Virginia L. Montgomery's Blue Moon Cocoon Exhibition Explores Interspecies Connection Through Luna Moths

Artist Virginia L. Montgomery presents 'Blue Moon Cocoon' at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at the University of Alabama in Birmingham from January 15 to March 21, 2026. The exhibition features a multimedia installation centered on the artist's relationship with luna moths, which she began raising during the 2020 pandemic. Key works include a three-channel video piece showing the insect's life cycle alongside cosmic imagery, photographs documenting visits to space centers with a moth cocoon, and sculptural spherical forms. The project examines themes of tenderness, scientific inquiry, and interspecies communication through a distinctive visual aesthetic.