Exhibit: Beyond the Visible

This exhibition is a collaboration between Aurora University’s Schingoethe Center and the FRA Guest Artist/Composer programs at Fermilab sponsored by Fermi Research Alliance. Fermilab is America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory dedicated to solving the mysteries of matter, energy, space, and time. Artist M.C. Escher wrote “science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may be made across the borderline between the two respective domains.”

Curated by Natasha Ritsma and Georgia Schwender, Beyond the Visible features prints, musical compositions, sculptures, installations, digital imagery and VR by Fermilab artists including: Patrick Gallagher, Mare Hirsch, David Ibbett, Jim Jenkins, Chris Klapper, Ricardo Mondragon, and Ellen Sandor. Each artist featured in this exhibition has spent time at Fermilab touring and interacting with scientists at the laboratory, learning about their research, and understanding the connection to society. All the work in this exhibition was inspired by what was learned from conversations and visits to Fermilab. These stunning pieces translate the awe of exploring scientific concepts related to the standard model of particle physics and quantum physics including data sonification, neutrino data-driven art as well as a variety of musical and visual metaphors.

About the Schingoethe Center of Aurora University
The mission of the Schingoethe Center of Aurora University is to foster inquiry, celebrate artistic excellence, preserve and perpetuate Native American cultures, and inspire a lifelong engagement with the visual arts. An agent of and catalyst for teaching and learning on the Aurora University campus, the museum is integral to the academic community. The museum provides cultural and historical enrichment that builds bridges between the classroom and the world beyond.

Building on its tradition of object-based learning, the museum brings people and objects together using interdisciplinary approaches. State-of-the-art exhibition spaces combine with a lecture hall, classroom space, study center, and library and rare book collection. The museum also serves the broader community with unique exhibits and programs. The Schingoethe Center supports Aurora University’s tradition of valuing the arts. For more information, visit aurora.edu/museum.

About Aurora University
Founded in 1893, Aurora University is a four-year, private, nonprofit, accredited higher education institution offering students an exceptional education. Aurora University is located on a beautiful 39-acre campus in Aurora, the second largest city in Illinois, approximately 40 miles from Chicago. The university serves approximately 4,100 undergraduate and approximately 2,000 graduate students across more than 50 majors and programs. AU leadership, faculty, and staff are committed to the success of our students, offering academic support programs, hands-on learning activities, internships, and community partnership opportunities that prepare students to be successful beyond AU. For more information, visit aurora.edu.