Space art from the National Air and Space Museum spans from the late nineteenth century to the present and captures the history of space exploration. Discover the art of Étienne Léopold Trouvelot’s late 1800s astronomical observations from Harvard’s powerful telescope in Cambridge, MA, Chesley Bonestell’s illustrations for Collier’s, Norman Rockwell’s paintings for Look created in Stockbridge, MA to the NASA Art Program, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alma Thomas. Examine works from these artists and others as agents of public persuasion, documentation, and reflection of a national space program.
Presented by Carolyn Russo, Museum Specialist and Curator of the Art Collection, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Image: Alan B. Shepard, Bruce Stevenson, Oil on canvas, 1961, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Join us in-person or online!
If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center.
Members: FREE
Springfield residents: $4
Nonmembers: $4
To attend via ZOOM, please register in advance.
