The L. Gale Lemerand Wing

Currently on Display

L. Gale Lemerand Wing & the Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery
Open April 5, 2025 through January 4, 2026    

Stephen Shooster, aka Shoosty, is a fine artist and writer whose media ranges from digital to paper and most recently, silk. His work displays multiple themes and styles, concentrating on music, landscapes, and conceptual art. It was during a post-surgery convalescence that Shoosty encountered what would become his most fanciful muse – the bug. Inspired by the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt, Shoosty saw the variety of anatomy and armature of these creatures as a boundless source of imaginative creation. Since then, Shoosty Bugs have taken on a life and movement of their own. The Museum of Arts & Sciences is excited to host Shoosty Bugs: An Art Infestation, featuring digital creations that demonstrate the artist’s innovative fusion of metamorphic insects inhabiting lengths of color-saturated silks.

Karshan Center of Graphic Art & the Elaine and Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Gallery
Open June 14, 2025 through October 19, 2025

Where can you see a butterfly with a five foot wingspan, or a longhorn beetle with antennae more than twelve feet across? The answers can be found amongst the enormous sculptures on display in BUGS: Outside the Box. Scientifically exact, with a keen attention to detail, the exhibit features a virtual army of giant bugs with one aim in mind – educating the public and shining a light on museum collections, taxonomy, and the power of magnification.

Bugs: Outside the Box was created with the talents of many, and in close collaboration between Outhouse Exhibit Services and Lorenzo Possenti of Ecofauna.