press releases
(2012-04-10)
Bucknell University President John Bravman (left) and Bucknell alumnus and artist Makoto Fujimura (right) explore how technology and the arts intertwine on the next Bucknell Forum event, "Creative Engagement: The Questions Science and Art Ask of Each Other," which premieres on Monday, May 7 at 7 p.m. on WVIA TV.
During the event, Bravman and Fujimura interview each other about their views of creativity and invention as it expresses itself in art, science and technology, and then take questions from the audience. The event, which occurred on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 was free, open to the public and included the display of one of Fujimura's works featuring gold leaf.
Makoto Fujimura's work has been exhibited at galleries around the world, including New York City's Dillon Gallery, the Sen Art Gallery in Tokyo, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and the University Art Museum at Tokyo University of the Arts and Oxford House in Hong Kong. In 2003, President George Bush recognized Fujimura's prominence in the world of art by appointing him to the National Council on the Arts. In 2009, he was commissioned to illustrate the King James Bible the first single artist in more than 400 years to be asked to illumine all four Gospels.
John Bravman became the 17th president of Bucknell University on July 1, 2010. An accomplished academic and administrator, he holds a tenured position in the College of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering. He has written and taught primarily in the fields of materials structure and analysis, thin-film mechanical phenomena, microelectronic reliability and high-temperature superconductivity. Early in his career, Bravman pioneered new applications of transmission electron microscopy to various studies of thin-film structures. He has coauthored more than 160 scholarly publications.
Since 2007, the Bucknell Forum Speakers Series featured nationally renowned leaders, scholars and commentators who have examined various issues from multidisciplinary perspectives and a diversity of viewpoints.
Additional airdates of "Creative Engagement: The Questions Science and Art Ask of Each Other" on WVIA TV are Thursday, May 10 at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 12 at 10 p.m., Friday, May 18 at 8 p.m., Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m. and Thursday, May 31 at 9 p.m.
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