The diversity of the video game genre has been tapped into as a means for raising awareness around lesser discussed historical narratives. Using the medium to raise marginalized experiences throughout time and place, opens up the possibility for inspiring transformative changes to social, cultural and historical injustices.
Category: STEAM
Art Education and the Eclipse
I am about to embark on a miles-long trip to upstate New York, in order to view the solar eclipse … More
Turning A.I. Into an Art Student
Our culture is inundated with technology that has the ability to independently solve problems and even exhibit human-like traits and … More
The Master’s Pupil: An Art-History Centered Game
I was an avid video game player throughout my adolescent years. In fact, if you asked my friends and family … More
HIV Science as Art
Our DNA, the map of our genetic information (our growth, development, functioning and reproduction), is 99.9% the same for each … More
The Artful Balance Between Nature and Nurture
In 1944 an engineer named Harold Fisk was tasked with the challenge of illustrating the dense and esoteric report by … More
Spark of Knowledge: Fireworks and Contemporary Art
Summertime evenings are full of the sights and sounds of fireworks. These displays are a ubiquitous celebratory event throughout culture, … More
Tim Paints a “Vermeer”
In the first few minutes of the documentary Tim’s Vermeer (2014), Tim Jenison admits that he is by no means … More
Bee-auty and Brains
I know that Summer has truly arrived when I am greeted with the sight of honeybees working hard to get … More
Rediscovering Astronomy
Astronomy is the study of how the universe was formed, and the objects such as planets, galaxies and stars within … More