Art meets science and technology at ARTSLab at The University of New Mexico. Indeed, the name ARTSLab stands for Art, Research, Technology and Science and it's open for any UNM researcher in any field to explore the possibilities of a collaboration with the arts.
The ARTSLab team is preparing for their move to the forthcoming UNM Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology (CCAT), which will mov the facility into new, updated quarters on the main campus, making it more accessible to more users.
Established in 2005 by Professor Emeritus Ed Angel, the interdisciplinary center sits tucked away in a corner of the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing. Behind the mid-century modern stone façade of the former Cadillac showroom hums state-of-the-art facilities, along with the staff, faculty, and expertise to help UNM researchers further their research by collaborating to meld it with the arts.
"I think ARTSLab is a diamond in the rough… and a gateway to the creative fine arts community at UNM," said Stewart Copeland, associate director. He, along with Interim Director and Professor Mary Tsiongas and Lab Manager Valery Estabrook, are on hand at the venue to help researchers envision their projects and make them a reality.
"It's a place where collaboration happens across our campus, across disciplines, between students and faculty, and community," Tsiongas said.
"I've always thought of ARTSLab as being this meeting place for people coming together from different spaces to figure out ideas and create things that don't exist yet," Estabrook said.
