Award-winning author Lawrence Weschler, a “passionate advocate of wonder” and writer of creative nonfiction works, will deliver a pair of presentations at Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity on Monday, Oct. 17. Weschler’s appearance is in conjunction with the exhibit, “Seeing is Knowing: The Universe,” currently on display in the Perlman Teaching Museum at the Weitz Center for Creativity. Both events, as well as admission to the exhibit, are free and open to the public.
Weschler’s first presentation at Noon on Monday, Oct. 17 in Room 236 of the Weitz Center for Creativity, is titled “Art and Science as Parallel and Divergent Ways of Knowing.” Weschler will explore ways in which art and science can converge to teach us about our world, and makes the argument that art and science have not always been separated as firmly as they are today. Weschler will discuss the work of such artists as David Hockney and Robert Irwin, both of whom have been featured in his books.