Agar Art: Creating Masterpieces with Microbes

Students explore Bio-Art by creating living artworks with bacteria engineered to produce bright colors. Using basic culture techniques, they apply “Bio-Paints” onto agar plate canvases. After incubation, the colorful microbial patterns reveal how biotechnology and art intersect. • Create art with color-producing microbes • Learn BioArt concepts and transformation basics • Includes four BioPaints and materials for 25 agar canvases