ArtVentures in engineering at Arizona State University

ArtVentures in engineering (AVIE) is a series of community workshops and educational K-12 outreach projects designed to examine and explore the interdependence of science and the arts. This project was conceived from a unique partnership formed between the Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts and the Women in Applied Science and Engineering (WISE) program at Arizona State University. The primary goal of this collaboration is to educate and bring community awareness to a diverse population through the exploration of interdisciplinary principles and to value the contributions of artists to science and scientists to the arts. To date, four workshops have been completed and a fifth workshop is scheduled for Spring, 2005. Preliminary workshops described will serve as a basis for statewide and national models to train teachers and educators in bringing multidisciplinary learning and integrated teaching into the classroom. Results of each workshop were examined on an immediate basis however, future research will include both short-term and long-term assessment components to examine program effectiveness. An overview of workshops will be presented as well as future program expansion including preliminary discussions of teacher education and teacher training.