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Fractal Shows are Back!

Fractal Shows are Back!

  At long last, First Friday Fractals and Fractals Rock are back in the planetarium! Thanks for all your patience and support during our long break, we are delighted to be zooming fractals again in the NM Museum of Natural History and Science. “First Friday Fractals” shows are at 6 and 7 PM and are somewhat […]

Awesome Fractal Merch in our Store!

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Now you can own the same beautiful clothing that the Flying Fractals crew wears! We have  a whole line of fractal merchandise, including t-shirts, hoodies, blankets, as well as coffee cups, notebooks, phone cases, etc.  Check out the Fractal Store!

STEAM ECHO for Elementary Teachers

STEAM ECHO for Elementary Teachers

Our innovative professional development project has been such a success that we’re doing it again, even bigger and better, starting October 26, 2022! The Fractal Foundation is collaborating with Explora to produce another 12 session STEAM ECHO series for New Mexico teachers, focused on grades 3,4,5,6,7. Register Now! Registration deadline October 12, 2022   This is an innovative […]

NM Science Fiesta Fractal Demo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNcVcgLu4vI&feature=youtu.be Jonathan Wolfe, Fractal Foundation Director demonstrates how to use the free, open-source XaoS program to create stunning algebraic fractals. Thank you to Explora and the New Mexico Science Fiesta for inviting us to participate!

Fractal Challenge Winners in the News...

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We’re so proud of all the winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge, and excited to see the great work these kids are doing featured on TV. Thank you to KRQE, the City of Albuquerque’s UETF, Starfield Collective, and Electric Playhouse for making this program so successful! Albuquerque works to become fractal capital of the world

Albuquerque Fractal Challenge Winners...

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We are so excited to announce the newest winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge! We’ve selected the 8 most interesting and beautiful fractals created by students, and they are some of the best we’ve ever seen. We’ve already begun enlarging some of the winning artworks and displaying them on the sides of buildings in Albuquerque, and there’s lots […]

Fractals at Meow Wolf

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We are very excited to have been invited to do a free fractal workshop at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe on November 30, from 1-6 PM. The public is invited to join us for several brief video explorations of fractals starting on the hour, followed by interactive hands-on fractal making activities (“Fractivities”!). We will be teaching […]

Fractal Clothing is here!

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Click here to visit the Fractal Store Wearing fractals is FUN!!! And by purchasing fractal merchandise, you are supporting science, math and art education in New Mexico.    

Fractal Balloons

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https://youtu.be/obSzATjfPyA The Fractal Foundation is incredibly excited to share not one, but TWO digitally printed fractal art balloons with the world. These are the first balloons ever of their kind, fully digitally printed mathematical artworks. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that can be zoomed into forever. The images on the balloons are tiny details of […]

Welcome Fibonacci!

Welcome Fibonacci!

The Fractal Foundation is thrilled to welcome the newest flying fractal to the fleet! Our latest infinitely complex inspiring creation “Fibonacci” was manufactured by Kubicek Balloons, and is the largest, highest resolution fractal ever printed. This art balloon contains over 340 BILLION pixels! Infinite Gratitude to Jason Fischer for generously making this fractal dream come to […]