Design Thinking: Art, Engineering, and Design at the NBMAA: School Tour

Explore the connections between the artistic process and architecture, engineering & design through these three-dimensional works of art in the NBMAA Collections.

While viewing structures, installation artworks, sculpture and benches commissioned by NBMAA and consider site-specific design challenges for the artist, the artistic process, and make personal connections to the works.

The following three questions will help:

How do artists use problem-solving to innovate and create unique works of art for a specific site?

What design problems do you think each artist might have faced in creating a site-specific work?

What connections and distinctions do you see between artists, engineers or architects, in approaching a design problem?