Women in the Sciences

Art and Science Converge

"My drawings and intaglio prints explore the spatial relationship between a figure and its surroundings, and how the space is affected by the mass of the body. I have examined this through careful observation of the depth created by light and shadow, by considering Einstein's general theory of relativity, and by abstracting shapes."
Mie '01

A liberal arts education offers many opportunities for academic exploration outside your chosen specialty. For example, Mie '01 from Tokyo, Japan, pursued her longtime interest in the sciences when she arrived at Wellesley, but also discovered a passion for the arts.

She has excelled in both areas. For her outstanding work in astronomy, Mie, a cum laude graduate, was named to Sigma Xi, an honor society for science and engineering, which promotes the health of the scientific enterprise and honors scientific achievement. She also received departmental honors in art.

Mie's honor's thesis in studio art on "The Weight of Time" combines her talents in both of these areas and illustrates her interest in the aesthetic of age and decay as it relates to the process of making an etching.

She explains, "My drawings and intaglio prints explore the spatial relationship between a figure and its surroundings, and how the space is affected by the mass of the body. I have examined this through careful observation of the depth created by light and shadow, by considering Einstein's general theory of relativity, and by abstracting shapes."