Pies will be served before the talk in the Mathematics tearoom.
The theme chosen for the 2025 International Day of Mathematics— or Pi Day, as dates are written in some countries: third month, fourteenth day— is Mathematics, Art, and Creativity. This provides us the perfect opportunity both to launch a participatory maths art activity, and to consider mathematical art more generally. With a focus on properties of Pi, come for an evening stroll past mathematical visual and textile art that I hope will inspire your own creativity. Yes, there will be circles, but so much more.
Bio:
Katherine Seaton is an Adjunct Associate Professor at La Trobe University, where she worked in mathematics teaching, outreach and research for over twenty-seven years. Her published work ranges across statistical physics, tertiary mathematics education, academic integrity and mathematical art. She is the author of the recent book A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko. Katherine is a strong advocate for using fibre arts to widen perspectives on what it means to do mathematics and on who is a mathematician. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts and has spoken and exhibited hitomezashi at Bridges conferences since 2018.