Complexity sciences, and their applications to human systems,  have been around since the early 1980s, but the power in academe, business, industry, and government still sit squarely in Newtonian worldviews. Why? What are the  challenges of thinking through the lens of complex adaptive systems?

From such historic luminaries as Seth Eastman and Alexis Fournier to contemporary artists Jim Denomie and Dan Bruggeman, this lecture will review the nearly 200 year history of artmaking in Minnesota. Bring your questions. Art historian Brian Szott, Curator of Art at the Minnesota Historical Society from 2001 to 2022, organized numerous exhibitions including Seth Eastman: Artist on the Frontier, Thank God and FDR, and Art Speaks. Previously,…