Science Museum to open ‘Beautiful Minds’ exhibit
Science Museum Oklahoma will debut the exhibit “Beautiful Minds — Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage” with a gallery opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the museum's smART Space galleries.
The free public gallery opening will include appetizers and a cash bar.
The exhibition will explore the minds, art and successes of people past and present who have or had dyslexia — from well-known entrepreneurs, artists, authors and scientists like Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Agatha Christie to contemporary artists, including John Gill, of Alfred, New York; Mark Wittig, of North Little Rock, Arkansas; and Holly Wilson, of Mustang.
"Many people have the wrong idea about what dyslexia actually is — in ‘Beautiful Minds’ we are using art, among other things, to show that dyslexia isn’t necessarily a learning disorder, but a learning difference,” said Scott Henderson, director of Science Museum Oklahoma’s smART Space galleries.
“The exhibit will illuminate many of the misconceptions of dyslexia, educate those who aren’t familiar with it and empower those who have this common learning difference. It also shines a light on the heightened creative skills that are so commonly found in people who have dyslexia,” Henderson added.
The exhibition also features the artwork of dozens of students with dyslexia from Oklahoma City’s Trinity School, and through a partnership with Decoding Dyslexia Oklahoma, highlights several students who have overcome the challenges of dyslexia and gone on to notable personal and academic successes.
“Beautiful Minds — Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage,” which will be available during regular museum hours Nov. 10 through July 14, is included with general admission to the museum, 2020 Remington Place.
For more information about the smART Space galleries at Science Museum Oklahoma, go to www.sciencemuseumok. org/smart-space.