Art and science meeting

Art will meet science at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery tomorrow when an award-winning multimedia artist, painter and filmmaker presents his work. Canadian Peter McLeish will be discussing collaborations with scientists in the polar regions as well as his work with red sprites, a phenomenon associated with thunderstorms. McLeish has been collaborating with American scientist Dr Walter A Lyons since 2001 – Dr Lyons received a National Science Foundation grant for the 42-minute film

McLeish will be showing his work at 12.15pm and at 7.30pm on the first floor of the museum.