MAS is now a “Museums for All” partner Beginning March 2024, the Museum of Arts and Sciences joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums...
Joseph Guay’s visual art focuses on the political and social issues we face in America. His politically charged exhibition of paintings and sculptures entitled “Remnants of the Human Condition,” for example, paid tribute to Trayvon Martin, Alton Sterling, and Eric Garner, plus World Trade Center and Boston Marathon bombings, and Pulse...
Yellow-Bellied Slider Trachemys scripta scripta As the springtime weather moves in, you’re likely to see more native wildlife emerge from their winter slumber. Georgia is home to 27 types of turtles, and one of the most abundant turtles is the yellow-bellied slider. This semiaquatic turtle species lives in freshwater lakes,...
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”....
Africa (the world's second largest continent) is home to many of the world's best-known animals. View horns, hides, and shoulder mounts from some of the popular antelope species that migrate around the African plains each year, including the Blue Wildebeest, Gemsbok, Impala, Common Eland, Waterbuck, and Kudu. Taxidermy specimens...
“Sketch of William Segal ca. 1999” Kristy Edwards Graphite on Deckled Printer Paper 2021 The end of our community event cycle has arrived, and time has come to summarize and reflect on this occasion of our artistic coming together under the auspices of the late William Segal and his template...
“Wall Flowers (Wall Installation)” Kristina Larson Ceramic with LED Lights 2020 Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Sciences Macon, GA Kristina Larson lives, works, and creates in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her CV and background include interesting departures and turns from the traditional and expected studio artist route. Because of these...
“The Joy Fields (Diptych)” Whitney Wood Bailey Acrylic on Canvas 2019 Though paintings hang all day long at galleries and museums all alone on the wall, with no one to explain them, and they do just fine all by themselves telling the viewer whatever it wants or the viewer projecting...
As spring begins to bloom in earnest, many of our native plants start to show off. One of these plants is common Spiderwort (Tradescantia, Virginia). Spiderwort is commonly found in moist prairies, fertile woodlands, open woods, meadows, hillsides, stream banks, and roadsides. In more recent years, it has graduated to...
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...