Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Visual Arts students will showcase a Natural History student drawing exhibition in the university’s Museum of Natural History in Jesse Dunn Friday, Feb. 3, from 3 to 6 p.m. as a part of the annual First Friday Art Walk events.
The Natural History Drawing Student Exhibition is a collaboration between the Natural Science Department and the Visual Arts program. Drs. Steve Thompson and Aaron Place, professors of biology and co-directors of the Natural History Museum, provided Visual Arts students with complete access to the museum’s vast collection of specimens to study and draw.The artwork in the exhibit by the Visual Arts students was created during the fall semester.
“Visual Arts students’ illustrations demonstrate thorough investigation of anatomy through visual language and the development of acute observational skills,” Kyle Larson, assistant professor of art, said. “I am excited to see the illustrations reunited with the specimen that inspired them in this exhibit.”
The museum provided ornithological specimens (study of birds) and herbarium mounts (mounted flattened plant specimen) for the artists. The artwork will be placed next to the specimen that inspired the artwork.
The exhibit will remain on view through March 4.
Art minors exhibiting work includes:
Princess Adenuga, Lagos, Nigeria, senior, English; Rachel Davis, Kingston sophomore, mass communication; Abbie Haskins, Nash senior, psychology; Clayton Hill, Alva junior, psychology; Tori Hurley, Sheffield, Iowa, junior, speech/theatre; Brieanna McClure, Dacoma sophomore, biology.
For more information about the Museum of Natural History or the biology department contact Thompson at (580) 327-8566 or sdthompson@nwosu.edu, or Place at (580) 327- 8673 or ajplace@nwosu.edu. Also, for more information about the visual arts program, please contact Larson at (580) 327-8108 or krlarson@nwosu.edu.