August 2018
Making a cosmic impression
...: ArtOfAstronomy I would also encourage you to go back to ROOM issue #1 (7) 2016 and read space artist David Hardy’s article, ‘Why we need space artists’. In ‘Curiosity: The Moment of Creation’, Kara Szathmary notes that scientists are like children...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...(1952) and Man on the Moon (1953), among others, inspired future generations of space artists, including of course myself. Early space artists In 1950s Britain there was RA (Ralph) Smith, who worked with Arthur C Clarke and the British Interplanetary...
November 2019
Space for Art – Reflections on the Moon
... of the greatest scientific minds from NASA, ESA and world-class space artists. It was recently showcased in a stunning way through the writing of visual artist Andrea Hamilton in her project Celestial Black. I’m hopeful that an introduction to The...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... of years to project humanity in a most beautiful and highly significant way. Lowry Burgess, professor of art, renowned space artist and initiator of the MoonArk project, described it as a repository of human culture, integrating aspects of the arts...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... me to retired astronaut Nicole Stott, the first astronaut to make a painting in space, who is now continuing her pioneering career as a space artist and STEM to STEAM advocate. Thus the Space Suit Art Project team came together. Not only did...
March 2016
Space for art
... make these dreams a reality. The article on the following pages, ‘Why do we need space artists?’ by British space artist David A Hardy, looks at the history of space art and argues that, despite modern digital imagery, there will always be a place...
