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[email protected] Schack Exhibit Explores Where Art Intersects Math Everett, WA (April 9, 2018) - While math and art may seem like disciplines far apart, the Schack's upcoming exhibit helps demonstrate how mathematics has influenced art for centuries. The Intersection of Art + Math, presented in partnership with Art ꓵ Math by Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), offers a fresh perspective on how artists utilize math concepts and theories in the creation of their work. Co-curators and mathematician educators, Katherine Cook and Dr. Dan Finkel are clear, "If anyone ever doubted that the questions and processes of mathematics were inherently linked to aesthetic experience, let the artworks in this show be evidence to the contrary." A diverse selection of media will be featured in the exhibit from artists and mathematicians including sculpture and oil paint, to textile and metalwork. Mathematician artists include Jayadev Athreya, Katherine Cook, Erik and Martin Demaine, Edmund Harriss, and Hamid Naderi Yeganeh. Visual artists who use mathematical principles in their practices include Paul Vexler, Suze Woolf, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Amber Barney-Nivon, Rachel Holloway, Claire B. Jones, George Legrady, Jean Mandeberg, Savina Mason, Suchitra Mattai, June Sekiguchi, TimeaTihanyi/Sliprabbit, Lun Yi Tsai, and Ilana Zweschi. The mezzanine gallery will also feature a new installation and mural created on-site by artist Harold Hollingsworth. Hollingsworth's artwork is characterized by colorful eruptions, rich surfaces, and rhythmic playfulness. He is best known for his work with familiar imagery such as old road sign graphics, as well as vintage and modern fonts.