Dr. Anna Edlund, Scientist-in-Residence

Portraits of Pollen Grains: Pollen Art and Science from 1682 to Now

Tuesday, October 09, 4:15 p.m.–5:45 p.m.

Sharp Building, room 327

37 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL

United States

Dr. Anna Edlund traces the rich art and science of pollen over the past 350 years.

As some of the most diminutive, biologically significant, and otherworldly structures of the planet, pollen grains deserve a closer look. Dr. Anna Edlund traces the rich art and science of pollen over the past 350 years.

Presented in partnership with SAIC's Department of Liberal Arts

Carl Julius Fritzsche (in Ueber den Pollen, 1837)

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Dr. Anna Edlund, Scientist-in-Residence

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