Agar Art Workshop

BUGSS is extremely excited to be able to partner with the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) to host Agar Art workshops!

What is Agar Art you ask? It is a perfect marriage of biology and art that everyone and anyone can get into. Come to the BUGSS lab to learn about some special microbes that produce and array of beautiful and striking colors. You will be able to use the tools and guidance provided by BUGSS to create your very own living work of art on agar plates! You may have seen the incredible works of art on petri dishes being shared all over social media? If not just Google image search "Agar Art" and be inspired.

Perhaps your art work has what it takes to enter the national ASM contest and win!? Yes, of course it does! This year's contest theme is "What Brings You Joy?" For full contest details (including Terms and Conditions you will need to read over before you submit your work) and examples of previous winners, see: www.asm.org/agarart

This is a drop-in event, and making agar art can take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on how deep you get into it! Feel free to drop in at any time between 10 am and 2 pm!

Host or Publisher Baltimore Under Ground Science Space