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James R. Smail Natural History and Science Gallery
The James R. Smail Natural History and Science Gallery was established in honor of James Smail, a beloved Biology professor and department chair, who died in 1993. The mission of the Gallery is to communicate science in a primarily visual format. All exhibits must meet three criteria. The content must involve science, natural history, or mathematics. The exhibit must have a strong educational component . And, the exhibit must be visually striking. Each year, a Department in the Science Division organizes an exhibit, which is mounted in the gallery for the entire academic year. In many cases, the artist is invited and participates in the opening of an exhibit. The gallery was created during the renovation of Macalester’s Science building during the mid-1990s. With the generous help from alumni, friends, and family, a Smail Gallery endowment was created, which pays for the costs associated with the exhibits. James R. SmailExhibits 2009-10 Shadows of Life 2008-09 Born by the River 2007-08 Dances and Ceremonies 2006-07 The Art of Venn Diagrams 2005-06 Imagination and the Cosmos 2004-05 Rivers from Space 2003-04 Windswept Beauty 2002-03 Sands of Time 2001-02 Mathematics in Stone & Bronze 2000-01 Children's Learning in a Village 1999-00 Fruits of Decay 1998-99 Images of the Sea
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Shadows of Life:X-Ray Images of Plant and Marine LifeAndre' Bruwer  Dr. Bruwer, a radiologist, saw the x-ray as an opportunity to showcase the unseen delicacy of the natural world. For over five decades, Dr. Bruwer used the X-ray machine as a way to look inside flowers and shelled marine organisms. Dr. Bruwer called his X-ray images skiagraphs. The words skia and graph come from the Greek words for 'shadow drawing'. Curator: Mark Davis, Biology.   More information about this art, including information on purchasing prints, is available at skiagraphics.com.
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