Joseph Hahn
Daemen Visual and Performing Arts students channeled their inner paleontologist last semester by sketching taxidermied specimens from the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Students enrolled in Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Domenic D’Amore’s BIO-147 class, an elective science class focusing on visual scientific communication and vertebrate paleontology, were required to create artwork that communicated scientific principles as part of the course.
“This particular assignment was essentially an illustrative still-life, focusing on depicting the outward appearance of an animal,” said D’Amore. “Students were graded on three major criteria: scientific accuracy and clarity, artistic choices, and effort.”
The Museum of Science loaned the specimens to D’Amore, who housed them in Daemen’s animation studio for the duration of the assignment.
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