Where Art Meets Science
Explore the Galleries and Virtual Exhibits
We’re open! The IMAS is operating at a limited capacity for safe social distancing, masks are required for all visitors (2+) and staff, and the IMAS encourages visitors to purchase a ticket (currently reduced to $1, ages 4+) in advance to reserve a time slot.
Art galleries, MPU BioZone, the sculpture garden, Museum Shop, and courtyard are all open to visitors at this time. High-touch spaces remain closed for the health and safety of our visitors. These include Seed to Table, View Space and Water Journey.
Current Exhibits
Mexican and Latin American Folk Art
The International Museum of Art & Science introduces visitors to a variety of the colorful and powerful pieces from its collection of Mexican and Latin American folk art. Folk art is a vibrant industry in Mexico and Latin America. With the growth of the travel industry, crafts have become an important source of income [...]
Spectrum Dynamic
Indiana University's Caleb Weintraub, Associate Professor, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design, and Dr. Dan Kennedy, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, collaborated with staff and students at CIP Bloomington, Indiana, to complete a series of artworks entitled Spectrum Dynamic. CIP is an agency that assists young people on the Autism [...]
The World of Frida
The World of Frida, celebrates the culture, style, and persona of visionary painter Frida Kahlo, an artist who continues to inspire with her story of love, adventure, and pain. Featuring over 100 national and international artists working in a wide array of media, the exhibition includes Frida Kahlo as the subject, as well as artworks inspired by her life and art, her beautiful garden, Mexican culture and [...]
Announcing: Members Juried Exhibit, Fall 2021
Introducing: Inaugural Members Juried Art Show IMAS is pleased to announce our inaugural Members Juried Art Show in Fall of 2021. Inclusion in this exhibition of original artwork is open only to IMAS members. Juror: Nancy Moyer, Professor Emerita of Art Participating artists must be 18 years of age or older and a museum member in good standing. Member artists may submit [...]
Stillness
This series is about my need to document commonly unnoticed urban and rural structures in and around the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. Through these images, I reflect not only on the architectural attributes of many abandoned houses and commercial buildings and their own unique esthetic but also on what they represent to [...]
Faith, Hope, Love . . . The Journey Continues
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Dr. Lisa Kay Irby ~ LIKI ~ “Imagination, ah…the freedom that lives in the imagination… It could very well be one of the greatest gifts anyone could share with a child.” Lisa Irby Art From a very young age, Lisa felt the need to define herself through [...]
Virtual Exhibitions
Through our Virtual Exhibitions IMAS fulfills its mission by increasing the impact of the permanent collections with new educational content, collaborations with local partners to broaden the reach of artistic expression in our community, and innovative opportunities for IMAS staff to examine the intersections of art and science. We invite you to visit these online “galleries” as you explore and learn from these artists, art and science museum professionals, and the objects they chose to share; we hope you’ll share these Virtual Exhibitions with your friends and family too.
