The Bridges Organization

The Bridges Organization
Formation1998
FounderReza Sarhangi
HeadquartersKansas
LocationUnited States
President
George W. Hart
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. 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.

List of Bridges conferences

YearPlace
1998Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States
1999Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States
2000Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States
2001Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States
2002Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States
2003University of Granada, Granada, Spain
2004Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, United States
2005Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2006University of London, London, England
2007University of the Basque Country, Spain
2008Stenden University, Netherlands
2009Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2010Pécs, Hungary
2011University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
2012Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States
2013Enschede, Netherlands
2014Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, South Korea
2015University of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States
2016University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
2017University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2018National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2019Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
2020Virtual Conference
2021 Virtual Conference
2022 Aalto University, Helsinki and Espoo, Finland
2023 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2024 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
2025 Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven
2026 University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

References

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  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.
  36. ↑ "The Bridges Organization – Mathematics・Art・Music・Architecture・Culture". Retrieved August 8, 2026.