ABQ/Santa Fe-Fractal Info

Hi everyone, and welcome to a whole bunch of new people on this list. There are lots of fun things happening in Fractal-Land, and the most exciting piece of news to share is:
We've chosen the winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge! The panel of nine distinguished judges worked long and hard to choosing the most interesting and beautiful fractals, and they were extremely impressed by the quality of the entries. We received 69 entries, ranging from 5th grade through high school, and it was difficult indeed to narrow them down to the 8 winners and the 8 finalist runners-up.
Congratulations to all the students who learned how to use computers to make beautiful art out of math! You can see the winning fractals and the finalists, on our website at http://www.FractalFoundation.org/challenge.shtm
The 8 winners are:
Alejandra L. of Washington MS
Rachel W. of Onate Elementary
Josh L. of Albuquerque High
Diego E. of Washington MS
Franchesca T. of Washington MS
Victoria G. of Washington MS
Nikolai L. of Albuquerque Academy
Annamarie M. of Annunication Catholic School


The 8 finalists are:

Adam R. of Annunication Catholic School
Brenna C. of Albuquerque Academy
Tania V. of Washington MS
Ashley T. of Washington MS
Cody B. of Washington MS
Madison D. of Annunication Catholic School
Eric C. of Annunication Catholic School
Alan V. of Washington MS


We'll be reproducing a few of the winning fractal images on buildings in downtown Albuquerque, just as soon as we can arrange permission from the building owners. That's so exciting! We have enough money, from the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, to print 1200 square feet of fractal - so far. And of course we're actively seeking sponsors to allow us to print more of the winning fractals, and to make the prints even larger. I'll let you know as soon as the images start appearing on buildings, so you can check them out in person at huge scale, but for now you can see the fractals on our website.


Next up: I'm giving a free public fractal talk in Santa Fe, entitled "Zooming to Infinity - A Fractal Adventure", as part of the Science Café series sponsored by the Santa Fe Alliance for Science. It's happening today - Monday night from 6-8 PM at the Georgia O'keeffe Museum educational annex at 123 Grant St. It's a free show, so get there a little early to make sure to get a seat. More info at http://www.sfafs.org/sciencecafes.asp


I'm also going to be appearing on the radio really soon, this morning on Mary Charlotte Domandi's Radio Café from 8:30 to 9 AM on 101.1 FM KSFR - you can hear it from anywhere streaming on the web at http://www.ksfr.org. Sorry for the short notice - I hope some of you can catch the interview, as I'll be talking about fractals and the exciting things we're doing with them..


Also speaking of Santa Fe, we'll be going up the State Legislature on February 5th for "Math and Science Day". We'll be displaying the winning images from the Fractal Challenge, and hopefully we'll have some of the winning students there meet the legislators and receive an award. Feel free to come by and show your support for Math and Science education. We'll be there all day, so come by and say hello!


And finally - I've been hard at work this month working to make the upcoming First Friday Fractals shows the best ones yet! So whether you've never seen the show before or if it's been a few months, please join us this coming Friday, February 1st at 6,7, and 8PM, at the Planetarium in the NM Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. And many thanks to those of you who filled out our Survey after seeing the show - it definitely helps us in our quest to make this the best fractal show possible. And if you haven't filled out the survey yet but have attended a First Friday Fractals show in the last year, we'd love it if you'd let us know what you thought. It should just take a few minutes, at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RSDcPU_2b2iRaj_2fCy076Nn_2bQ_3d_3d


Thanks for all your interest and support, and I hope to see you around soon!




-Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D.
Executive Director
http://www.FractalFoundation.org
Next First Friday Fractals show: February 1st
Fractals are SMART: Science, Math & Art!




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