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Here at Skidmore, the arts link disciplines, inspire ideas, and create connections. At the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, a show called Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science is the perfect example of collaboration in action. Curated by nine professors and five students from different departments, the interdisciplinary exhibit explores how human beings create and manipulate patterns, and why we’re so obsessed with them. By combining aspects of math, history, Spanish, computer science, psychology, music, biology, and religious studies, art reveals the bigger picture. “There is a common theme in academia that the humanities and sciences must be held separately. By studying both neuroscience and English, I’ve come to understand that science is full of art, just as art is inherently scientific. I’m able to make connections between my two areas of study that allow me to better understand my interests and to experience the world more colorfully.” — ELIZA BURR ENGLISH AND NEUROSCIENCE Together, we’re more than one school of thought. WHAT’S DIFFERENT WHAT’S DIFFERENT FIND YOUR OCUS FIND YOUR OCUS 5 4 View the Sixfold Symmetry v ideo here: SK I DMO. RE / S I XFOLD