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August 2018
experienceCOLOUR TEACHERS CONFERENCE
experienceCOLOUR is ideal for school trips and offers huge potential for cross curricular learning. The Teachers Conference is a great opportunity for professional development in the science of light and colour and to find out how to get the best out of a school visit to the exhibition. Come and join us for this unique, exciting and inspiring event! Wednesday 29 August, 6pm - 8pm Opening lecture Thursday 30 August, 9am - 6:30pm Light and darkness, exploring shadows, complementarity, additive…
Find out more »September 2018
On the Shoulders of Giants
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS The Legacy of Newton, Goethe and Turner Newton, Goethe and Turner are undisputed giants in the fields of science, literature and art respectively. All three strove to understand the nature of light, darkness and colour. They did this not independently of their predecessors but in critical relation to them. Goethe’s criticism of Newton is famous - infamous even - and the marginalia of Turner’s copy of Goethe’s Theory of Colours reveal that Goethe had not…
Find out more »Steiner Research Day
STEINER RESEARCH DAYS / Steiner Forschungstage Since 2005, a group of students and young academics has been meeting twice a year to discuss how to undertake research on Steiner in a way that has academic rigour on the one hand and an openness to the ideas of Steiner on the other. These gatherings have been primarily for presenting research projects relating to Steiner and discussing research methods. A common characteristic has been mutual interest in other people’s research, as well…
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