The Deschutes Public Library will host second-year students from Oregon State University - Cascades’ Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing for a Pop-Up Science Fair, an event where scientific method and creativity collide. The event will take place as part of the Second Sunday Reading Series at the downtown Bend branch on Sunday, June 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Attendees will deepen their appreciation for the creative process and produce art in an environment with parallels to a science laboratory. The MFA students will invite guests to join them at various stations and make experimental and experiential art with them. The collaborative art-making will bring out the imagination, the amateur scientist and the DIY art-maker in participants.
Readings and performances will be staged throughout the library.
The Pop-Up Science Fair is part of a on ongoing collaboration between the OSU-Cascades Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing and the Deschutes Public Library.
MFA student creators include Ally Bebbling, Joslyn Kite, Jessica Monday, Brittany Von Hoene, Barry Langland, Jay Jackson, Christine Coyne and Joshua Evans.
To learn about the OSU-Cascades Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing, visit http://osucascades.edu/academics/mfa.
About OSU-Cascades: Oregon State University’s branch campus in Bend, Ore., features outstanding faculty in degree programs that reflect Central Oregon’s vibrant economy and abundant natural resources. Nearly 20 undergraduate majors, 30 minors and options, and four graduate programs include computer science, energy systems engineering, kinesiology, hospitality management, and tourism and outdoor leadership. The branch campus expanded to a four-year university beginning fall 2015; its new campus will open in fall 2016.