The Institute for Figuring

“Expenses travel 2,962 conference fees 52 art liability insurance 2,347 meals 132 bank service charge 149 licenses 75 supplies 342 books, subscriptions, ref 37 drop box/web hosting expe 327 website expenses 84 utilities 770 storage 14,705 research 399 cell phone 109 misc operating expenses 470 consulting 18,000 lodging expenses 67 charity 51 total 41,078”

“Iff model collection 4,191 4,191 total 4,191 4,191”

“Accrued liabilities 2,960 8,133”

“Exhibitions program the primary purpose of the institute for figuring is to educate the public about subjects in science and mathematics. To this end, the iff creates and participates in exhibitions at the intersection of science, mathematics, and art. In 2024 the organization's crochet coral reef project - which reflects on the disappearance of coral reefs due to climate change, as well as manifestations of mathematics in nature - was exhibited in a major solo-show at schlossmuseum linz in austria in the museum's natural history wing. This was the second exhibition of our work at the schlossmuseum. The new show was mounted in response to popular audience demand and ongoing community interest. Likewise, an exhibition of the project at the carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh (first shown in 2023) was extended to run through the end of 2024 - again in response to popular demand. In austria, the museum had record attendance, with many visitors saying it was their first time ever at the museum. A massive slate of public outreach programming in association with the exhibition engaged over 3,500 people across austria. The exhibition was reviewed in magazines and newspapers across the country and was on local radio and television. In pittsburgh, over 300 people participated from across the city; and the finished exhibition was featured in local press and on a national pbs television program. Our work was also included in two large-scale exhibitions: at gustav lubcke museum (hamm, germany) around the theme of environmental collapse; and at artcenter college of design (la/pasadena), as part of the getty center's city-wide pst-2024 art and science initiative; the exhibition theme was "data, design, art." in addition, we contributed work to an exhibition titled seeing the unseen: math and art at the wignall museum at chaffey college in eastern la - the exhibition was accompanied by a robust slate of events about mathematics for students and community members. Finally, our work was included in a museum-wide exhibition titled imagery of the sea at musee cantonal des beaux arts lausanne (switzerland) - the exhibition bought together scientific and artistic images of ocean phenomena and was accompanied by a lavish catalog book, in dual french/english, in which our work was discussed.”

“Public programming, events, and workshops program during 2024, the iff continued working with schlossmuseum linz on a large- scale community science+art project that engaged people across austria with the subjects of climate change, coral reefs, and mathematics in nature. During the 2 years of this project, 3,500 austrians participated, including almost 1,000 school students”

“Website program during 2024, the iff extended our website about our crochet coral reef project and its affiliated educational offshoots in mathematics, ecology, and the science of coral reefs. The site contains a great deal of information about the scientific and mathematical topics underlying the project and its network of worldwide programming. This material serves as a valuable educational resource freely available to students, teachers, and educators. See www.crochetcoralreef.org. The organization also continued to support and add to our website for the institute itself www.theiff.org - which contains online exhibits and other educational materials on scientific and mathematical topics such as fractal geometry, mathematical paper folding, and prime numbers.”

“Publications program in 2024, work continued on a book about the institute's crochet coral reef project to be published in conjunction with our two exhibitions at schlossmuseum linz in austria. The book contains essays about the mathematical, geological, environmental and community dimensions of the project, and has just been published - in july 2025 - in a dual english/german edition. Ms wertheim also wrote about the project in a long scholarly essay for the forthcoming book seeing the unseeable: data, design, art published in conjunction with the exhibition at artcenter college of design. (the book is forthcoming fall 2025).”