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*September 25, 2009 - The Dream Rocket team is hosting a panel making workshop at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for 10 Serbian students. Thanks to the Office of International Programs & Services at UAH.

Some older footage from the Gas Station Wrap Project in Syracuse, New York, 2007-2008.

Patricia Willcox, Tree Project Workshop at Artworks in Beaufort, South Carolina. A Resident program a part of the Art Council of Beautort.

 

Jennifer Marsh
Founder/Director
Logistics Organizer

Past and Present Volunteers

Frances A. & Scott Akridge
Recruiters


Companies & Organizations Involved

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Penwal
    Engineering and Construction

Media Fusion, Inc.
    Video, Animation, Graphics, Multimedia, Internet

Brinkley & Chesnut

Mercer & Associates

Color Express

University of Alabama in Huntsville

City of Huntsville

United States Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville

J. Smith Lanier & Co.

 Allied Photocopy, Huntsville, AL 

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Christine Shores

Christine has spent the past five years leading RHB Design, a full-service marketing and communications firm in Huntsville, Alabama.  She also worked as Manager, Corporate Communications for Wolverine Tube Inc., where she was responsible for all internal and external communications, corporate branding, media and investor communications, as well as a variety of other initiatives. She also worked in key marketing, sales, and communications roles with Dynetics, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, and VAMM Corporation.  Christine earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Adminstration in Marketing from UAHuntsville. 


David Marsh
Graduated from Ohio State University in Natural Resource Management. Worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for four years in water resource management and watershed planning. Left natural resources to start a construction business. Spent next thirty years in the residential remodeling industry in sales, design and administration. Since 1988 served as the General Manager of two mid-sized remodeling companies before retiring in the fall of 2008.

Nicole Strickland
Hi, my name is Nicole Strickland.  I recently graduated from Auburn University where I studied History and Art History.  I am currently interning for the Dream Rocket Project.  I do various jobs such as repairing sculpture, researching and writing sections of the project website, and stuffing envelopes.  I'm really excited to help and support an artistic and innovative project in my own hometown.  I hope it will inspire people right here in Huntsville and all over the world to contribute a personal artistic statement because I think that art has the power to impact the people and the world positively.  Nothing is impossible when people work together.

To see who is involved, navigate the links in the left-hand sidebar.

Video: You Can Make a Difference, "I made this video for a scholarship. It envelops the theme that one person can make a difference." - creator


Penwal www.penwal.com
Penwal will be doing the engineering and construction of the Dream Rocket Quilt. Below, is footage of when Penwal working towards building this Saturn V Rocket replica in 1999, located at the U.S Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.

 The Dream Rocket aims to connect art and education through a global collaborative initiative. It will inspire participants to consider, express, and explore their dreams for a better future using Dream Themes such as Energy, Space, Peace, Science, Recycling, etc. The Wrapping of the Saturn V Rocket will recognize the power of global collaboration, and in turn, The Dream Rocket hopes to inspire individuals all over the World not only to dream, but also to recognize their power to pursue their dreams.

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the U.S. intention of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely  to earth.”   Just   over   eight   years   after   President   Kennedy’s announcement, the earth sat spellbound as they viewed a ghostly, blurred, black and white image of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon and declaring, “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” The wrapping with art from around the world of the 37 story tall Saturn V Rocket replica standing at  the  U.S.  Space  &  Rocket  Center  in  Huntsville,  Alabama  has been  rescheduled  to  now  coincide  with  the  50th  anniversary  of  JFK’s  lofty  challenge.  The  “Dream  Rocket”  project,  in response  to  individuals  and  teachers  who  would  like  to  participate,  has  now  provided additional  time  for  that opportunity.  In  May  and  June  2011,  the  “Saturn  V  Moon  Rocket”  is  to  be  transformed  into  the  world’s  largest collaborative art project. Powerful both in message and scale, it will represent the challenges of our future. “The  Saturn  V  Moon  Rocket  is  an  inspiring  and  tangible  reminder  that  when people  work  together  through  collaboration,  any  challenge  can  be  met,  any mission  can  be  accomplished,  and  any  dream  can  come  true.”  Says  Professor Jennifer Marsh, founder of the Dream Rocket project.

Neil  deGrasse  Tyson,  astrophysicist  with  The  American  Museum  of  Natural History  in  New  York,  and  Director  of  its  famed  Hayden  Planetarium,  is  an internationally  known  science  advocate. He encouraged Marsh to incorporate the dream symbolism into the project because, "The Saturn V is the IDEAL icon to represent a big dream. This rocket was designed and built as a collaboration of NEARLY half- a-million people and allowed our human species to venture beyond our WORLD and stand on ANOTHER - SURELY one of the biggest dreams of all time. ENABLING THE DREAMS OF young people to touch this mighty rocket sends a powerful message." Tyson is one of many  space  enthusiasts  who  has  offered  his  support  to  the  Dream  Rocket project.

Marsh explains, “The wrapping of the Saturn V Rocket will consist of over 8000 fabric   and   mixed   media   panels   representing   dreams   for   our   future   and visionaries of our past. Schools, groups, and individuals from  all over the world have been joining in this project for the past six months.” So far, Marsh believes they have participants from an estimated 37 states and a dozen countries such as Bangladesh, Kenya, Serbia, Finland, Australia, Norway, Haiti, and Germany. The Dream Rocket’s goal is to gain participants from 100 countries and all 50 states. Participants are encouraged to ask themselves, “What is my dream for a better tomorrow?” Some of the Dream Theme panels already received depict energy, imagination, conservation, and peace. Others depict community, health, space, and fighting hunger. They have been submitted by schools, churches, groups, and individuals-even from grandchildren through the generosity of grandparents. 
 
 Recently  the  Menomonie  News  Bureau  wrote  about  a  school  group  creating  their panel;  “Mara  DuVernois,  a  fifth-grader  at  River  Heights,  hopes  to  see  tobacco smoking  end  to  improve  people’s  health.  She  created  a  square  with  a  no-smoking sign. “I don’t want to smoke” the 10 year-old said.”I don’t want anyone else to. There are  400,000  deaths  each  year  from  smoking-related  products.  Nicole  Herdahl,  10, also a fifth-grader at River Heights, used fabric markers to color her cloth square with a  red  cross,  a  symbol  of  medical  care  for  all  people  in  the  future.  “I  know  not everyone has a hospital to go to and have health care,” she said. “I want the world to have that.” 
 
From now until the wrapping begins, exhibits of selected panels are being scheduled to provide diverse venues for the panels  to  be  seen.  Currently  on  the  list  are  Educational  Gallery  Group(Eg2),West  Palm  Beach,  FL;  Great  Explorations Childrens Museum , St. Petersburg, FL; Mulberry Street Library, New York, NY; Warren Co. Public Library, Bowling Green, KY; Central Library,  Conroe, TX; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, CA; Randolph School, Huntsville, AL; New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT; Earlyworks Childrens Museum, Huntsville, AL; and the Eclipse Gallery, Algoma, WI. Any additional venues and dates can be found on the Dream Rocket website. After the 60-day wrapping of the moon rocket in May and June 2011, a three year museum tour is currently being scheduled. 
 
About The International Fiber Collaborative (IFC)

The International Fiber Collaborative (IFC) was founded in 2007 by artist Jennifer Marsh. It is a non-profit organization that promotes global collaborative public art initiatives, a marriage of art & education. The IFC prides itself in being a grassroots organization, reaching out to students, individuals, groups and organizations all over the world.

The IFC has accomplished two widely acclaimed projects. The first one being the Gas Station Wrap in 2008 in Syracuse, New York. The submitted artwork for this project came from students and individuals from 15 countries and 28 states. The Gas Station Wrap was the first of its kind and spurred international attention both through press and participants.

The second project was the InterdependenceTree project in 2009 in Huntsville, Alabama. With every project the IFC grows, as does worldwide interest. Participants in the Tree project increased to 23 countries and 39 states. The International Fiber Collaborative is extremely pleased to be working on its 2010-2011 project.

www.internationalfibercollaborative.com

 

 

 

 

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