Fractal Challenge Winners Award Ceremony

The winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge were publicly awarded during a ceremony at the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge on March 14th, 2010.
Five of the 8 winning students were present, and they received a poster of their fractal, an award certificate, and a trophy fractal billboard. In addition, their artworks will be on display in the atrium of the West Complex of the Albuquerque Convention Center for the next year.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Many thanks to the Albuquerque Convention Center for graciously providing their facilities for the Fractal Challenge and Trianglethon, and to Clear Channel Outdoor, who generously provided the splendid fractal billboard trophies for the winning students.

Fractals Come to Escuela del Sol and Harwood Art Center

The Fractal Foundation is pleased to announce the newest public art installation of a winning fractal from the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge. An 8′x12′ banner was installed on the west-face of the Harwood Art Center at 7th and Mountain Rd in downtown Albuquerque. Congratulations to Lauren Lopez, the featured artist!

In addition, the students of the affiliated Escuela del Sol were given a fractal presentation inside the building, and then they eagerly made fractal triangles and tetrahedrons.

Albuquerque Kids on “Research Rocks” (pt2)

Channel 7 recently featured several of Albuquerque’s brightest, most creative students on its “Research Rocks” segment. Two of the winners of the 2009 Albuquerque Fractal Challenge, and one of the 2008 winners (and her brother) were featured in the video explaining how they’ve been exploring fractals on computer to create amazing mathematical artworks.

The host, Byron Morton, even travels to Downtown ABQ to film Rachel Washington’s amazing gigantic public art fractal. Many thanks to Byron, KOAT Channel 7, and Intel for sponsoring “Research Rocks!”

Watch the Video here.

See - and make - fractals at the NM State Fair

The 8 winning fractals from the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge have been installed on the NM State Fairgrounds, and they look spectacular!

We’re also hosting a table in the School Arts Building where you can come learn about fractals, and kids can make a fractal triangle that will be part of the Trianglethon project, where we’re making the world’s largest fractal triangle. We’ll be there till Sept 27, and hope you can come check it out. Many thanks to our great volunteers for staffing the booth!

Some of the winners from the Fractal Challenge, on display at the Fair:

 

 

 

Many thanks to Resolution Graphics for donating the printing, and to Symbiotic Builders for donating the installation. Also to Albuquerque’s Urban Enhancement Trust Fund and Albuquerque Community Foundation for sponsoring the Fractal Challenge!

Winning Fractal Publicly Dedicated

Rachel Washington’s winning fractal public artwork was officially dedicated at a ceremony in downtown Albuquerque on Monday March 9th. Mayor Martin J. Chavez spoke briefly and congratulated Rachel for her achievement. He then introduced Fractal Foundation executive director Jonathan Wolfe who said a few words explaining why fractals are valuable (”They make math fun, exciting, and beautiful!”) as well as thanking the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, Albuquerque Community Foundation, and Clear Channel Outdoor for their support. Representatives of all the major local media were there, and the story made the local news programs.

See the Installation of the art.

Fractal Challenge Building Wrap!

On Tuesday, Feb 24th, the first Albuquerque Fractal Challenge billboard was installed on the parking garage at 3′d and Silver. The featured fractal was made by the youngest winner of the Fractal Challenge, 5th grader Rachel W. of Onate Elementary. Almost certainly the largest fractal print ever made, this amazing artwork is visible from large parts of downtown Albuquerque. Look for more giant public art fractals soon!

Many thanks to Mayor Martin J. Chavez, the Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund and Albuquerque Community Foundation for making the project possible. Thanks also to BGK Albuquerque Property Management for letting us use their building facade!

See the Dedication ceremony.

Fractal Challenge entries closed

Congratulations to all the students who entered fractals in the 2008-2009 Fractal Challenge. As of the deadline at midnight Dec 31, 2008, we received over 68 entries , and will be posting them here on the website soon. We’ll also be announcing when the official judging will take place, as soon as we can schedule it with the judges.