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The Art of Science Contest Art will be exhibited and judged during the Research Recognition Celebration on October 5, 2022
The Art of Science Contest is an opportunity for faculty, students, and staff to find their creativity by upcycling materials from their lab and workspace and transforming them into art pieces. Join us on October 5th from 4:30-7pm in the Medical Science Building CARE/Crawley Atrium to see the exhibition and vote for your favorite pieces. Prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place.
To stay on theme for the event, we will not be printing programs. See below for information on all participating Art of Science pieces.
Caterina Bartolacci, Department of Internal Medicine
TITLE: The Second Life of a Pasteur
MATERIALS USED: Canvas, pasteur pipette
ARTIST STATEMENT: “I tried to turn glass wastes in my lab into arts.”
bUClash, Department of Internal Medicine
TITLE: bUCltrophy
MATERIALS USED: Aluminum crimp stopper, tirgan tubing, pipette tips, syringe plunger, glue, dye, conical vials, serological pipettes, gloves, foams, cardboard, pipette tip boxes ARTIST STATEMENT: “To celebrate presence of team USA in world cup.”
Krystol Weidner, BSN, RN, Hoxworth Blood Center
TITLE: Apheresis
MATERIALS USED: Medication vial tops
ARTIST STATEMENT: “The Hoxworth Apheresis team has been saving medication vial tops from Heparin, Albumin, Benadryl, Alteplase, and various others to use for our artwork. The vials were arranged to represent the different components of blood (red blood cells, platelets/plasma/ and white blood cells) to display in our Apheresis clinic to discuss with patients and donors the concept of "Apheresis" while undergoing stem cell donations. Apheresis = the separation of blood.”
James J. Augsburger, MD, Department of Ophthalmology
TITLE: The Art of Retinoblastoma
MATERIALS USED: Drawings prepared using colored pencils as part of patient care in children with retinoblastoma
ARTIST STATEMENT: “The ocular fundus drawings that are presented on this poster were all created during ophthalmic examinations under anesthesia. All identifying information and explanatory notes appended to the drawings have been removed.”
Tina Grisham and David Askew, PhD, Department of Pathology
TITLE: Field of Fabulous Fungi
MATERIALS USED: 50ml and 15ml tube lids, PCR tubes, PCR Lids, Inoculating loop
ARTIST STATEMENT: “An artist's rendition of the microscopic spore-forming structures of the pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus.”
Melanie T. Cushion, PhD and Sandy Rebholz, Cushion Lab, Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
TITLE: Lambda Phage
MATERIALS USED: Acetate page holder, syringe barrel, lab timer, lanyard, filter sterilizer, paper clips, disposable pasteur pipette, bulbs, lab tape
ARTIST STATEMENT: “The syringe barrel was the inspiration for the very recognizable bacteriophage structure. The icosahedral head was a challenge, but a piece of acetate from a lab binder saved the day (and the pattern).”
Penelope Warm, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
TITLE: Phantasmagory
MATERIALS USED: Pipette tip holders, plates, various transfer pipettes, Pasteur pipettes, and various centrifuge tubes
Melanie T. Cushion, PhD, Cushion Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
TITLE: SARS-CoV2
MATERIALS USED: Stress ball, bubble wrap, push pins, pipette tips
Sandra Rebholz and Christopher Mosley, Cushion Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
TITLE: Recycled Rainbow
MATERIALS USED: Mixed media--Cardboard, paper, plastic, metal, and glass
William Elaban and Jaldeep Langhnoja, College of Pharmacy
TITLE: Industry of Science
MATERIALS USED: Cardboard, plastics, containers, foam
ARTIST STATEMENT: “Industry of Science is our take on the industrial and manufacturing side of science and general lab environments. The piece features a factory attached to somewhat of an apartment complex to reflect the blurred work/life balance lines that occur in many labs. You will also see many different billboards and signs throughout the piece to represent the overwhelming amount of advertisements thrown at scientists daily.”
Susan Waltz, Levi Fox, Angelle Jones, Zhixin Lu, James Davis, Demetrios (Meechi) Georgiades, Paula Saez Raez, and Carissa Lester, Waltz Lab, Department of Cancer Biology
TITLE: The Flow of Science
MATERIALS USED: Tape, plastic, cloth, cardboard, string, wood, paint, aluminum foil, graphite, paper, gel
ARTIST STATEMENT: “The flow of science has its ups and downs, but in the end science never fails as long as there is growth and learning.”
Ari Tweed, Retrovirology Reference Laboratory
TITLE: Corona de Luz
MATERIALS USED: Expired (never-used) blood collection tubes, aliquot tubes, swabs, bulb pipettes, string of Christmas lights, craft wire, hanging wire, wire wreath frame/ garden topiary frame, acrylic paint, spray paint, hot glue (possibly dowel rods and florist Styrofoam)
ARTIST STATEMENT: “When a pandemic shook the world in 2020, it was the light of science and the innovation of thousands of dedicated scientists that led us to a fast-tracked SARS-COV-2 vaccine and antivirals. In science lives hope.”
Janani Madhuravasal Krishnan and Elizabeth Odegard, Blackard Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases
TITLE: Biome
ARTIST STATEMENT: Lab plastic wares, mounting material and paints, herbs
Shelby Hetzer, Jordyn Torrens, Sami Lingo, Lilian Jerow, and Kristen Oshima, Evanson Lab
TITLE: Beauty in Trauma
MATERIALS USED: Pipette tips/boxes, tubing, CDs, conical tubes, lids, murine social defeat chambers, wiring, cardboard, folders, weigh boats, other old labware
Eric Smith, Department of Internal Medicine
TITLE: Terminator 3: the Rise of COVID
MATERIALS USED: Box used for N95 masks, clean goggles, Chlorox wipes container, unused N95 masks, clean unused cloth mask, COVID antigen test strips
ARTIST STATEMENT: “COVID, the terminator, back from the future to wreak havoc on the College of Medicine.”
Sandra Rebholz, The Cushion Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
TITLE: Cool Hand Lucy
MATERIALS USED: Rubber and plastic bags
Caterina Bartolacci, Scaglioni Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
TITLE: The Second Life of Pipettes
MATERIALS USED: Pasteur pipettes used for no-biohazard reagent
ARTIST STATEMENT: “Pasteur pipets are traditionally one of the most abused and misunderstood items of glassware in the student labs. It's time to give them a second (and artistic) chance!”
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