The Institute for Art and Olfaction

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    • Founder’s Note
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  • Team
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    • Staff
      • Saskia Wilson-Brown
      • Kóan Jeff Baysa
      • David Andrusia
      • Micah Hahn
    • Advisors
      • Adolfo V. Nodal
      • Brent Leonesio
      • Chad Clark
      • Christopher Kemp
      • David Burns
      • Dr. Avery Gilbert
      • Franco Wright
      • James McHugh
      • Josh Meyer
      • Katie Puckrik
      • Mandy Aftel
      • Sarah Shewey
      • Steven Gontarski
  • Calendar
  • Projects
    • Accident
    • Dig the Dig
    • ‘Molecules’, Series 1
    • Scent Bomb Happy Pit
    • Cult
  • Residents
    • Brian Goeltzenleuchter
    • Sarana Mehra
    • Elizabeth Staudt
    • Lindsey Mysse
    • Mike Saijo
    • Sita Bhaumik
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    • S.E. No. 1: Cult
    • ‘Molecules’, Series 1
    • AutumnSeventy
    • Checkout
  • June 9: Natural History Museum

    We’re excited to be a part of Natural History Museum’s centennial celebrations. We’re presenting a very special garden-led perfumery workshop with the lovely and talented Sarah Horowitz.

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  • June 15: Blending Bootcamp

    Brent Leonesio leads a rigorous hands-on bootcamp teaching the how, why, what and what not of perfume blending. You’ll walk away with incredible technical knowledge, and your very own bespoke perfume.

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  • Molecules for sale

    We asked artist and designer Micah Hahn to create a set of limited edition prints for the IAO, and boy did he deliver. Learn about the inspiration for the first set of his exquisite (and exclusive!) foil stamped ‘Molecules’ series.

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29. 04. 2013
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May is Magical

May is our favorite month of the year. Come find out what we’ve got going on in this most marvelous of months. Hint: COLOR!

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21. 03. 2013
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April is Amazing

We’re so happy that spring has sprung, here in sunny LA! Come feel the joy with our amazing programming line-up for April.

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26. 02. 2013
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Residents & Researchers

It gives us great pleasure to announce the two IAO residents for 2013, and the four IAO Research Fellows for 2013 and 2014.

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08. 02. 2013
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MPS sponsors IAO library

Miniature Perfume Shoppe will donate 10% of sales to the IAO library (and give you a 10% discount, to boot) when you use our code. 

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23. 01. 2013
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Indiegogo Go! Go!

We’re thrilled to say that our Indiegogo crowdsourced funding campaign was a mega-success: Beyond our wildest imaginings in fact.

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12. 12. 2012
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Project 1: Cult

The IAO’s first experimental project was a transmedia collaboration around the concept of cultism, with filmmaker Mark Harris  and perfumer Josh Meyer.

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20. 10. 2012
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We put a bird on it

When designer Micah Hahn was working on an idea for our logo, he found inspiration in surrealist photography from the early 20th century.

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18. 10. 2012
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Director of Programming

Renowned curator Kóan Jeff Baysa, known as Kj (pronounced ‘Cage’ – as in John, not Nicolas) has agreed to serve as our Director of Programming,

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01. 10. 2012
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Board of Advisors

We’re thrilled to announce the thirteen board of advisors for The Institute for Art and Olfaction, all experts in the field of perfumery, non-profits and art.

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    Thanks for visiting. Questions or comments? Contact us at hello @ artandolfaction . com.

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