August 10, 2022
On My 4th, 2022, the University of Windsor’s Alumni Association hosted an exclusive Peek-A-Boo Petri event in collaboration with the INCUBATOR Art Lab. The UWindsor Alumni Board and Committee members, community partners, supporters, and UWindsor Alumni were invited to preview the new INCUBATOR Art Lab Studio space. Guests were invited to meet Canada Research Chair Dr. Jennifer Willet and her team of undergraduate, graduate and alumni researchers and enjoy our new community development space….
October 15, 2021
INCUBATOR Art Lab studio is a storefront bioart studio and community engagement lab in downtown Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The studio is a hybrid space including a fine arts studio workshop with BSL1 biology laboratory. Designed with an Art Nouveau decorative / biological marquee and dramatic lighting in visual dialogue with the Capital Theatre across the street, the studio will be used by the INCUBATOR team members for studio-based research / creation…
November 30, 2020
The COVID Suit series explores shared experiences of fear and isolation under orders to stay-at-home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Jennifer Willet, an artist, a mom, and laboratory researcher, performs daily pandemic activities – cooking, caring for children, shopping – while wearing a bedazzled hazmat suit. During this time of social isolation, Willet was fortunate to work from home but has missed access to her Bioart Laboratory and her research group at the University of Windsor. To address this loss, she and her lab team designed a paper puppet theatre cut out of INCUBATOR Art lab and conduct simple kitchen […]
November 27, 2019
WIFF WINDOW EXHIBITION INCUBATOR Art Lab hosted an augmented screening event in partnership with Windsor International Film Festival! The event included a screening of the film Human Nature by Adam Bolt, exploring humanity in the age of CRISPR genetic modification, a WIFF CRISPR workshop, and a WIFF WINDOW EXHIBITION. Image Credits:01 “WIFF EXHIBITION Display Window” INCUBATOR Art Lab, School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor, 2019 Photo Credit: Shawn Chamberlin Image Credits:01 “WIFF CRISPR EXHIBITION Display Window” INCUBATOR Art Lab, School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor, 2019 Photo Credit: Shawn Chamberlin 02-04 Michael Lucenskiw, Take a Closer Look, WIFF CRISPR EXHIBITION, INCUBATOR Art […]
November 21, 2019
During the week of the 28th of October, the INCUBATOR Lab team hosted an interactive CRISPR workshop as part of the WIFF (Windsor International Film Festival) event this year. What is CRISPR you might ask?