An international exhibition celebrating a century of creativity by Nobel Prize winners will be hosted by UTS from April to June 2007 – the only venue the exhibition will have in Australia.

Beautiful Minds: Cultures of Creativity, developed to mark the centenary of the Nobel Prizes in 2001, explores the creativity of the scientists, writers, economists and peacemakers who have been recognised by the Nobel Foundation.

Curated and sponsored by the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, the exhibition's international tour has been to 12 countries including Sweden, Japan, Korea, America, Britain and Singapore.

Using publicly accessible spaces in the UTS Tower building and adjoining Building 2, the exhibition will include a program of lectures by Nobel Laureates, research symposia and guided tours for school groups.

Beautiful Minds examines questions such as, "What is creativity and how can creative activity best be encouraged?" The Exhibition does not provide specific answers, but gives visitors the chance to think about these questions for themselves.

Characteristics of creativity are explored through the research of more than thirty Laureates such as physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the work of Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King, and the literary works of Selma Lagerlöf.

The Exhibition also gives an account of the Nobel Prizes of the 20th Century and well-known and controversial Nobel Prizes are discussed against a background of historic events.

"In hosting Beautiful Minds, UTS expresses its commitment to creativity, innovation and peace," said Professor Sue Rowley, the University's Deputy-Vice Chancellor for Research.

"The exhibition will include scholarly, public and educational programs that will involve staff and students from across the University.

"UTS offers courses for students who will become designers, curators, scientists, economists, lawyers, teachers, activists, journalists, writers, arts administrators – all the professions that come together to create and disseminate knowledge and find solutions to poverty, conflict and social injustice.

"UTS staff undertake outcomes-focused research that contributes economic, social, cultural and environmental benefits to society," Professor Rowley said.

The Sydney leg of the exhibition is sponsored by Volvo Cars Australia, the Nobel Museum and UTS.

To find out more about the exhibition and the associated school and community programs as information becomes available, visit http://www.nobel.uts.edu.au/