Science and art collaboration community

Almaymuni, Abdullah; Giannini, Carly; Kinkead, Matthew; Proulx, Jillian

From the abstract: "The purpose of this project was to create a website and promotional video that would demonstrate the feasibility of establishing a science and art community within Acadia National Park, where scientists and artists come to collaborate. A website and promotional video served as aids for the staff at Acadia and Schoodic Institute to visualize the potential features of this theoretical community, hopefully incentivising the establishment of a real program at SERC. The first phase of the project focused on interviewing the current artist in residence program coordinator to understand the already existing programs and facilities available at SERC. This information as well as information found through independent research was compiled to create a website for the National Park Service and Schoodic Institute. A promotional video was also created to draw attention and lead people to explore more about the program by visiting the website. The National Park Service and Schoodic Institute staff were then given these tools to aid in future development and implementation of this community."