February 1 - May 5, 2019 The Museum of Arts and Sciences presents its 7th annual Emerging Artists exhibition, showcasing rising stars from across the United States. Eight contemporary professional artists, representing some of the nation’s finest undergraduate and graduate art programs, will display works ranging from large-scale abstract paintings...

January 18 - April 14, 2019 Deborah Masters’ Spirits, whose heads measure up to five feet in height, are clothed in white, robe-like garments, and wear talismans signifying their identities. Suspended from the ceiling by chains, they stare out at us impassively, silently dwelling in their own consciousness. The Little...

The Festival of Trees is an annual museum exhibition that features over 40 beautiful Christmas trees decorated by local and regional designers. The exhibit is on display from November to January and can be viewed with regular museum admission. Festival of Trees represents three generations of investment in the Museum’s...

November 8, 2018 – January 15, 2019 This annual exhibit of stunning holiday trees, decorated by regional designers and artists, will be open to the public starting November 8th and will run through January 15, 2019. Featuring nearly 50 unique designs, the Festival of Trees exhibition will be open during...

August 31 through January 6, 2019 Stephen Estrada's Latitude 37 Series explores exact points along the 37th parallel from Half Moon Bay, California, to the midpoint in Kansas, to coastal Virginia. These luminous oil landscape paintings range from turbulent seascapes with dramatic clouds to tranquil views of verdant marshland. Additional...

April 26 through June 30, 2019 The vibrant large-scale abstract paintings of Anne Marchand are alive with shifting space, moving color, and animated lines. Marchand’s abstractions reflect a range of perspectives: images of deep space, views from airplanes and automobiles, perceptions of natural and man-made textures and patterns, along with...

The Museum of Arts and Sciences (MAS) is proud to partner with the Macon Film Festival to bring the "Fulldome at Macon Film Festival" to the Mark Smith Planetarium. Renovated and re-opened in 2012, the MAS Planetarium features the industry’s leading projection technology – the Konica Minolta Super MediaGlobe II – plus...

On June 28th, the Macon-Bibb County Commission voted to approve an Interim Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 that eliminates all funding for the Museum of Arts and Sciences effective July 1. Unless adjustments are made within the next few weeks, major educational programs at the Museum would be eliminated until...

May 26, 2018, through September 2, 2018 The World of Giant Insects is back and better than ever! Crawl into the Museum of Arts & Sciences to experience a world where larger-than-life insects tower over people at 40 to 120 times their standard size. The World of Giant Insects has...

April 27 through August 19, 2018 Using a process of cameraless photography, Nevada-based Artist Nolan Preece explores environmental themes in his contemporary landscapes. From spatially ambiguous atmospheres and intensely patterned grids to visionary biologies and impacted archeology, signs of human intervention in the landscape are combined with abstract chemical painting....