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Monthly Archive: December
Chihuly Around the World
![Chihuly Around the World Three men in a glass-blowing workshop](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/workingshot.jpg?itok=SAeyj7hH)
Chihuly’s permanent installations appear all over the world.
Interview with Dale Chihuly
We recently had a chance to meet the artist as he prepared for his ROM exhibition and ask him a few questions about his spectacular work…
What's the Buzz on Bees?
![Bumble bee on a purple flower black and yellow bee resting on a purple flower](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/bee_on_purple_flower.jpg?itok=DnM9q9AV)
Antonia Guidotti, is an Entomology Technician at the ROM.
The secret of Oesia: a Burgess Shale mystery, by Karma Nanglu
My name is Karma Nanglu and I’m a PhD student at the University of Toronto, but on a day-to-day basis I do my research at the Royal Ontario Museum.
ROM Celebrates National Aboriginal Day!
![Reconciliation through Participation at the National Aboriginal Day at the ROM. Welcome table outside entrance to the event.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/opening_nad.jpg?itok=UsTPl-ao)
On June 21st, the ROM Learning Department began National Aboriginal Day celebrations with a cleansing ceremony using Sweet Grass to start the day off in a good, positive way led by Justin Chiblow, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern.
Behind the Blitz: Become the Biodiversity
![Come dressed as your best Ontario biodiversity at this year's Ontario BioBlitz NatureFest! Photo by Fatima Ali Four children stand with monarch wing costumes in front of an exhibit in the Schad Gallery at the ROM. Photo by Fatima Ali](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/costume_contest_bioblitz-2016-2-rom-blog.jpg?itok=d-Z261ts)
Blog by Stacey Lee Kerr, Biodiversity Storyteller / Creative Producer for the ROM's Centre for Biodiversity
At this year's Ontario BioBlitz, things are set to get a little wild... we've invited everyone to dress up as their favourite Ontario Species for our NatureFest Costume Contest. But what does it take to win a fabulous prize? Inside, in the final installment of our Behind the Blitz blog series, we've got some tips for how to come out on top, and "become the biodiversity"!
New to ROM: Nao Uda, Words Fail Me, 2013-15
![Photo of a pair of hands holding a handwritten book. The entry reads: Dear George, Words fail me. Yours truly, Kaye Uda.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/naouda_jccc.jpg?itok=VHyon8w_)
Nao Uda, born in Yokohama in 1983, is a contemporary Japanese artist who works in drawings, photography, and paintings.
Behind the Blitz: Three Young Scientists
![The species depot morphs into a bustling hub of scientific energy late in the first 12 hours of the Ontario BioBlitz. Photo by Krystal Seedial Wide view of the species depot at the 2015 Ontario BioBlitz, where scientists bring back specimens to examine and identify along tables with microscopes and field guides. Photo by Krystal Seedial](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2015-06-13-bioblitz_krystal_seedial-17_1_of_1.jpg?itok=UB4HWRG4)
Blog by Nadine Leone, ROM Hands-on Biodiversity Gallery Assistant Coordinator
The first of four blogs in our Ontario BioBlitz: Behind the Blitz series is an interview with three young ROM scientists, who share their favourite highlights from last year's event in the Don Watershed.
Tattoos: Borneo
![An Iban elder at Nanga Beretik longhouse. Black and white photograph of an older man with tattoos on his neck and shoulders](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/borneoimage.jpg?itok=5GCY5PfQ)
Guest blog by Chris Darling, Senior Curator of Entomology.
New to ROM: Frances Ferdinands
![Cinnamon Spice Frances Ferdinands Ontario, Canada 2015 38 x 29 cm ROM2015.67.2 Illustration of a jug container with a red floral pattern.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2_1_2015articsokgallery-det.jpg?itok=BPbW4kXQ)
Combining aesthetic beauty and history, this work cleverly and poetically combine references from historical Sri Lankan decorative art alongside meanings that resonate with issues of inequality, injustice, and the exploitation of natural resources during Sri Lanka’s colonial past. Written by Deepali Dewan.