The Fermilab Art Gallery presents a dynamic rotation of exhibitions that explore the intersection of art and science. It is open to visitors Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. located in Wilson Hall on the second floor.
The Harp inside Schrodinger’s Box
Ramsey Auditorium May 29, 2026 12:30-1:30pm
by Amy Nam, Guest Composer 2025
At the conclusion of the event – please join us for a reception in the Fermilab Art Gallery for both Amy Nam, Guest Composer and Jelena Berenc, Guest Artist.
Open Call to the Community
Visualizing the Unseen: The Quantum World
Why is the quantum world so hard to picture —could artists help us imagine it?
The Quantum world doesn’t behave like the world we experience every day.
In our daily lives, things seem definite — a light is either on or off. But in the quantum world, particles can exist in multiple states at once. A qubit — the basic unit of quantum computing — can be both “on” and “off” at the same time until it is measured.
So how do you draw, paint, sculpt or photograph that?
Quantum physics can describe these ideas with precise mathematics, but they are difficult to turn into images we can easily understand. Visualizing them using everyday thinking is like trying to imagine a color you’ve never seen. Can you help bridge that gap? — creating ways to see and feel ideas that are otherwise invisible.
Free to enter – Juried – Art work must be ready to hang – Must be 18 years or older and a U.S. citizen to participate
• Up to 2 submissions per artist-upload to this Google Form
• Include an artist statement (how does the image relate to Quantum?) -150 words maximum
• Include a biography – 150 words maximum
• Size limit per piece: 36 inches x 48 inches maximum
• Weight limit per piece: under 50 pounds
Signed waiver required-upon drop off in Art Gallery on August 28
Important Dates
· Artwork submitted into google form: July 14 midnight CT
· Artist notified: August 10 midnight CT
If Selected -waivers signed
· Artwork Drop-off: August 28 8am-11am
· Artwork Pick-up: Dec 1, 2026 8am-11am
· On Display – Sept 1-Nov 30
· Reception – Thursday September 10, 3:30pm- 5pm
Note: Open to the public with proper ID
Questions – email art@fnal.gov
“I have always felt that science, technology and art are importantly connected; indeed science and technology seem to many scholars to have grown out of art.” —Robert Rathbun Wilson, Fermilab founding director
Your work could be featured in the Fermilab Art Gallery. The gallery is always accepting proposals from artists whose work highlights the intersection between art and STEM.
If you’d like to submit your portfolio for consideration, review our Fermilab Art Gallery Submissions.
The application period has closed for the 2026 Guest Artist and Guest Composer at Fermilab. Thank you to all that applied.
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