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by William Newman (Corcoran College of Art and Design)
The Washington Project for the Arts selected
painter William Newman, a WPA\C ArtFile member to design and
oversee the painting of a 10 foot by 40 foot color mural entitled,
NASA Space Mural/Hubba Bubba. With the aid of computers, Newman
used images culled from more than 250 images captured by NASA's
Hubble telescope (including Hubble Heritage Images) to create
the mural. With the help of his students, the mural was painted
over a period of 15 days, on-site at the Corcoran College
of Art and Design during the month of December 2001. It was
dedicated and permanently installed on the outside of the
Millennium Arts Center, 65 Eye Street, SW, Washington, DC.
This WPA partnership with NASA art and space
program provides outreach to our local artist community, hands
on training for artists and an educational opportunity for
the students to learn about Hubbell telescope imagery. The
mural was painted with the help of artists between 17 and
68 years old. The mural was painted on ten 10' x 4' weatherproof,
MDO panels, sealed on both sides and edges with a weatherproof
fixative.
Washington Project for the Arts mural artists:
Brigitte Reyes, Jim Shulman, Jason Tar, Tom Bowden, Sarah
Trumbauer, Brian Hamill, Kim Ho, Betsy Winton, Teresa Audia,
Gabriel Abrantes, Dave Beers, Claude Burgett, Debbie Petersen,
Terri Potts, Robert Malin, Jason Zimmerman, Jeff, Steve and
Joe Walker, Alan Smithy, Robin Maxell, William Newman and
Bill Wooby
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Project for the Arts Corcoran Website for
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