Third Space Art Collective To Host Public Exhibit, Reception This Week

PHOTO: Kelly Aoyama works on her painting in Entomology 1 class, UC Davis. A public exhibit and reception will take place June 3 at the Third Space Art Collective.

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By Kathy Keatley Garvey:

“The Secret World of Insects” won’t be so secret any more on Wednesday, June 3.

That’s when a public exhibit and reception will take place to celebrate the work of Entomology 1 students, University of California, Davis.

The event takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., in the Third Space Art Collective, 946 Olive Drive.

The main instructor of Entomology 1 is Diane Ullman, professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology andNematology, and an accomplished artist. She co-founded and co-directed the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program.

“We had four sections this quarter,” Ullman said. Some 70 students participated.

1. Ceramics. The students created a screen-printed tile mosaic about evolution of the soapberry bug with the support and scientific advice of Jenella Loye and Scott Carroll of the Sharon Lawler lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Carroll is the director of the UC Davis Institute for Contemporary Evolution. Also, this quarter, self-described rock artist Donna Billick, co-founder and former co-director of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program, assisted the students.
2. Sculpture with reuse materials. The students made sculptural story boards about insects.
3. Painting and multimedia.The students did trip tic-like canvases about a diversity of insects.
4. Bioart. The students created insect drawings with fungi on agar.

Allison Simler, Vivian Ye and Anna Davidson (Evolution and Ecology, Design and Studio Art) served as teaching assistants.