Tec de Monterrey announces Science Gallery Monterrey as an innovative venue for science and art collaboration
On 29 November 2022, JUMPSTART opened on the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus, a pop-up exhibition set to engage and introduce audiences to Science Gallery Monterrey. The first official agreement between Tecnológico de Monterrey and Science Gallery International was signed at this event.
The opening and signing of the agreement coincided with the official ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone of the project Expedition, Tecnológico de Monterrey’s innovation centre that will house Science Gallery Monterrey’s permanent building, which is to be completed in 2024.
JUMPSTART, the first exhibition by Science Gallery Monterrey and the first of its kind in Latin America, includes works by local artists and showcases the diversity of work from the Science Gallery Network with additional pieces on loan from Science Gallery Atlanta at Emory University and Science Gallery Melbourne at University of Melbourne.
As a leading space for innovation, Science Gallery Monterrey will create and host free exhibitions and events designed for a target audience of young adults 15 to 25 years old and feature participative experiences that blend art, science, and technology, and ensure access to STEAM-related content and conversations for local young people.
Science Gallery Monterrey is the newest addition to the Science Gallery Network, which currently has locations in Dublin, London, Melbourne, Bengaluru, Berlin, Rotterdam and Atlanta. The Science Gallery Network is the world’s only university member network dedicated to public engagement with science and art and consists of leading universities united around a singular mission: to ignite creativity and discovery where science and art collide.
Based on the model pioneered by Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, Science Gallery Monterrey will trigger new forms of collaboration between scientists and artists, develop innovative education programs, and enhance the excellence of research carried out by TEC Monterrey and the other universities in the Science Gallery Network.
Tec de Monterrey, Mexico’s leading university based in the heart of the city, is ranked as the top private university in Mexico. Science Gallery Monterrey at TEC Monterrey will further the university’s commitment to leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship for human flourishing as a model for creating “educational experiences to shape individuals into agents of change willing to work for the benefit of all—individuals who take responsibility for their own lives and are aware that their actions can transform others—capable, talented, upright, committed, involved visionaries with a global perspective and entrepreneurial spirit, not only at the university, but in all spheres of their lives.”
Speaking of the announcement, Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, Rector of Professional and Postgraduate Studies at the Tecnológico de Monterrey said “Today we celebrate a major achievement for Tecnológico de Monterrey as it joins the Science Gallery International Network. Science Gallery Monterrey at Tec de Monterrey will be a centre for innovation in science and art. It will become a source of ideas and experiments for all researchers, locally and worldwide, interested in the crossovers between the arts and the sciences, facilitating international collaborations at the highest level. Science Gallery Monterrey will enhance the strategic vision of Tecnológico de Monterrey by continually innovating our academic programmes to respond to social, economic, labour, scientific and technological changes that will lead it to achieve leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship for human flourishing.”