Reflections On Our Collection – June 28, 2020

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 Paris Salon (Sociètè du Salon des Artistes Français), and was awarded an honorable mention in 1910 and a bronze prize...

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Reflections on our Collection – June 21, 2020

  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 towards me and said, “Here”. Upon inspection, I saw the hand of a very skilled watercolorist who had an affinity...

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Meet Kristy Edwards, the new MAS Curator of Art

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 to my skills as a trained teacher and a practicing professional artist and my experience, which includes studying with some...

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Georgia’s Trout Lily

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 peek above the leaf litter. One of the first to emerge is the spring-ephemeral (short-lived) Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum). Trout...

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The Mayapple is a hidden Georgia-native gem.

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 dense mats in open woods, often near a water source such as a river, creek, or swampy bottomland. The Mayapple...

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Full Dome Immersive Film Festival 2023

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 boundary-pushing artistic content, the 2023 Macon Film Festival will present its immersive Full Dome Film category on October 12, 13,...

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