Astronaut and artist hosts a screening and chat about the new Space for Art documentary
SEATTLE – On Jan. 25, NASA astronaut and artist Nicole Stott hosts a screening and discussion about the award-winning film, Space for Art, which documents Stott as she follows her mission of uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art. Stott created the first watercolor painting in space, and the artwork is now on display in the Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit (closing Jan. 26).
The 2 p.m. program includes a discussion and audience Q&A with Stott and other members of the Space for Art team. Stott is a veteran of two spaceflights and 104 days in space, author of Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It, and is a founding director of the Space for Art Foundation.
Nicole Stott
Nicole Stott is an astronaut, aquanaut, engineer, artist, and author of Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It; and most importantly a mom. She creatively combines the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience with her artwork to inspire everyone’s appreciation of our role as crewmates here on Spaceship Earth.
Stott is a veteran NASA astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days in space as a crew member on both the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle. She was the 10th woman to perform a spacewalk, first person to operate the ISS robotic arm to capture a free-flying cargo vehicle, painting the first watercolor in space, working with her international crew for the benefit of all life on Earth, and of course the life-changing view of our planetary home.
Stott is also a NASA aquanaut. In preparation for spaceflight, she was a crewmember on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory. She believes that the international model of peaceful and successful cooperation we have experienced in the extreme environments of space and sea holds the key to the same kind of peaceful and successful cooperation for all life here on Earth.
On her post-NASA mission, Stott is a technical and creative consultant, motivational speaker, and advocate for all we do in space that is ultimately for the benefit of all life on Earth. Stott is a founding director of the Space for Art Foundation — uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art; and is a “partner in purpose” with Christina Korp and Space For a Better World—connecting the space curious to the space serious.
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