By Dateline staff
The Art-Science Fusion Program this weekend presents Cabinets of Curiosity, a one-night-only scientific art show, free and open to the public.
The "cabinets" refer to premuseum, pre-Linnaeus collections of curiosities from around the world, gathered for the affluent of the 15th and 16th centuries, according to teaching assistant Anna Davidson, a third-year doctoral student in the Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group, housed in the Department of Plant Sciences.
Diane Ullman, co-founder and co-director of the Art-Science Fusion Program, said: "Find out what happens when artists mix this concept with the strange world of insects using found object and sculpture." Ullman is a professor of entomology and associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Davidson further described the show: "We have created a cabinet of curiosity consisting of 20 drawers. Each drawer is a shallow, glass covered box that tells a story about insects using found object and sculpture. Each piece is very unique."
The show, featuring the work of 17 student artists, is scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 3) at 721 Seventh St., Davis (at the corner of Seventh and G streets). "The gallery is an empty house that we will transform into an art space to facilitate this one-night underground art show," Davidson said.
Performance art by Evan Clayburg is set for 8 p.m. The entertainment also includes two disc jockeys.
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