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- The Association for Creative Zoology
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September 10-12 and September 16-18
Was God the first collage artist? Does God have a sense of humor?
Duck-billed platypuses, centaurs, and chimeras answer “Yes!” according to artist Beauvais Lyons. Lyons’s performance features prints, taxidermy, and fossils from his fanciful Association for Creative Zoology as evidence of weird evolution.
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- Science on Tap: The Association of Creative Zoology
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Monday, September 13
Beauvais Lyons, Director of the Hokes Archive, presents “The Association of Creative Zoology”
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- Artist panel: “A Priest, A Rabbi and Charles Darwin Walk Into A Bar…”
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Sunday, September 19
Three artists, actor Brett Keyser (Darwinii: the Comeuppance of Man, a one-man show), sculptor Eve Andrée Laramée (Luminous Darwin, a mixed-media installation) and printmaker Beauvais Lyons (The Association of Creative Zoology, part installation, part performance) will discuss their artistic response to Darwin, evolution, and the APS Museum’s exhibition, Dialogues with Darwin. Linda Hutcheon, (University of Toronto) a leading scholar on the theory of parody, will chair the panel.
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- Educators’ Evening: “Darwin and Evolution: Myths, Misconceptions and Reality”
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Friday, October 1
Join us for an Educators’ Evening hosted by the APS Museum and Camden County College. The event will feature a lively discussion on “Darwin and Evolution: Myths, Misconceptions and Reality” with science educator Dr. William F. McComas, a reception, and special private tour of Dialogues with Darwin.
Calendar of All Programs & Events
View past programs and events.
September 10, 2010
The Association for Creative Zoology
Was God the first collage artist? Does God have a sense of humor?
September 13, 2010
Science on Tap: The Association of Creative Zoology
Science on Tap is a monthly science café in Philadelphia for anyone who is interested in getting together with other people to discuss a range of engaging science topics.
September 19, 2010
Artist panel: “A Priest, A Rabbi and Charles Darwin Walk Into A Bar…”
Three artists will discuss their artistic response to Darwin, evolution, and the APS Museum’s exhibition, Dialogues with Darwin
October 01, 2010
Educators’ Evening: “Darwin and Evolution: Myths, Misconceptions and Reality”
A special event to introduce educators to current and upcoming APS Museum educational programming.
October 11, 2010
Science on Tap: A Toast to Fixing the Sky
Science on Tap is a monthly science café in Philadelphia for anyone who is interested in getting together with other people to discuss a range of engaging science topics.
