IDEAS Collaboratory

InterDisciplinary Experimentations in Art and Science Collaboration Laboratory (IDEAS Collaboratory) is a new laboratory co-lead by Dr. Sharon Gill in Biological Sciences and Professor Jacklyn Brickman in Kinetic Imaging with a collaborative emphasis on experience-driven, cross-disciplinary pollination of ideas between Science and Art at Western Michigan University. The IDEAS Collaboratory focuses on engaging students and faculty from across the university in science and art research approaches with field, laboratory, and studio-based work. Participants experience the nature of collaboration between science and art, building greater understanding of each others’ viewpoints and one another’s practices as emerging scientists and artists. The IDEAS Collaboratory scaffolds a framework for relevant student experience, while also providing ample openness, opportunity, and support for experimentation and risk-taking, where true collaboration unfolds.