What happens when you challenge people to find the intersection of art and science? Something beautiful!

Dior Kelley, assistant professor of genetics, development and cell biology, asked the Iowa State community to create works of art that reflected the theme “Crosspollinating Art and Science” as part of her Innovation and Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows project.

Kelley, who studied both art and science during her undergraduate career at UC Santa Cruz, was inspired by the artwork featured on the fourth floor of the Student Innovation Center: “Harvest of Knowledge: Innovation and Inspiration” and “Swarm” by Reinaldo Correa Díaz.

“The idea of the exhibition was to shine a light on a different facet of work that's happening on campus,” Kelley said. “I wanted to uplift the creativity and science being done by different students."

The complete College of Agriculture and Life Sciences article by Madelyn Ostendorf, "When art meets science," is on the CALS website.