Hello All Join us for a special Art Sci event in partner with the Point Defiance Zoo. Gordon Huether ( https://gordonhuether.com/ )<https://gordonhuether.com/> , the California artist behind the "Shimmer" and "Shoal" installations will give a talk at the Kittredge Gallery April 11th (Thursday) followed by a panel discussion with Prof. Peter Wimberger, Director of the Natural History Museum and Siddharth Ramakrishnan, Director of the Neuroscience Program. Huether and the two University of Puget Sound scientists will speak about how humans and animals see and process light, and how that inspires both art and understanding. Event is at Kittredge Gallery on the University of Puget Sound campus. 6-630pm Mingle with food and drinks 630-730 Talk followed by panel 730-800pm Mingle more To see Gordon Huether's work, you can visit Art Fridays at the Point Defiance Zoo. ( https://www.pdza.org/behind-the-shimmer/)<https://www.pdza.org/behind-the-shimmer/> There will be a Hands on fish mobile making event at the zoo from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on April 12th The Art Fridays are part of the month-long Pacific Seas Aquarium Community Celebration event. April will be packed with events, from dives and feeds to film, science speakers, storytelling and music. All events at the zoo are free with zoo admission or membership. Events in the community are free. The entire schedule is available at www.pdza.org/aquarium-celebration. The 35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Pacific Seas Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo was funded largely through bonds approved by Tacoma voters in 2014. Additional monies for construction were provided by The Zoo Society through corporate and individual donors, and grants. Art+Science at University of Puget Sound www.pugetsound.edu/artsci artsci@pugetsound.edu Committee: Siddharth Ramakrishnan, Neuroscience Elise Richman, Art Suzanne Holland, Religion Peter Wimberger, Biology