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Space Is the Place A traveling exhibition of contemporary art that explores the infinite potential of space exploration June 21 – September 7, 2008 Click here to hear commentary by Rob Landis, an Operations Leader at NASA's Johnson Space Center; Museum Curator Bart Bland; and Planetarium Coordinator Marc Taylor about the exhibition Space is the Place. Space Is the Place focuses on contemporary art that looks to space exploration —its infinite potential and its historical successes and failures as seen in the works of an international group of artists during the last fifteen years. This collection of contemporary art — paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations, and sound, and video — highlights the importance of imagination and dreaming in the quest for space travel, that powerful catalyst for artists. Artists in the exhibition:
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Ronald J. Garan, Jr. Interview The Museum hosts Colonel Garan in collaboration with Yonkers Public Schools and it is the site for the current exhibition Space Is the Place, which chronicles the past and future potential of international space travel. |
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Red Grooms: In the Studio &
The Bookstore Click here to hear commentary by Pop Artist Red Grooms and Museum curators about the whimsical exhibition Red Grooms: In the Studio and the newly reinstalled sculpture The Bookstore. One of America’s major artists with a truly popular following, the worlds that inspire Grooms stretch from silent movies to dance halls to America’s urban canyons and first colonies. Red Grooms grew up in Nashville and began his career as an actor. His sense of theater is integral to the multimedia experience he creates in sculpture, paintings, and films. Now a quintessential New York artist, Grooms shows the city’s people and their neighborhoods with both wit and acute comment. His commentary has endeared The Bookstore to thousands since its installation at the Hudson River Museum in 1979. |
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Click the Play button below to hear Panetarium Coordinator Marc Taylor's interview with shuttle astronaut Ronald J. Garan, Jr., who returned from the Space Shuttle Discovery flight that installed the KIBO laboratory on the International Space Station. Garan will visit his hometown, Yonkers, to present information about space to the community. Presentations by Colonel Garan and the City of Yonkers will take place at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, Monday, July 14 from 7 to 8:30 pm.