What is ARTStem?

The ARTStem initiative is inspired by artists and scholars who efface the lines between “the arts” and the “STEM” disciplines of science, engineering, technology, and mathematics—from Brecht’s Galileo and the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange’s Ferocious Beauty: Genome to John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic and Jonah Lehrer’s recent bestseller, Proust Was a Neuroscientist. In its inaugural year, ARTStem will bring academic and arts faculty members from UNCSA together with an interdisciplinary team of public school educators for an academic summer seminar about teaching and learning at the intersection of the arts and STEM disciplines, followed by a year of creative teaching collaborations and programming. ARTStem continues the Kenan Institute’s commitment to leveraging resources in support of K-12 public education in North Carolina, and aims to provide valuable professional enrichment opportunities for public school teachers while exploring new directions for learning in and through the arts. For 2009-2010, the public school partner institution is RJ Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem. Please check back often for news about ARTStem’s evolution and events!