The artists were given freedom to create their installations . Angus ' piece , " In the Midnight Garden , " featured over 5,000 bugs - beetles , moths , and cicadas - in various patterns in a pink room . Booker 's " Anonymous Donor " was made up of old tires and stainless steel . Dawe 's " Plexus A1 " weaved a rainbow into the middle of one of the Renwick 's rooms . Donovan made her installation out of thousands of index cards . Dougherty made his installation , " Shindig , " out of willow branches . Echelman based her piece off of images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that showed the impact of waves during the 2011 Japan tsunami . Grade reassembled a mold of a hemlock tree over a century year old . The piece is called " Middle Fork . " Lin chose to map out the Chesapeake Bay using marbles . Villareal 's LED chandelier hangs from the top of the Renwick ceiling
2011 Japan tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Renwick Gallery