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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 2011-12 Earth Unseen 2010-11 Mushrooms of St. Petersburg 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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Windswept Beauty:Life in North America's Treeless Lands This was an exhibit of some of Jim Brandenburg's photographs. Brandenburg is an internationally known nature photographer. This exhibit showed some of his photographs of North American arctic and grassland environments. Curator: Mark Davis, Biology.
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