Feb. 8, 2008
News release from Office of Cong. Mike Thompson
Used with permission
Anne Warden, (202) 226-3311
Elly Fairclough, (530) 662-5272
(Note: This news release relates to the work of Diane Ullman's students. Ullman is a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology; co-director of the campus's Art-Science Fusion Program; and associate dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)
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| Honeycomb was created by Johanna Ruiz (not pictured) and Jennifer Liu (left), shown here with her friend Stephanie Sin. |
WOODLAND—Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa) announces an office display of artwork by UC Davis entomology students. The whimsical and brightly colored silk wall hangings were created as part of the university’s Art-Science Fusion Program, designed to introduce students to the creative synergy of the two academic disciplines.
The four large-format banners featured are a Garden Kaleidoscope by Jane Pomeroy and Lyndsey Barry; Insects’ Evolutionary Tree by Benjamin Mooso and Megan Varney; A Lifecycle Landscape by Lydia Lin, Casey Tran, Dolley Orellana and Connor Adkins; and Honeycomb by Jennifer Liu and Johanna Ruiz (pictured). Explanatory artist statements illuminate the creative process behind each piece.
“The students who created these delightful pieces represent a variety of majors and most have little or no formal art training,” observed Congressman Thompson. “Their experiment in artistic self-discovery is wonderful to behold and a challenge for all of us to follow their example.”
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Congressman
Mike Thompson
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Entomologist
Diane Ullman |
During 2007, another Art-Science Fusion project, a ceramic mural composed of 130 ceramic tiles depicting plants and insects native to the UC Davis Arboretum’s Ruth Storer Garden, was displayed for several months at the US Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC.
Among the more than 300,000 visitors to enjoy the exhibition, Congressman Thompson noted that the UC Davis students’ achievement made him “impressed and proud.” Now returned to campus, the ceramic tile wall will be permanently installed in the Ruth Storer Garden.
The four entomology banners may be seen in Congressman Thompson’s Woodland District Office, 712 Main Street, Suite 101 in the rear courtyard, during business hours Monday-Friday through March.
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
