Dr. Glen Whitney, founder of the National Museum of Mathematics in New York and walkSTEM advisor, admires this large and visually stunning artwork outside the front doors of the Dallas Museum of Art. He looks at this artwork and wonders how the artist “mixed” colors in this mosaic to create various effects that we, as viewers, can appreciate. He introduces the color wheel to us an interesting example of a math model. He discusses: how is the color wheel a useful mathematical model? a limited mathematical model? What are some other examples of math models, their uses, and their limitations?
Supplementary Activity Guides for this video to extend student learning for K-12 grade levels are freely available here: https://talkstem.org/talkstem-activity-guides/ Support for these guides was provided by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.
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Dallas Museum of Art: Bead-embroidered prestige hat (mpaan), 20th century. Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Dallas Museum of Art: Genesis, The Gift of Life, 1954. Miguel Covarrubias (Glass mosaic on concrete)
Dallas Museum of Art: Ceramic Bowl, 13th century (Iran, Asia). The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art
Dance workshop featuring Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s, DBDT:Encore! Artistic Director;
Carmen Cage, Artist; Floyd McLean, Jr., Artist. Place: Marshall Performing Arts Center, Greenhill School
Dance workshop featuring Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s, DBDT:Encore! Artistic Director; Carmen Cage, Artist; Floyd McLean, Jr., Artist. Place: Marshall Performing Arts Center, Greenhill School
Dance workshop featuring Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s, DBDT:Encore! Artistic Director; Carmen Cage, Artist; Floyd McLean, Jr., Artist. Place: Marshall Performing Arts Center, Greenhill School
Dance workshop featuring Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s, DBDT:Encore! Artistic Director; Carmen Cage, Artist; Floyd McLean, Jr., Artist. Place: Marshall Performing Arts Center, Greenhill School
Dance workshop featuring Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s, DBDT:Encore! Artistic Director; Carmen Cage, Artist; Floyd McLean, Jr., Artist. Place: Marshall Performing Arts Center, Greenhill School
Jonathan Borofsky, Hammering Man – steel and motor 1984-1985, by the Neiman Marcus of the Northpark Center
Jonathan Borofsky, Hammering Man – steel and motor 1984-1985, by the Neiman Marcus of the Northpark Center
Octavio Medellin, Campanile Window – stained glass 1960, reinstalled 2014 at the Dallas Love Field Airport Ticketing Hall
Octavio Medellin, Campanile Window – stained glass 1960, reinstalled 2014 at the Dallas Love Field Airport Ticketing Hall
Octavio Medellin, Campanile Window – stained glass 1960, reinstalled 2014 at the Dallas Love Field Airport Ticketing Hall
Lane Banks, Untitled (Love Field) – tile 2012, East Tunnel from Parking Garage into the Dallas Love Field Airport Check-in
Dixie Friend Gay, North Texas Sunrise – mosaic 2013, Main Lobby Wall at the Dallas Love Field Airport
Brower Hatcher & Marly Rogers, Sky – fiberglass 2013, Main Concourse of the Dallas Love Field Airport
Martin Donlin, Blueprint of Flight – ceramic enamel 2013, Pedestrian Walkway to the Main Concourse of Dallas Love Field Airport
Luighi “Tony” Flabiano of American Terrazzo, World Map – terrazzo 1959, Main Lobby of the Dallas Love Field Airport
Dr. Glen Whitney, founder of the National Museum of Mathematics and walkSTEM advisor, walks us through how he designs a math walk.
Pamela Nelson and Robert A. Wilson, Color Equations – aluminum and vinyl 2007, Nordstrom Court, Northpark Center
Iván Navarro, This Land is Your Land – Neon, wood, metal, mirror, and neon 2014, hall between Nieman Marcus and Nordstrom Court, Northpark Center
Iván Navarro, This Land is Your Land – Neon, wood, metal, mirror, and neon 2014, hall between Nieman Marcus and Nordstrom Court, Northpark Center
Iván Navarro, This Land is Your Land – Neon, wood, metal, mirror, and neon 2014, hall between Nieman Marcus and Nordstrom Court, Northpark Center
Hillcrest Foundation Amphitheater at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University campus
Miguel Covarrubias, Genesis, The Gift of Life – glass mosaic c. 1954 at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District
Staircase leading to Observation Deck, Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars
Crystal Charity Ball Exploration Center, Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars