Plants, Insects and Art: Mary Foley Benson's Scientific Illustrations

Srđan Tunić, a candidate for an M.A. in Art History, has a passion for researching and writing about contemporary art and he is one of the cofounders of initiatives Street Art Walks Belgrade, Kustosiranje / About and Around Curating, and Trans-Cultural Dialogues. At the moment, he is doing research on queer street art for his master thesis. 

Here at UC Davis he has spent the last year researching the life of Mary Foley Benson, a remarkable scientific illustrator from the Smithsonian and UC Davis. This talk will give an overview of scientific illustration and Mary Foley Benson's contributions as UC Davis has an astounding 114 pieces of her work.

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Hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology