Yesterday morning, I had to do a lot of prep work to allow my bacteria art to be displayed to the class in the Goddard labs!
First, several days beforehand, I had to email a few professors to allow my art class into the Goddard labs. Professor Farny was instrumental in this; she agreed to supervise.
Along the way, I discovered that there was a “Darkroom” in the 2nd floor hallway. I moved one of the darkreader units inside & set up shop. I only needed one of the biology professors to swipe me in! That was much better than leading a class into the real labs.
After I had my room set up, I went back to Gateway labs to collect my art plates. I removed them from cold storage, carefully sealed them in parafilm, put them in a thick Styrofoam box, and transported them to the Darkroom in Goddard.
I put my materials in the room & tested the UV light on the Darkreader-
Everything was a-go!
After that, I took the class to Goddard to see the living, glowing agar art!
