Fulcrum Arts champions creative and critical thinkers at the intersection of art and science to provoke positive social change and contribute to a more vibrant and inclusive community.
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ArtNight Pasadena at Fulcrum Arts
Join us on October 9 for the reveal of our new exhibition, Julie Tolentino: And Never Ends, coinciding with ArtNight Pasadena. Be among the first to see the installation, which will change and grow over the coming twelve weeks. Fulcrum Arts is an ArtNight Pasadena partner for a second year; we’re thrilled to participate in…
Julie Tolentino: And Never Ends
Fulcrum Arts is pleased to announce Julie Tolentino: And Never Ends, a new installation featuring cultured crystals, a sound composition, and a performance-driven vectorized drawing. This project aims to decenter the visual by amplifying the act of intentional listening and the experience of direct encounter. These works will continue to grow and change for the…
Tending Ecologies: Renewal ~ Seeds
In this workshop, ecological artist Paige Emery will introduce participants to saving, cultivating, and germinating seeds. Participants will learn seed-planting techniques and have the opportunity to make clay seed balls, which they can use to grow native California flowers at home. Special guest Dr. Danielle Stevenson, executive & science director and founder of the Centre…
Tending Ecologies: Attention ~ Native Plant Identification and Botanical Art
In this two-day workshop, artist Paige Emery will guide participants on an ecology walk through a portion of the Arroyo Seco and teach about native plants along the way. Topics covered on thefirst day will include introductions to plant identification, taxonomy, and ethnobotany as well as introductions to traditional uses for native plants and their…
Festival
The Fulcrum Festival is a regional celebration across Greater Los Angeles that foregrounds the union of art and science as a powerful engine of contemporary culture.
Fulcrum Festival 2024: Waves Upon Waves
Waves Upon Waves coincides with Getty-led initiative PST ART: Art & Science Collide, and offers audiences immersive explorations of vibrations – musical, gravitational, seismic, optical, sensing, among others – fundamental to understanding human perception and experience and highlighting the shifting nature of reality.
Sequencing is Fulcrum Arts’ online publishing platform hosting essays, interviews, video, and artworks by contributors from an array of backgrounds and fields—all of whom share an interest in finding points of connection among art, science, and progressive social change.
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To Be a Steward: A Conversation with Paige Emery
Patrick J. ReedArtist Paige Emery joined curator Patrick J. Reed to discuss how her life and art are inextricably part of a broader ecological ethic.
(Image courtesy Paige Emery.)
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Fulcrum Incubator
The Fulcrum Incubator connects midcareer artists with Southern California’s preeminent laboratories and scientific institutions to mine new areas of research, innovate new methods of artmaking, and inspire new ways of bringing science to public audiences.
Emerge Fiscal Sponsorship
The Emerge fiscal sponsorship program increases the capacity of independent artists, collectives, and small arts organizations by offering financial management, fundraising consulting, and the ability to seek funding through fiscal sponsorship.
Since 2017, Fulcrum Arts has brought artists and scientists together to tackle big challenges and explore big ideas collaboratively. We are particularly interested in the ways art and science unlock each other’s potential—how art can make scientific concepts more legible, how science can bring novel approaches and tools to art making, and how creative practice can push both disciplines into uncharted territories of discovery and innovation.