We are making Albuquerque the Fractal Capital of the World, home of the Fractal Balloons - inspiring symbols of the beauty of math and science!
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We’re Creating the World’s Largest Fractal Sierpinski Triangle – And We Need Your Help! We are building a giant fractal triangle made of thousands of individual fractals triangles made by students all over the world. A few years ago, we constructed the 8th order version of this fractal, comprised of 3^8 individual triangles (6,561). And […]
We’re so excited the fractal shows are back! After a long break for renovations, the Natural History Museum Planetarium has reopened, and the Fractal Shows are happening again, starting May 1st. We’ve been hard at work improving the shows and making some amazing new fractal zooms, and we can’t wait to share them with our […]
Albuquerque students are invited to participate in our annual fractal design challenge! This is a fun opportunity for the local youth to freely explore the beauty of fractals on their school or home computers. The 9 winning designs will be printed as massive artworks, and put on display for the entire city to see! They […]
Balloon Fiesta is here, and it’s our favorite time of the year! Join us October 4-12, we’ll be flying from launch spot S2 at the north east side of the field. You can also follow our adventures on Instagram at https://instagram.com/flyingfractals.
While the Planetarium is closed for renovations in September and October, we will be holding a special public fractal show at the Guild Theater in Albuquerque on September 18 at 7PM. Learn how simple repetitive processes create the complexity and beauty of the natural world, and see how the powerful lessons of fractals can shape […]
Now you can own the same beautiful clothing that the Flying Fractals crew wears! We have a whole line of fractal merchandise, including t-shirts, hoodies, blankets, as well as coffee cups, notebooks, phone cases, etc. Check out the Fractal Store!
Our innovative professional development project has been such a success that we’re doing it again, even bigger and better, starting October 26, 2022! The Fractal Foundation is collaborating with Explora to produce another 12 session STEAM ECHO series for New Mexico teachers, focused on grades 3,4,5,6,7. Register Now! Registration deadline October 12, 2022 This is an innovative […]
Jonathan Wolfe, Fractal Foundation Director demonstrates how to use the free, open-source XaoS program to create stunning algebraic fractals. Thank you to Explora and the New Mexico Science Fiesta for inviting us to participate!
We’re so proud of all the winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge, and excited to see the great work these kids are doing featured on TV. Thank you to KRQE, the City of Albuquerque’s UETF, Starfield Collective, and Electric Playhouse for making this program so successful! https://www.krqe.com/krqe-plus/community-reports/albuquerque-works-to-become-fractal-capital-of-the-world/
We are so excited to announce the newest winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge! We’ve selected the 8 most interesting and beautiful fractals created by students, and they are some of the best we’ve ever seen. We’ve already begun enlarging some of the winning artworks and displaying them on the sides of buildings in Albuquerque, and there’s lots […]