Over my career I have enjoyed many connections with world of arts and artists.  UC Davis has impressive programs in design, studio and perofmrance arts as well as amazing institutions such as the Manetti Shrem museum, the Gorman muesum and the Mondavi Center. These have provided abundant opportunities to make these connections, many of them informal. 

Occasionally my connections have led to more formal roles, and I list a few examples here:

• What is Time? Talk at the Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) 12/1/2015
• Manetti Shrem curator search committee member 2015-2016
• Shadows and Light in the Universe Inagural talk at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Lecture Series (slides here) 12/1/2016
• UC Davis Science, Humanities and Arts: Process and Engagement (SHAPE) program.  Informal consultant for the successful Mellon grant appilcation, and then member of the steering committee (2018-2021)
• Manetti Shrem museum Leadership Collaboration Committee member 2019-2022
• China Shop/Conversations between Artists and Scientists  (NEA supports UCD program) Advisory committee member 2019-2024
• Reflections on Time in the COVID-19 Era (Manetti Shrem Museum Newsletter May 8, 2020)
• Joint seminar with artist in residence Josiah McElheny on the social implications of cosmology 1/31/2024

You can also see some of my own visual art works here.