The Fulcrum Festival invites artists and scientists to think and create together around a common theme. Their collaborations culminate in a series of public exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, conversations, and workshops in venues across greater Los Angeles.
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Fulcrum Festival 2024: Waves Upon Waves
The Fulcrum Festival is a regional celebration across Greater Los Angeles that foregrounds the union of art and science as a powerful engine of contemporary culture. This year’s edition, Waves Upon …
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2022 Fulcrum Festival: Deep Ocean/Deep Space
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Free Radicals: On the Provocations of Awe
Developed by The Music Center in partnership with Fulcrum Arts, this special Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours celebrates the relationship of science and art, reimagining the role of artist as the scientist and transforming The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in powerful new ways. -
A×S Festival 2018: City as Wunderkammer
Fulcrum Arts presents the 2018 A×S Festival, a regional celebration of art and science, based in Pasadena and surrounding communities. While often described as occupying opposite ends of the spectrum, … -
Free Radicals: Evolving Perspectives on the Convergence of Art & Science
Fulcrum Arts and the Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design will present the symposium, Free Radicals: Evolving Perspectives on the Convergence of Art & Science, the newest program of … -
A×S Festival 2014: Curiosity
AxS [ak-sis] is a two-week citywide festival produced by the Fulcrum Arts that explores the nexus of artistic and scientific inquiry, promoting experimentation and cross-fertilization between these disciplines. It is … -
A×S Festival 2011: Fire and Water
AxS Festival 2011 celebrates Pasadena’s remarkable heritage as “The City of Art + Science.” Pasadena’s world-renowned arts and science institutions are uniquely intertwined — like strands of DNA — and the …
