Davis Class That Fuses Art With Science Shows Off Tuesday Night

By Kathy Keatley Garvey-

DAVIS - It's time to celebrate!

Students in UC Davis Professor Diane Ullman's Entomology 1 class, which fuses art with science, will be showing their work at a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 31 in the Third Space Collective, 946 Olive Drive, Davis.

The event, billed as "Totems, Glass and the Movies," is free and open to the public.

Some 56 students participated, Professor Ullman said. "The students have really worked hard and for the first time ever we have stop-action movies, led by Allison Simler,and glass fusion artworks, led by entomology graduate student, Joanna Bloese."

Donna Billick and Diane Ullman led students in creating totems with clay, cement and mosaic. Ullman and Billick co-founded and co-directed the UC Davis Arts/Science Fusion Program.

"We are looking forward to introducing the UC Davis community to the fine work of our students, Ullman said.

Ullman, former associate associate dean for undergraduate academic programs, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is noted for her research, teaching and public service.

She received the Entomological Society of America's distinguished teaching award in 2013. She earlier received the outstanding teaching award from the Pacific Branch of ESA, comprised of 11 western states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), parts of Canada and Mexico, and seven U.S. territories.

-image of Entomology 1 student Nick Fehrenbach via Diane Ullman