Beetle Mania Family Day

This Fall from September 13 to October 31, 2025, Marjorie Guisao-Wallace brings the world of beetles and bugs back to the Newport News Community Gallery in a new exhibit, Beetle Mania: Science, Arts, and the World of Beetles! Explore the wonderful world of beetles through art enhanced with vibrant colors and textures. Interactive features include a variety of giant hand-painted floor puzzles, microscopes magnifying intricate insect body anatomy, and fun photo ops. Sequential artworks (ceramics, paintings, and installations) focus on beetle metamorphosis, pollination, and symbiotic relationships. Beetle Mania will also feature an interactive hide-and-seek available to search for beetles in their natural habitats and several camouflaged beetles around the exhibit hall.

Join us on September 20, 2025 from 12pm to 3pm for our free Family Day in the gallery featuring:

• A live presentation with our friends at the Virginia Living Museum where you’ll see and interact with beetle specimens and live beetles
• Beetle-themed games
• Balloon animals/bugs
• Face painting
• Hand painted floor puzzles
• Microscopes
• Photo ops
• And more!

This is free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated.

Host or Publisher Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center