Sofia dePietro, Class of 2025, completed a most unique Honors Thesis entitled “Florida Island: An Alternate Route of Evolution”, and her artistic illustrations and animations of animal life on Florida Island are on view in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis, JS Library near the Circulation Desk until May 20. Please stop by and marvel at the drawings and sculpture of the various animals Sofia “created” based on her research into the Pliocene Epoch and speculative evolution. According to di Pietro, “Speculative evolution, also called speculative biology, is a creative genre where hypothetical evolutionary scenarios are proposed to explain the existence of fictional creatures.” Her thesis advisor was Dr. Sue Margulis from ABEC, and her second reader was Professor Jacqueline Welch, Fine Arts. We are all incredibly proud of Sofia’s research and artworks and hope that you are able to enjoy them too. Professor Yvonne Widenor, Director of the Studio Arts Galleries, is also pictured as she assisted Sofia in the installation of the artworks.
Pictured: L-R: Professor Yvonne Widenor, Professor Jacqueline Welch, Sofia dePietro, and Dr. Sue Margulis.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor, Art History, MLLC, AVPAA, Director, ArtsCanisius
