{"id":2903,"date":"2024-10-29T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:00:30","slug":"spark-of-life-abstraction-microscopy-and-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/2024\/10\/29\/spark-of-life-abstraction-microscopy-and-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sensing-place\"><strong>November 13, 2024-February 16, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening reception Wednesday, November 13, 5-7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"une_library_gallery_link_block-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" class=\"une_library_gallery_link_block layout- alignleft\"><a class=\"link-block\" data-fancybox-delegate=\"gallery-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" href=\"javascript:;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Meg-Brown-Payson-panel-1-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"Meg Brown Payson. 25000 Mornings 5 (Threatning Rain), painting on wood panel\" \/><span class=\"title\">Selected Images<\/span><\/a><div class=\"gallery-images\" style=\"display:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Meg-Brown-Payson-panel-1-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" data-caption=\"Meg Brown Payson, &lt;i&gt;25000 Mornings 5 (Threatning Rain)&lt;\/i&gt;. Painting on wood panel, 60 x 49.5 inches, 2024.\" data-alt=\"Meg Brown Payson. 25000 Mornings 5 (Threatning Rain), painting on wood panel\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Aggregate-Series-ceramic-sculpture-detail-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" data-caption=\"Aggregate Series ceramic sculpture detail\" data-alt=\"Aggregate Series ceramic sculpture detail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Carter-Shappy-Dendritic-Dreams-Zero-Station-Gallery-Bret-Woodard-Photography-DSC_7229-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" data-caption=\"Carter Shappy, &lt;i&gt;Dendritic Dreams&lt;\/i&gt;. Zero Station Gallery, Bret Woodard Photography. \" data-alt=\"Carter Shappy, 'Dendritic Dreams,' Zero Station Gallery, Bret Woodard Photography.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Proteintech-image-contest-mouse-retina-CGRP-yellow-NFH-magenta-DAPI-cyan.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_bb5c38862449e091a56448766b7dcf29\" data-caption=\"Peter Caradonna and UNE Histology Lab,\nLayers of neurons highlighting the unique organization of the retina. CGRP+ bipolar neurons (yellow), NF200+ nerve fibers (magenta), cell nuclei (cyan). Confocal microscopy.\" data-alt=\"Peter Caradonna and UNE Histology Lab Layers of neurons highlighting the unique organization of the retina. Confocal microscopy.\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The UNE Art Galleries and UNE\u2019s Histology and Imaging Core present&nbsp;<em>Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery<\/em>.&nbsp;The work on view centers around the photography of the University\u2019s imaging lab, in conversation with contemporary artwork.&nbsp;Emphasizing the materiality of abstraction, the artwork in this exhibit works together to build a complex sense of harmony revolving around a small framework of formal strategies. Each artist, and the scientists behind the imaging examples, are working with a unique voice to communicate a singular idea; each in turn offers us a look at dynamic growth that refers back to the physical world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/news\/2024\/une-research-and-art-come-together-spark-life-opening-wednesday-nov-13\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.une.edu\/news\/2024\/une-research-and-art-come-together-spark-life-opening-wednesday-nov-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information about the exhibit.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists include: Jackie Brown, Meg Brown Payson, Carter Shappy, and the scientists of the UNE Histology and Imaging Core. Special thanks to Peter Caradonna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 13, 2024-February 16, 2025 Opening reception Wednesday, November 13, 5-7 p.m. The UNE Art Galleries and UNE\u2019s Histology and Imaging Core present&nbsp;Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery.&nbsp;The work on view centers around the photography of the University\u2019s imaging lab, in conversation with contemporary artwork.&nbsp;Emphasizing the materiality of abstraction, the artwork in this exhibit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,28,8],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibits","category-portland-campus-art-gallery","tag-microscopy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/2908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}