{"id":15332,"date":"2023-03-20T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=15332"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:17:17","slug":"bio-art-workshops-to-show-creative-process-using-cochineal-insects-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/20\/bio-art-workshops-to-show-creative-process-using-cochineal-insects-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bio-Art’ Workshops To Show Creative Process Using Cochineal Insects, Bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The intersection of art and biology is the focus of a workshop series this week on the Texas A&M University campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cBio-Art\u201d collaboration between Texas A&M\u2019s School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> and the Department of Biology<\/a> includes using cochineal insects for dyeing textiles and using bacteria as paint. Both events have reached their space limitations with students and faculty attending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshops spun out of Tianna Uchacz\u2019s special topics course (VIZA 689) for graduate students \u2014 Global Histories of Materials, Techniques and Skilled Making \u2014 which combines art history and theory with hands-on exercises, including spinning, weaving and silkworm rearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n