Nellie Mae Rowe: I get a Kick out of Drawin'

January 24 to July 5, 2009

Free-spirited, independent and gregarious, Georgia folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe  devoted her life to creativity using an intuitive sense of color and form. Her paintings originate in everyday memories, a family event or even dreams. The characterizations of adults, children, dogs and birds are colorfully related with exuberance and passion.

The paintings presented here come from the Folk Art Collection of the High Museum in Atlanta. While these works may at first appear to be simplistic, they are colorful, imaginative and full of creative joy.  By popular demand, this exhibit has been extended through July 5, 2009!

Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass

May 8 to July 23, 2009

Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass allows MAS to celebrate the universe through fine art as part of the International Year of Astronomy.

Pieces of Josh Simpson’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the White House Collection of American Crafts, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague and the Museum of Arts and Sciences.  A Visionary Journey in Glass (1972-2007) opened in Huntsville, Alabama in April, 2007 and the exhibit has been traveling the country since. Josh Simpson’s career in art glass spans more than three decades. 

Simpson’s extraordinary pieces include goblets, vases and bowls, and complex orbs he calls “planets.”  Much of Simpson’s work is inspired by NASA images of Earth and other celestial phenomena.