Workshop - Where Science and Technology Meet Art

🎨 Where Science Meets Art – Workshop at IST! 🔬

Are you a student, professor, researcher, or staff at Instituto Superior Técnico? Join our hands-on workshop exploring the connection between art and engineering.

🗓️ Workshop Schedule (2 sessions):

• Wednesday 14th May 10:00-12:00 or 17:00-19:00 -  Conceptualization & Design
• Thursday 15th May 10:00-12:00 or 17:00-19:00 - Creation Process

Final Exhibition Friday, 16th May from 11:00 to 13:00 - showcasing artworks to the public

Meet the mentors:

Dr. Elena SV Flys is head of the Research Department at the TAI University Center of the Arts in Madrid, where she also teaches in the areas of arts management, research methods, and business administration. A specialist in creative thinking and co-creation processes, her academic and professional work focuses on fostering innovative environments in the cultural and organizational sectors. Her research explores topics such as accessibility to the arts, audience reception, artistic co-creation, and social integration—fields in which she has presented at national and international conferences, published various articles, and led research projects.

Paola de Diego – Visual artist, multidisciplinary creator, set designer, and costume and fashion designer. She holds degrees in Garment Pattern Design, Set Design from RESAD, Master's in Research in Art and Creation from UCM, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. Since 2012, she has been working in scenic and costume design for theatre, dance, and audiovisual projects, with notable work at the Centro Dramático Nacional, CNTC, Teatro de la Abadía, Teatros del Canal, and Eurovision 2023. She has been a university lecturer since 2019 and has directed the Diploma in Fashion and Costume Design at TAI since 2023.

Dr Antonia Muñiz (Noni Lazaga). Multidisciplinary artist and Associate Professor at UNIR (International University of La Rioja), visual arts department, faculty of education. As an artist, she has created international collaborative projects with institutions such as the Cervantes Institute and AECID. As a professor and researcher, she teaches, among others, innovation and art-based arts in the master's program in teaching training. She is a principal investigator in an interdisciplinary research project in arts, science, technology, and society about sustainable cities and communities at UNIR. She participated as a teacher trainer for the Spanish team in the project "Fostering Students' Creativity and Critical Thinking: What It Means in the School" at the Comunidad de Madrid and OECD/CERI (Centre for Educational Research and Innovation).

📌 Open to the entire IST community – Limited spots!
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