington, DC
Divining Nature: A Visual Dialogue between Art and Science, New Horizons Conference, Roanoke-2011
Art and Chemistry – SERMACS 2011 – Richmond, VA
2010
Galileo Gala Science Symposium, Annandale Campus, NOVA
1996
Contemporary Women Sculptors – Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1995
Women in the Arts- Washington Junior League, Washington, DC
1994
Washington Artists – Washington Art Part 2 – National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
1992
Content in Contemporary Abstract Art – Roanoke Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Artists Influenced by Other Cultures – Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
1987
National Sculpture Conference: Works by Women – Cincinnati, Ohio