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Picturing Nature in Early 20th Century Oakland

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Maria Sibylla Merian, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung

Andrey Avinoff at Carnegie Museum of Art

PhD Student in History of Art and Architecture

Botanical dioramas, collaborative research, digital space

Friday, April 28, 2017

PhD Student in History of Art and Architecture

Dioramas at the Field Museum

Thursday, May 26, 2016

PhD Student in History of Art and Architecture

The Botanical Dioramas of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Botany Hall, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

PhD Student in History of Art and Architecture

HA&A Graduate Student Trip to the College Art Association Annual Conference

Thursday, March 26, 2015

With generous support from the Dean of Graduate Studies, ten HA&A graduate students (Maria Castro, Nicole Coffineau, Clarisse Fava-Piz, Annika Johnson, Isaac King, Colleen O’Reilly, Ben Ogrodnik, Nicole Scalissi, Krystle Stricklin, and Marina Tyquiengco) traveled to New York to conduct individual research and attend the annual conference of the College Arts Association.

A Reflection on Debating Visual Knowledge

Monday, November 3, 2014

Underwood and Underwood, Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope

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