The Sunflower – Victoria Hendricks
“Stemtosteam.org is a website that has sparked a new movement in the education and work fields spanning this country. According to the website, “STEAM is a movement championed by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and widely adopted by institutions, corporations and individuals.” Furthermore, “[T]he objectives of the STEAM movement are to: transform research policy to place Art + Design at the center of STEM, encourage integration of Art + Design in K–20 education, and influence employers to hire artists and designers to drive innovation,” the website states. The website features case studies ranging from experiments taking place in Andover Schools to Sesame Street. One illustration of the importance of the merging of the arts and sciences comes from the same page where they discuss famed photographer from the 19-century named Charles Nègre, who was a pioneer for blending the subjects together to show us how they work together. “Where science ends, art begins,” Nègre said. After all, blueprints cannot come to life without the creative aspects of a designer. No more so can a musician play sweet music without being able to count notes on sheet music. The Sciences and Arts cannot exist by themselves. They, by their very natures, work together..”(more)