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 […]Continue Reading »

By Abigail Quin Hricik In May of 2021, I started my journey at the MAS as a volunteer with the education department. After a few months of assisting with craft […]Continue Reading »

By Abigail Quin Hricik, The Sweet Gum Trail is a wonderful ecological resource on the MAS’ campus. It is teeming with life just waiting to be explored! The plants along […]Continue Reading »

“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 […]Continue Reading »

“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. […]Continue Reading »

“Somewhere Else II” Will Penny 6 Channel Digital Video Installation, 5:00 Minutes Dimensions Variable 2021 Will Penny lives and creates in Savannah, Georgia. He has his BFA and MFA degrees […]Continue Reading »

When I curated the Segal "Seeing and Being" exhibition that coincided with the accession of 17 important works by the late William Segal, I felt a pull towards creating some […]Continue Reading »

“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 […]Continue Reading »

By Kristen Maddox, Guest Writer for the MAS If you haven’t been able to make it to MAS this year, there may still be off-site activities you can participate in […]Continue Reading »

  Portrait by Adam Kuehl One of the four invitees of the ninth annual Emerging National IX show this year is Katherine Sandoz from Savannah, Ga. Katherine's seven paintings are […]Continue Reading »

“Still Life on Rose Cloth” William Segal Oil on Canvas Board 24x36” 1992 A2017.06.17   The phrase itself conjures up a sense of peace. Still life: a long-honored genre in […]Continue Reading »

“JOY FIELDS 2” Whitney Wood Bailey Oil/Mixed Media 72x72” 2018 Instead of interpreting a piece from our collection for you to understand and appreciate more fully, I am going to […]Continue Reading »

  Untitled Self-Portrait: 3/4 View William Segal Oil on Canvas 24x20” A2021.2.1-17 THE ART OF THE SELF-PORTRAIT: SEEING AND BEING In conjunction with the show of the late William Segal’s […]Continue Reading »

“JOB” Jerry Smith American/Kansas Acrylic on Canvas 66x90” A2017.07 This painting by Jerry Smith was one of the first I interpreted to our Board of Directors for accession as a Board […]Continue Reading »

“Makin’ It on I-75” Betty Bivins Edwards Acrylic and Papier Maché on board. 32 x 48” A gift to the museum, by the artist, in memory of Joel Plum. A92.19.1Continue Reading »

The Naked Young Painter William Segal 1947 Oil on Canvas 24"x20” The Art of the Self Portrait   The introspection required of a person undertaking a self-portrait is sometimes daunting. […]Continue Reading »

Yellow Hat, Red Floor, Paris William Segal (self-portrait) Oil on Canvas Ca. 1980 A2009.1.1 MAS will be hanging the works we received in 2015 by William Segal. These works have […]Continue Reading »

The Museum of Arts and Sciences receives the 2020 Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities.Continue Reading »

Guy Charon Lot Guy Charon Fr. b. 1927 Tulipes à Paris framed double matted and floated behind plexiglass marked and signed 301/375 Chartreuse, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, viridian green, pink, […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Educators and civic leaders founded the Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1956, envisioning the expansion and enrichment of the educational opportunities […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS George Rickey’s Four Trapezoids as Two Rectangles V is a kinetic sculpture that greets many Central Georgia residents when they pull up […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Kristy Edwards, MAS Curator of Art, joined the Museum of Arts and Sciences earlier this spring with the mission of guiding Central […]Continue Reading »

This beautiful work of art, “ Mir at Rest,” was purchased on recommendation from the MAS Fine Arts Committee in 1992 with funds from the Betty Sweet Simmons Endowment. The […]Continue Reading »

  Ranging from modern masterpieces to recent works by emerging artists, the Museum’s Permanent Collection – acquired over 55+ years – includes thousands of paintings, ceramics, textiles, and other decorative […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Centered around the sprawling arms of a replica Banyan Tree, the MAS Mini Zoo is home to more than 70 live […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Pontchartrain Beach was a New Orleans amusement park pinned on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Featuring carnival games, live music, […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Stephen Reichert, Museum of Arts and Sciences (MAS) supporter and donor, has always had a collector’s eye. Reichert stepped into the world […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Jil Pinkston was just a kindergartner when she visited the Museum of Arts and Sciences with her class in 1965. Wrapped in […]Continue Reading »

In researching and preparing for my interview/conversation on Instagram LIVE with Alabama born Savannah artist, Betsy Cain, I came across this quote by her : “my paintings reference what I […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   Science On a Sphere® was first conceptualized and prototyped by Dr. Alexander MacDonald in 1995. Then the Director of National […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

It gives me personal delight to choose this piece to write to you about today. As a curator, I get to make choices, sometimes, based on my own personal taste, […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   On Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, on Friday, March 13, President […]Continue Reading »

I am enthralled with this painting. It’s a great size- big enough to make a statement but not looming and visually cumbersome. It’s 29x39” and the two figures and their […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of MAS […]Continue Reading »

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   Self-expression through art is everything at Woodfield Academy, a private school in Macon, Georgia for students with learning differences. For […]Continue Reading »

Our piece this week is a painting made by former Maconite, Jim Carson, now of Saluda, North Carolina. It is painted in oil on canvasboard- simply a sheet of primed […]Continue Reading »

  Welcome to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of MAS staff members. Today’s guest is Paul Fisher, MAS […]Continue Reading »

By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   Educators and civic leaders founded the Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1956, envisioning the expansion and enrichment of the educational […]Continue Reading »

“Study in Pathos” is by famed German-born Georgia sculptor and painter, Steffen Thomas. Our piece is a small study that was one of many begun in the 1930s and continued […]Continue Reading »

  Just to mix things up a bit from the weeks of realist style paintings we’ve enjoyed- I’ve latched on to this porcelain sculpture by South Korean born artist, Kyungmin […]Continue Reading »

Eric O’Dell is a long time beloved human fixture of the Macon, Georgia art scene. He is both a practicing studio artist and professor of art at Mercer University (where […]Continue Reading »

This week’s piece I chose from our permanent collection is this skillful and evocative painting of a woman lost in her thoughts while she performs a perfunctory kitchen task; shelling […]Continue Reading »

A County-Wide Discussion of Why Culture Matters This plan will give us the tools to use art and culture to ensure access to arts and arts programming for ALL Macon […]Continue Reading »

My selection this week is a brand new acquisition. We received this only in May of this year and accessioned it into our collection at the June Board of Directors […]Continue Reading »

This painting is “ Bohemian Family,” painted by Russian born artist, Roman Chatov, in 1968. While Roman’s work lands mostly in realism and representation, he paints from his sensibilities and […]Continue Reading »

The 25th anniversary of the Museum of Arts and Sciences was celebrated on June 3, 1981. It was this time of year that the ladies and gentleman- and the children- […]Continue Reading »

Our selection this week is this snowy landscape painting. It was created around 1938 by French painter, Victor Joseph Communal. Communal was a decorated French artist, a member of the […]Continue Reading »

  As I was perusing the collection for this week’s blog entry, I saw so many options. It was this very subtle and beautiful watercolor painting which curled its finger […]Continue Reading »

Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.Continue Reading »

Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.Continue Reading »

Looking deeper at the artwork held by the MAS and matching it with poetry.Continue Reading »

Hi, I'm Kristy Edwards, your new Curator of Art at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. I am delighted to have this position, one I feel is very well suited […]Continue Reading »

The tiny Trout Lilly is one of Georgia’s many unique native plant species.   As temperatures begin to warm and spring approaches, the first of the woodland plants begin to […]Continue Reading »

Spring has recently arrived in Georgia, and native plants are sprouting up in the woodlands across the state. The Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) is a unique plant that grows as large […]Continue Reading »

Macon Film Festival continues this Fall with the world’s best Full Dome Film at MAS From vibrantly animated films for kids and cutting-edge science experiences to the world’s most extreme […]Continue Reading »

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 […]Continue Reading »

For fifty-three years, the Museum of Arts and Sciences has been home to the SAL Class 5CC Caboose #5236. SAL stands for the Seaboard Air Line Railway, a major railroad […]Continue Reading »

Mounted buffalo head 34” H x 24” W x 37” D ED1995.6001.02 Gift of E. Raymond Smith     The Curator for a Day program, of which Lily was our […]Continue Reading »

Nettie, 1928 Artist: Leo Moss/Georgia Papier-mâché and fabric; clothing not original Museum purchase with funds donated by the Museum Guild, Inc. A1992.04.01* 20” tall with the signature “M” incised on […]Continue Reading »

The canine, or K-9, Unit is an integral part of law-enforcement agencies across the globe. Utilizing dogs for law-enforcement purposes has been a practice seen at various points in history […]Continue Reading »

The chinchilla is a small, plush rodent, native to the Andes Mountains of South America, whose name is derived from the Chincha people of the same region. The species’ soft […]Continue Reading »

Have you ever wondered about the artifacts or artwork that a museum has that are not often on exhibit? Like many museums, the Museum of Arts and Sciences has many […]Continue Reading »

By Susan Welsh, Executive Director for the Museum of Arts and Sciences At the Museum of Arts and Sciences, we’re united in a common purpose to cultivate a new generation […]Continue Reading »

By Susan Mays, Education Curator for the Museum of Arts and Sciences Education, and especially education in an informal environment, has been my passion since I was in high school. […]Continue Reading »