National Friends of Libraries Week is from October 20 to 26, an annual event that provides an opportunity to promote Friends of Libraries groups in the community, raise awareness about their efforts, and encourage membership. Join us on Thursday, October 24^th either at 2:30PM or 5:30PM to explore the fascinating intersection of data and art.

Gregory J. Matthews, PhD, will address the questions of what data art is, argue for the inevitability of data as a medium for art, and offer a brief overview of the history of data art. Dr. Matthews is a statistician and data artist at Loyola University Chicago who will lead us through a discussion of data art, followed by a presentation on creating data art using the statistical programming language R.

Participants will have the opportunity to print their projects for pickup at a later time. Refreshments will also be provided.

Learn more about the topic:
Data Art library research guide
Data Art: Where Statistics Meet Creativity 

This presentation will be offered in two sessions:
2:30 to 4:00 p.m. - register for this session here
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. - scroll below to begin registration for this session

Thanks to co-sponsors, namely University Libraries, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Math and Statistics, for their generous support and partnership!

Artwork by Gregory J. Matthews
 

Gregory J. Matthews, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Loyola University Chicago where he has been since 2014. In addition, he is also the founder and director of the Loyola University Chicago Center for Data Science and Consulting.  He received his PhD in statistics from the University of Connecticut in 2011 and completed a post-doc in the School of Public Health at University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2014.  He has been making data art since 2011 and has had his work displayed in numerous shows in the Chicagoland area, and since 2016 he has organized the Data Art Show at the Joint Statistical Meetings.