ART OF SPACE SCIENCE; NASA LENDS ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FOR EXHIBIT IN ANTELOPE VALLEY.Byline: Greg Botonis Daily News Staff Writer In the first showing of its kind, a local gallery will display original artwork owned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), depicting great aerospace events in U.S. history. The exhibit, titled ``Visions of Flight,'' kicked off Wednesday with NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. officials gathering at the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Art Gallery. ``We were thrilled when we were asked to do this show here,'' said Pat Hinds, gallery director. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the college, 3041 W. Ave. K. The NASA exhibit will run through March 31. Commemorating more than 30 years of art collecting by NASA, the gallery holds works depicting the first moon walk, shuttle launches and landings and aeronautics research. More than 200 artists commissioned by NASA have donated their time and talents to record their impressions of the U.S. aerospace program in paintings, drawings and other media. James E. Webb
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was the second administrator of NASA, serving from February 14, 1961 to October 7, 1968. , NASA administrator from 1961 to 1968, got the idea of using art to help document the nation's aerospace efforts. The artists each receive a token honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. for donating at least one piece to the NASA archives, which now hold more than 800 artworks. Some of the works on display in Lancaster were flown in from NASA facilities in Florida and Washington, D.C. Others came from the local Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . ``These are incredible pieces,'' said Heather McKenzie, an art major at Antelope Valley College. ``We had to pick the best ones to put up because we just had crates and crates of them and not enough room. It was hard to choose because they are all so beautifully done.'' The show also features a painting of Dryden pilot-researcher Bill Dana Bill Dana may refer to:
``The whole NASA show, as any show the gallery has, promotes art and a good relationship with the community,'' said Hinds. ``Our hope is that people from all over the community will come in to the gallery to see the displayed works, whether it's their first time on campus or . . . they're students here. We do this for all of us.'' The show is free to the public. For more information on the NASA exhibit or upcoming shows, call (661) 722-6215. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Student Jesse Gonzalez looks at paintings Wednesday at the Antelope Valley College Art Gallery in the nation's first exhibit of art on loan from NASA. (2--Color) Art student Heather McKenzie spruces up the gallery for a public show of NASA art. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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