Dawn Hunter Art, Studio Currents : January 2015

Monday, January 19, 2015

Even though my project is at the beginning stages...

...some recognition for my new drawings illustrating the life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Thank you Kara Gunter! (and Cindi Boiter) for the wonderful article on my new series in Jasper. I am very touched by the thought, care and depth of the piece. Jasper Magazine - The Word on Columbia Arts.

As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.

- Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Description of blog

This blog features an original, creative project about the life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Since 2014, I have immersed Cajal in "neuron narratives," connecting him to seminal influences from his youth that led to his perception of the neuron as an individual unit. During my 2017-18 Fulbright España Senior Research Scholar at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain, I was able as an artist and scholar to take my research to a deeper level by referencing primary sources from his life, like rarely investigated journals, for example, his first sketchbook from 1877, his original scientific drawing, personal photographs, and many personal items and awards. References to the verbal and visual content of my research, writings, and creative work should include appropriate citations: Dawn Hunter Art, [Title of the blog post or artwork], Studio Currents, [date of blog post]. For any questions, please get in touch with me at: dmhunter@email.sc.edu.