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The Bridges Organization

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. The Bridges Conference is an annual conference on connections between art and mathematics. The conference features papers, educational workshops, an art exhibition, a mathematical poetry reading, and a short movie festival.

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The Bridges Organization
Formation1998
FounderReza Sarhangi1
HeadquartersKansas
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President
George W. Hart1
Websitebridgesmathart.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.23 The Bridges Conference is an annual conference on connections between art and mathematics.456 The conference features papers, educational workshops, an art exhibition, a mathematical poetry reading, and a short movie festival.7

List of Bridges conferences

Year Place
1998 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States8
1999 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States9
2000 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States10
2001 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States11
2002 Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States12
2003 University of Granada, Granada, Spain13
2004 Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States14
2005 Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada15
2006 University of London, London, England16
2007 University of the Basque Country, Spain17
2008 Stenden University, Netherlands18
2009 Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada19
2010 Pécs, Hungary20
2011 University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal21
2012 Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States22
2013 Enschede, Netherlands23
2014 Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea24
2015 University of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States25
2016 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland26
2017 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada27
2018 National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden28
2019 Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria29
2020 Virtual Conference30
2021 Virtual Conference31
2022 Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland32
2023 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada33
2024 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia34
2025 Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven35
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References

  1. "About Bridges". The Bridges Organization. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. "Bridging the Gap Between Math and Art". Scientific American. August 23, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. "The Bridges Organization: art and mathematics". The Bridges Organization. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. "Metropolitan New York Section of The Mathematical Association of America March 2010" (PDF). Mathematical Association of America. March 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  5. "What Happens When You Combine Art and Math?". Science. March 25, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. Bellos, Alex (July 30, 2015). "Bridges 2015: a meeting of maths and art – in pictures". The Guardian.
  7. "About Bridges". MoSAIC. mosaicmathart.org. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  8. "Bridges 1998".
  9. "Bridges 1999".
  10. "Bridges 2000".
  11. "Bridges 2001".
  12. "Bridges 2002".
  13. "Bridges 2003".
  14. "Bridges 2004".
  15. "Bridges 2005".
  16. "Bridges 2006".
  17. "Bridges 2007".
  18. "Bridges 2008".
  19. "Bridges 2009".
  20. "Bridges 2010". Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  21. "Bridges 2011".
  22. "Bridges 2013".
  23. "Bridges 2013".
  24. "Bridges 2014".
  25. "Bridges 2015".
  26. "Bridges 2016".
  27. "Bridges 2017".
  28. "Bridges 2018".
  29. "Bridges 2019".
  30. "Bridges 2020 Virtual Conference".
  31. "Bridges 2021 – The Bridges Organization". Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  32. "Bridges Aalto 2022 – The Bridges Organization". Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  33. "Bridges Halifax 2023 – The Bridges Organization". Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  34. "Bridges Richmond 2024 – The Bridges Organization". Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  35. "Bridges Eindhoven 2025 – The Bridges Organization". Retrieved November 12, 2025.
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