Inesha Howard, Staff WriterSmall rooms on the Summerville campus of Augusta University have a major impact on students and the community.The Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, located on the first floor of Washington Hall, is dedicated to Mary S. Byrd as of Sept. 30, 2010 in appreciation of her support for students studying art and music at Augusta University, according to the monument outside of the gallery.According to Brian Rust, assistant chair of the Department of Art, the Mary S. Byrd Gallery serves as the main visual arts venue for the Department of Art at Augusta University. The department also sees this gallery as a space to serve the Augusta community and the CSRA.“Besides exhibitions of local, regional and national artists, the gallery hosts several artist talks and panel discussions per academic year related to the exhibitions on display,” Rust said. March 18, 2016