Faculty Fellow Rachel Berwick | A Near and A Far: Rubies, Cobalts, Opals, and Crystal

Authors

Rachel Berwick, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Glass Department, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
RISD Color Lab, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

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Description

September 27, 2023 virtual presentation accompanying an exhibition of Glass artist and Professor Rachel Berwick’s ongoing research of structural color in crystal and hummingbird feathers. Conducted with the support of a RISD Color Lab Faculty Fellowship and work within RISD Glass, The Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, and RISD Prints. On view in the Picture Window Gallery at 30 North Main St.: September 1-October 10, 2022. Fellow’s zoom presentation took place September 27th, 2022 at 6:30pm moderated by Fleet Library Visual and Material Resources Librarian Mark Pompelia, in conversation with Textiles Associate Professor Mary Ann Friel, William Pearson, Glass Department head and Professor Jocelyn Prince, and Dean of Libraries Margot Nishimura. For more info visit color.risd.edu.

Event Date

Fall 9-27-2022

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Providence

Keywords

Color Lab, faculty fellowship, event, recording, glass, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, RISD Prints, exhibition, color, structural color, light scattering, birds, passenger pigeons, hummingbirds, feathers, light spectra

Disciplines

Glass Arts | Optics | Ornithology | Structural Biology

Recommended Citation

Berwick, Rachel; Department, Glass; and RISD Color Lab, "Faculty Fellow Rachel Berwick | A Near and A Far: Rubies, Cobalts, Opals, and Crystal" (2022). Event Recordings. 1.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/colorlab_events_recordings/1