PCAI and Kika Kyriakakou, as an IACCCA Board Member, cordially invite you to the 4th International IACCCA Symposium that will take place on 26th November 2026 at INHA, French National Istitute for Art History, Paris, under the title “In Common Threads: When Art Meets STEM & Health”.
The symposium will present a number of international artists, curators, writers and scientists as speakers, including James Bridle, PCAI Collection artist, and Ioli Tzanetaki, Senior Curator at EMST Athens, along with Gulia Bini, Curator and Head of Arts at CERN and Jane Morris, the Art Newspaper, Editor-at-Large.
So, what happens when art meets science, technology and health? And what can these encounters teach us about the way we create, live and care for one another?
In Common Threads: When Art Meets STEM & Health brings together artists, scientists, technologists, researchers and cultural professionals to explore the increasingly fluid boundaries between artistic practice, scientific enquiry and human wellbeing.
The symposium morning session focuses on The Art in STEAM — the creative possibilities that emerge when art intersects with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) practices.
The afternoon turns to Art & Health, exploring the role of creativity, art and the environments we inhabit in shaping our physical and mental wellbeing.
Across both sessions, In Common Threads explores the connections between disciplines that are too often considered separately — asking how art can act as a catalyst for collaboration, a bridge between different forms of knowledge and a powerful lens through which to imagine more human-centred futures.
Find more information and the programme here.
Image credit: Symposium 2026. Image © IACCCA & Léonie Lefere
Activity aligned with Goals 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17
