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WAY zy In GATEWAYwe report on signajicant events, including conferences and expositions; news zy o f interestingdevelopments in technology and zy science zy as they relate to the arts; tutm'al-leveldiscussions of important technologies and sciencefor the nonexpert . Wewelcom readers'suggestionsfor and contributionstofuture sections. zyx SHEARWATERFOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 1992AWARDSzyxwvut The board of directors of the ShearwaterFoundation awarded a total of $88,500 in grants within its HolographyProgram in 1992.The Holography Program was initiated 6 years ago to promote and encourage the art of holography by providing support and recognition to preeminent artists in the field. Since 1987,the HolographyProgram has been expanded to include support of institutions and activities that contribute to the understanding and appreciation of art holographyworldwide. Four ShearwaterFoundation HolographyAwards of $10,000 each were presented in 1992 to Brigitte Burgmer (Germany);Nancy Gorglione (U.S.A.); FrithioffJohansen (Denmark);and Dean Randazzo (U.S.A.). Special HolographyAwards of $10,000 each were issued to New York Holographic Laboratories (New York) and Fringe Research Holographics (Toronto) for providing quality instruction, lab facilities and support to holographic artists during the past 15years. The Societyof Photo-OpticalInstrumentation Engineers (SPIE)was awarded a grant of $3,000 for 15 artist scholarships to the Holographics International '92 meeting in London. A grant o f $2,500was awarded to thejournal SCIENCE-ARTCENTRES AND THEIRWORK Robert Pope's internationally recognized school of science and art originated in South Australia's paddle-steamer country, the picturesque Murray Riverland. It was unanimously endorsed by 12 district councils, and their State Parliamentappointed Culture Trust, for fostering and encouraging cultural endeavor throughout an inland region (about oneeighththe size of the state of Missouri). trator of the Science-ArtResearch Centre at Berri, South Australia, and its more recent interstate counterparts -the latest being at Uki, in the Blue Mountainhinterland of tropical northern New South Wales. For almost a decade, artists and scientists at these centres have been working together to develop a funding model for ethical science through art. In this way, they work to empower ordinary people through demoPope is both director and adminis01993 BAST LEONARDO,Vol26, No. 2, pp. 9&101,1993 95 WAY zyx Science-Art Centres. . zyxwv I cratic participation in cultural sanctions to influencethe direction of global scientific research. Thus research can become more socially responsible, more publicly accountable , more ethical, more comprehensible and less aloof and secretive. This Riverlandguild of science-artists argue that the time has come for art to enter the twentieth century and assume greater social responsibility by forging links with the sciences-to actively promote and encourage ethical and positive sciences. Paintingsales havefunded science for almost a decadeat Pope’s Science Art Centres. These centres also provide an alternative “openuniversity” environmentfor brilliantresearchers,often outside of the mainstream,who cannot functionwithin traditionalacademic environments . On a modest scale, Pope has encouragedand supported scientific research both within existing universities and in the broader community. Science-ArtResearch Centres have publisheda variety of tests by different researchers on a wide spectrum of topics, through the series of ScienceArt Library publications.In addition, a successful series of lectures and recent internationalexhibitions also zyxwvutsrq Wedo not know whether the man who drew the pictures on cave walls was thefirst scientist or thefirst artist, It may be that he was both,for science and art . . . are alike, dedicated to exploringand questioning. zy -Helen Poltz, Imagination’s Other Place, zyxw 1955 ShearwaterFoundation... Leonard0 to publish a color-plate page illustrating holographic artwork in a special issue, TheArchives o f Holography, guest-edited by Nancy Gorglione. zy A grant of $15,000was awarded to the Creative Holography Index for ongoing administrative support in its second year of operation. This was the second part of a 3-year grant. The CreativeArt Index began publication in November of 1992 as an independent, nonprofit quarterly. Museum of Holography for support in the packing, shipping and storage of the museum’s permanent collection and archives. The total $16,000 Storage Fund was administered by the Shearwater Foundation when the Museum of Holography closed in March 1992. For information on the Holography Program, contact PosyJackson Smith, Box 335, 757 South East 17th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316, U.S.A. A matched grant of $8,000was...