Events and Programs

Thursday, October 9, 9:30am via Zoom

Crafting Awareness: Celebrating Insects with Wearable Art

Tierney Brosius is Associate Professor of Biology at Augustana College, where she merges her passions for science and art to foster a deeper appreciation for insects. She believes art is a powerful tool for conveying scientific concepts, enhancing observational skills, and reshaping public perceptions of insects. Her teaching emphasizes intersections of art and science, using scientific illustration and drawing activities to cultivate her students’ curiosity and connection to the natural world. She is particularly interested in how insects are represented in art and fashion, and how these representations can address environmental issues of habitat destruction and climate change.  

Thursday, November 6, 5:00pm at the ZMA

Jennifer Angus is a professor in the Design Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin -Madison where she teaches textile design, with a specific focus on all things relating to the dyeing and printing of cloth, including natural dyes. Her large-scale installations feature ornate patterns that are composed of hundreds of insects placed in arrangements suggestive of wallpaper and textiles. She is an artist described by Art Daily as “one of the top contemporary installation artists in the country” and is known to create some of the most provocative work ever seen in an art museum setting.