Curated by the HMA Docent Association, FULL STEAM AHEAD! features selections from HMA’s collection that illustrate various elements of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics — disciplines collectively known as STEAM. The exhibition encompasses artworks with scientific subject matter such as wildlife and nature, mathematically patterned abstractions, and art created with the help of engineering [...]
Helen Vaughn (born in 1940, Birmingham, AL/lives in Huntsville, AL) Remembrance and the Cost of Decisions, 1980, oil on canvas, 36.5 x 48.5 in. Museum Purchase in Memory of Amanda and Margaret Lawson Some of the earliest evidence of human art suggests that people told stories with pictures, and narrative art can be [...]
Ladson - Spartan, 32 x 41.5 Encounters: Charles Ladson focuses on the accomplished paintings of this mid-career artist from Macon, GA. Ladson’s works mix conventional aspects of painting like texture, layering, perspective, transparency, and detail — to create images that evoke a sense of mystery and dreamlike reality. Like much Southern art, his [...]