En Plein Air

  The Museum of Arts and Sciences is pleased to have Macon Plein Air Artists Carol Griffen, Sydney Sams and Micah Goguen exhibit alongside our permanent collection’s Plein Air landscapes forming a community connection to a rich tradition of painting and drawing. The following local artists exhibiting here to compliment...

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Anne Hieronymus: Envisioning the Particular

The MAS presents a solo exhibition of works by California-based Artist Anne Hieronymus in the Burgess and Hall Galleries. Nearly 50 works of paper (including drawings, sculpture, collage, and prints) plus ceramic and mixed media assemblages explore environmental issues through re-purposed materials. Hieronymus considers herself a "maker of ruins," a...

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Smartphones: The World in Your Pocket

According to Merriam-Webster a smartphone is “a cell phone that includes additional software functions (such as email or an Internet browser).” Somehow that doesn’t seem a large enough description for the device that most of us carry in our pocket or purse and use over and over in a single...

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Tactile Layers of the Atmosphere

“Tactile Layers of the Atmosphere” is a tactile exhibition in collaboration with the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and Dr. Matt Marone of Mercer University. It is located in the Science Hall, between the Science on a Sphere and the Planetarium. The model and claymation video of the layers of...

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The Black Paintings

  About Luke Buffenmyer Born in Chicago IL, Luke Buffenmyer earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. As a visual artist and designer, he works in a...

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Lucha Libre

In the 1980s William Levitt Jr. worked on a cycle of painting series depicting ritual activities of contemporary society. These include narrative subjects such as Beauty Parlors, Religious Services, and Professional Wrestling. Lucha Libre is the term used in Mexico for professional wrestling, meaning “freestyle wrestling” or literally, “free fight”....

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Emerging National X

February 4 - May 28, 2022 The Museum of Arts and Sciences presents its 10th annual Emerging National exhibition, showcasing rising stars from across the United States. Four contemporary professional artists, representing some of the nation’s finest undergraduate and graduate art programs, will display works ranging from large-scale abstract paintings...

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Festival of Trees

View over 50 holiday, designer-decorated trees in the Burgess Gallery and around the museum! This exhibition runs through January 15, 2022. Presented by Morgan Stanley and Josephine Phelps Fabian Fund.

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Cosmic Origami

Hong Kong-born Kaye Freeman moved to Tokyo, England, and Australia before settling in Los Angeles; hers is a transcultural journey that informs a complex visual practice capturing the frenetic nature of the ether through lines and colors borrowed and blended from a hybrid of cultures. From cityscapes to abstracted self-portraits,...

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