In academia, science and art departments rarely overlap. But they do share common ground—both disciplines invite creativity and innovation, and both require practitioners to observe and interpret the natural world.
Can Art Connect Us to Cancer Science?
This connection inspired Katie Queen, Ph.D., to launch the SciArt initiative—a collaboration between UVM’s Cancer Center and College of Arts and Sciences that encourages artistic interpretation of scientific images.
“The goal of this project was to build meaningful collaborations between scientists and artists that would result in the creation of visual pieces,” says Queen, UVM Cancer Center’s deputy associate director of cancer research, training, and education. “Our hope was that these works of art could inspire a dialogue between the Cancer Center’s patients, clinicians, and researchers that ultimately serves our community.”