The Bridges Organization

{{Short description|Organization concerned with mathematics and art}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox Organization | name = The Bridges Organization | image = | image_border = | image_size = | caption = | formation = 1998 | founder = Reza Sarhangi<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/about/|publisher=The Bridges Organization|title=About Bridges|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> | type = | headquarters = Kansas | location = United States | num_members = | language = | leader_title = President | leader_name = George W. Hart<ref name="about"/> | key_people = | num_staff = | budget = | website = {{url|bridgesmathart.org/}} }}

'''The Bridges Organization''' is a non-profit organization that was founded in Kansas, United States, in 1998 with the goal of promoting interdisciplinary work in mathematics and art.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bridging-the-gap/|title=Bridging the Gap Between Math and Art |publisher=Scientific American |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bridgesmathart.org/home/|title=The Bridges Organization: art and mathematics |publisher=The Bridges Organization |access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> The Bridges Conference is an annual conference on connections between art and mathematics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sections.maa.org/metrony/news2010.pdf|title=Metropolitan New York Section of The Mathematical Association of America March 2010 |publisher=Mathematical Association of America|date=March 2010 |access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/what-happens-when-you-combine-art-and-math|title=What Happens When You Combine Art and Math? |publisher=Science |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bridges 2015: a meeting of maths and art – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/gallery/2015/jul/30/bridges-2015-a-meeting-of-maths-and-art-in-pictures |date=July 30, 2015 |first=Alex |last=Bellos |work=The Guardian}}</ref> The conference features papers, educational workshops, an art exhibition, a mathematical poetry reading, and a short movie festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mosaicmathart.org/about-bridges/|title=About Bridges |work=MoSAIC |publisher= mosaicmathart.org|access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref>

==List of Bridges conferences== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year || Place |- | 1998 || Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/1998-2/|title=Bridges 1998}}</ref> |- | 1999 || Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/1999-2/|title=Bridges 1999}}</ref> |- | 2000 || Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2000-2/|title=Bridges 2000}}</ref> |- | 2001 || Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2001-2/|title=Bridges 2001}}</ref> |- | 2002 || Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2002-2/|title=Bridges 2002}}</ref> |- | 2003 || University of Granada, Granada, Spain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2003-2/|title=Bridges 2003}}</ref> |- | 2004 || Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2004-2/|title=Bridges 2004}}</ref> |- | 2005 || Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2005-2/|title=Bridges 2005}}</ref> |- | 2006 || University of London, London, England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2006-2|title=Bridges 2006}}</ref> |- | 2007 || University of the Basque Country, Spain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2007-2/|title=Bridges 2007}}</ref> |- | 2008 || Stenden University, Netherlands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/2008-2/|title=Bridges 2008}}</ref> |- | 2009 || Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2009/|title=Bridges 2009}}</ref> |- | 2010 || Pécs, Hungary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2010/|title=Bridges 2010|access-date=July 14, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701194653/http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2010/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2011 || University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2011/|title=Bridges 2011}}</ref> |- | 2012 || Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2012/|title=Bridges 2013}}</ref> |- | 2013 || Enschede, Netherlands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2013/|title=Bridges 2013}}</ref> |- | 2014 || Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2014/|title=Bridges 2014}}</ref> |- | 2015 || University of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2015/|title=Bridges 2015}}</ref> |- | 2016 || University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2016/|title=Bridges 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 || University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2017/|title=Bridges 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 || National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2018/|title=Bridges 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 || Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/past-conferences/bridges-2019/|title=Bridges 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 || Virtual Conference<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2020/|title=Bridges 2020 Virtual Conference}}</ref> |- |2021 |Virtual Conference<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridges 2021 – The Bridges Organization |url=https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2021/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2022 |Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridges Aalto 2022 – The Bridges Organization |url=https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2022/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2023 |Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridges Halifax 2023 – The Bridges Organization |url=https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2023/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2024 |Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridges Richmond 2024 – The Bridges Organization |url=https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2024/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2025 |Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridges Eindhoven 2025 – The Bridges Organization |url=https://www.bridgesmathart.org/b2025/ |access-date=2025-11-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> |}

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.bridgesmathart.org/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridges Organization}} Category:1998 establishments in Kansas Category:Arts organizations established in 1998 Category:Arts organizations based in Kansas Category:Mathematics organizations Category:Mathematics and art