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Earlier this month I had the opportunity to speak to a group of amateur astronomers about Art And The Exploration of Space.

Well Friday Oct 30 I will be giving the same presentation at the 34th Chicago Area Mensa HalloweeM at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights IL.

My Art And The Exploration of Space presentation covers the history of space art and discusses how art has been used in the portrayal of space exploration.

For details about the program see… Continue

Tomorrow Friday Oct 9 I will be giving a presentation at the monthly meeting of the Skokie Valley Astronomers. The presentation titled Art And The Exploration of Space covers the history of space art and discusses how art has been used in the portrayal of space exploration.

For details about the Art And The Exploration of Space program, see the news release Space Art at the Ryerson Conservation Area

Jim

Came across the following music video of Carl Sagan and Cosmos.
You can read my comments and watch the video at
http://artsnova.com/blog/2009/09/29/212/

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of creating a space art gallery for the National Space Society web site and am looking for artists whose work illustrates the human exploration and settlement of the solar system.

What I need from each artist who is interested in participating in the NSS Space Art Gallery is:
* a photo of yourself, possibly in the act of creating some space art.
* a short write up about yourself, your art, your medium, etc.
* 4 images preferably 400 to 640 pixels wide
* a brief… Continue

Hi,

I just did a brief write up of my experience as a judge in the NASA Life and Work on the Moon Art Contest. Please see http://artsnova.com/blog/2009/05/05/152/.

Jim