Innovation Incubator in San Diego - Come one Come all

Learn about opportunities to participate in the

Art of Science Learning Incubator for Innovation

hosted by the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership

Public information sessions are offered:

• Thursday, May 30, 3:30-4:30 PM - University of California San Diego, Natural Sciences Building Auditorium
• Saturday, June 1, 10:00-11:00 AM - Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park
• Saturday, June 1, 1:00-2:00 PM - Malcolm X Library at 5148 Market St, San Diego, CA 92114

 At these meetings, we will:

• Discuss the integration of the arts into STEM as a strategy for regional economic vitality and the future of America's economic competitiveness
• Describe how the Art of Science Learning uses the arts as a catalyst for creativity and innovation
• Articulate various opportunities for participation
• Invite your involvement, to contribute to and benefit from this unprecedented effort

Our own PR for DNA of C, Kim Richards has summerized some of the information for you: 

The Art of Science Learning innovation incubator in San Diego is now recruiting! 

Harvey Seifter, project director and principal investigator, and San Diego incubator director, Nan Renner, hosted an information session on Friday morning April 26 at the Natural History Museum. The session started with an in depth overview of the history of the project leading up to where it stands today. More detail on the background available here: http://www.artofsciencelearning.org/index.php.

The team is calling for 100 community members of all ages and expertise, including 20 high school and college students, to join them in learning the project's new arts-based curriculum and solve issues around the region's innovation challenge: water. Recruiting is taking place in San Diego and the northern Baja region in Mexico.

The incubator will kick off in October, and after the first three months 10 teams will self-select, five addressing the innovation challenge and the other five creating new programs integrating arts into STEM learning. The curriculum will be taught by a group of experts most likely during Saturday sessions for a total of 150 hours over a year's time. Participants will become certified Art of Science Learning Fellows and will be armed with brand new tools to innovate.

To join the incubator, visit: http://bpcp.org/sites/default/files/aosl_incubator_application.pdf. There are also opportunities for individuals and organizations to participate by becoming team mentors or partnering on public outreach. You can host an incubator meeting, a public event or a temporary showcase, for example.

To get involved, please provide a resume and a one--]page statement to address these two questions:
1. What interests and skills will you bring to the incubatorfs innovation community?
2. How will you use your innovation skills in our local, regional, and/or international communities? Please email your response to Nan Renner, San Diego Incubator for Innovation, by June15, 2013 at sdincubator@bpcp.org, subject line: Incubator application, title:
(Your last name) application 2013.
 
RSVP online for the information meetings at bpcp.org/incubator or learn more about the project at www.artofsciencelearning.org.

Please direct any questions to Nan Renner at nan.renner@bpcp.org.

Thank you!

Nan & Amanda--
Nan Renner & Amanda Sincavage

San Diego Incubator for Innovation, Art of Science Learning
a program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership

funded by the National Science Foundation

1549 El Prado, Suite 1
San Diego, CA 92101
619.232.7502, ext. 1210