The students in this class organized “art interventions,” interactive and collaborative art projects that show attendees could participate in during the exhibition. One group interviewed attendees about what inspired them about art and science, and is creating a video about the art show. Another group had paper tiles to color, which when put together created colorful mosaics depicting visual representations of scientific equations. A third group built a chalkboard which simply had a fill in the blank statement: “When I look at the sky, I _____.” These (very popular) projects brought a new level of engagement to the art show by allowing attendees to also become artists.

(link to video here, when ready)

This year we featured a special exhibit from the UA Museum of Art on legendary space artist Robert McCall. McCall worked as an artist for NASA documenting the history of the space race. He was one of the first to combine science and art, and the impact of his work is still important today. His fantastical planetary landscapes and scenes futuristic spacecrafts and astronauts can be found on postage stamps, NASA mission patches, at the National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Pentagon, Epcot Center, and the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He even contributed to numerous films, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. This special display honored his work, and his role in bringing science to the public. A special thanks to Jill McCleary for arranging this!