This is your brain on Vortex IPA
First Ales & Ideas focuses on neuroscience, art of alcohol
ASTORIA — Clatsop Com-
munity College and the Fort
George Brewery announce
the kick-off of the 2015-16
Thursday night Ales & Ideas
community lectures at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1.
The college’s Ales & Ideas
lecture series has moved to the
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for the season and begins with
an apropos program entitled
“This is Your Brain on Vortex:
The Neuroscience (and Art) of
Alcohol” presented by Port-
land-based neuroscientist Bill
Griesar, PhD., and artist Jeff
Leake of NW Noggin, an art
and neuroscience education
and outreach network.
Doors open with food and
beverage service at 6 p.m.
Seasonal beers on tap, food
and other beverages are avail-
able for purchase, but no pur-
chase is required. The Fort
George Lovell Showroom is
located at 426 14th St. Minors
are welcome.
Humans have used intoxi-
cants like alcohol and marijua-
na for thousands of years, and
modern humans are no differ-
ent. The Northwest is home to
a thriving beer, wine and spir-
its industry that is growing on
the North Coast. “This is Your
Brain on Vortex” invites par-
ticipants to enjoy (or abstain
from) their favorite beer while
Griesar and Leake discuss the
neuroscience and art of alco-
hol.
Find out how alcohol af-
fects the chemistry of the brain
Submitted photo
Jeff Leake will present with Bill Griesar
about the neuroscience and art of alcohol
at the Oct. 1 Ales & Ideas lecture.
some well-known artists have
approached (and sometimes
Neuroscientist Bill Griesar will present the used) alcohol in the creation
first Ales & Ideas lecture of the 2015-16 of their works of art.
season Oct. 1.
A graduate of OHSU’s
Behavioral Neuroscience pro-
and how it changes a person’s gram, Griesar teaches neuro-
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versity and Washington State
University, Vancouver. Leake
holds a Master of Fine Art
from University of California,
Davis and a Bachelor of Fine
Art from the San Francisco
Art Institute. Both currently
co-teach an Art and the Brain
course at WSU Vancouver and
at PSU, providing reference
to visual arts and visual phe-
nomena in relation to neuro-
science. They also founded the
volunteer art and neuroscience
outreach program, NW Nog-
gin (nwnoggin.org) and rou-
tinely bring college students
and brains to K-12 classrooms
in Portland and Vancouver
public schools.
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