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NASA rocket to be wrapped with quilt By ELIZABETH CELMS
Written by Chris
A little more than a year from now, Terry Pottmeyer’s artwork will be exhibited on a 365-foot NASA rocket in Huntsville, Ala.
The Island mother has submitted a handcrafted quilt panel that reads “Our dream... a world where every child is cherished” as part of the international 2011 Dream Rocket project.
Pottmeyer’s textile will be combined with thousands of others into a massive quilt that wraps around a replica of NASA’s historic Saturn V Rocket, which stands in front of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. The spectacle will be unveiled in May 2011, in commemoration of President John F. Kennedy’s May 25, 1961, pledge of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.” The historic feat was accomplished eight years later on July 21, 1969, when American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
- NASA_rocket_to_be_wrapped_with_quilt.doc (6 download)
Jefferson Township Middle School Science teacher Claude Larson and Art teacher Karen Correia recently collaborated in "The Dream Rocket Project," a global collaborative initiative to connect art and education.
Students in Correia’s 7th and 8th grade Studio Art classes learned how art, culture, and science connect before designing personal "dream themes" that express hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow.
- northjersey_TDRp.doc (7 download)
WRAPPING SATURN V ROCKET WITH ART TO
CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S MAN ON THE MOON ANNOUNCEMENT
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 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 man. One giant leap for mankind.”
The wrapping with art from around the world of the 37 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.
- Press_Release_The_Dream_Rocket.pdf (52 download)
Amazing Endeavors, by Iris Frank, American Quilter, March 2010
Sometimes "amazing" is the only adjective that adequately describes a quilting endeavor. The Interdependence Tree Project is the second in our series of remarkable quilting achievements.
- amazing_endeavors.pdf (80 download)
New Year Spawns Visions of Peace, by Deb Anderson
Under the direction of Joy Bergstrand academic enrichment coordinator for the School District of the Menomonie Area, 30 students from three Menomonie schools worked colaboratively on a fabric panel for The Dream Rocket in Huntsville Ala. Students from Wakanda, River Heights and Oaklawn participated.
- visions_of_peace.pdf (69 download)
Soaring Dreams, by Pamela Powers, Menomie News Bureau, Monday December 28, 2009
A group of Menomonie students is joining peolpe from 100 countries to help create a 36,467 - square - foot wrap for a replica rocket at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
- soaring_dreams.pdf (98 download)
'Dream Rocket' director to speak at Marshall Association meeting Jan. 26
The Marshall Association will hold its next luncheon meeting Jan. 26, featuring a guest speaker who is taking a quilting project to new heights.
Jennifer Marsh, director of the "Dream Rocket" project, will discuss how the project works with individuals, schools and organizations to create and submit over 8,000 quilt panels to represent the dreams people have from all over the world. During May and June, the quilt will be completely wrapped over the 363-foot Saturn V rocket model in front of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, making it the world's largest collaborative art project with 30,467 square feet of material.
The project is supported by the International Fiber Collaborative, a nonprofit organization founded in Huntsville by Marsh in 2007. The organization promotes global, collaborative, public art initiatives, seeking to connect art and education in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The Marshall Association meeting will be at 11 a.m. at the Redstone Officers' & Civilians' Club in Building 130 on Golf Course Road. Lunch will be $13 for Marshall Association members and $15 for nonmembers. Team members planning
to attend should contact Angie Williams at angie. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call 544-2797 by noon Jan. 22. Any cancellations after that date or no-shows will be expected to pay.
For those interested in joining the association, a $25 membership fee can be paid at the door, or contact Teresa Foley-Batts at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 544-0335. Membership is open to the entire Marshall community.
Membership dues help fund scholarships for college- bound children of association members. The association typically grants two or more awards annually: one to a student pursuing a technical degree in a field such as science, engineering or mathematics; and another to a student majoring in a nontechnical field. Eligible applicants for 2010 scholarships must be entering their freshman year of college this fall. The call for scholarship applications will be announced in the near future.
For a list of benefits and advantages of Marshall Association membership, visit http://inside.msfc.nasa.gov/marshall_association/.
For more information on the Dream Rocket, visit http://www.thedreamrocket.com/.
- Marshall_Association.pdf (71 download)
New York may have its Empire State building, Paris, its Eiffel Tower, D.C. its Washington Monument, but Huntsville, Alabama can lay claim to the Saturn V Moon Rocket, an exact replica of the vessel that took man to the moon.
- DreamRocketSB (90 download)
SATURN V ROCKET WILL BE WRAPPED WITH ART CONTRIBUTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Over 8,000 "Dream Theme" Panels Will Be Stitched Together
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, August 17, 2009 – One of the 20th-century icons, the 37-story Saturn V Moon Rocket, will be transformed into the world’s largest collaborative public art project – The Dream Rocket.
Also see: The Dream Rocket Quick Facts (.docx)
A public art collaborative – on a global scale - is happening in Huntsville, Alabama in 2010.
In May and June of 2010, the 363 foot vertical Saturn V Rocket replica, located in front of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Huntsville, Alabama), will be fully wrapped with a giant 30,467 square foot dream quilt. Included in this public art wrap will be approximately 8,000 panels made by students and individuals from over 100 countries. This community-based endeavor will likely be the largest collaborative art project ever accomplished. Not only will this wrap embody the power of a global collaborative, but it will hold the individual dreams for a better tomorrow. Dream Rocket themes include: health, energy, peace, technology, science, and space.
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Iconic Saturn V Rocket to be wrapped with art
Written by Jennifer Marsh
Washington, August 23 (ANI): A leading acamadecian has announced a collaborative art project using 8,000 panels to wrap around the Saturn V Moon Rocket, which is one of America's 20th-century icons.
The announcement was made by Professor Jennifer Marsh, one of the world's leading figures in collaborative public art.
By May 2010, Marsh plans to have 8,000 panels, created by students and individuals from more than 100 countries, stitched together and installed as a 36,467-square-foot wrap on the huge vertical Saturn V rocket replica located at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
"Anyone can be involved," said Marsh, who teaches public art at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Each of the panels will express a "dream theme," representing the dreams of each of the contributing artists from around the world.
Marsh's corresponding website encourages participants to incorporate dream themes including health, energy, peace, technology, science, community, conservation, poverty and space.
"We want people all over the world to dream those audacious dreams, and to inspire them to make their dreams come true," said Marsh. "The Dream Rocket will symbolize not only the dreams of individuals, but the power of global collaboration," she added.
"The Saturn V Moon Rocket itself is the ideal example of achieving a dream that seems impossible," said Marsh.
"Whether your dream is curing cancer, going to Mars, or ending world hunger, the Saturn V is an inspiring visual reminder that any dream can come true. If we can work together to put a man on the moon, we can do anything," she added.
David Williams, president of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, praised Marsh for her vision on this project.
"A crucial element of both art and technology is the importance that creativity plays in both disciplines for the benefit of society," he said.
"We applaud Professor Marsh's initiative to bring together the dreams of a world through artistic elements and tie those inspirations to one of the most enterprising engineering projects in history," he added.
The Dream Rocket is a part of the International Fiber Collaborative, a global initiative that gives people the opportunity to collaborate with other communities and countries worldwide on a single mission. (ANI)
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http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090823/981/tsc-iconic-saturn-v-rocket-to-be-wrapped.html
Sunday, August 16, 2009
By Lee Roop
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Art prof's project to coat rocket with thousands of picturesque panels
Many people in Huntsville know of the artist Christo. His large art creations with wife Jean-Claude include wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris.
By this time next year, Christo may know of Huntsville, thanks to a local artist's ambitious plan to "wrap" the 37-story tall Saturn V rocket model in front of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Read the full Huntsville Times article
Huntsville's Saturn V Will Soon Become "Dream Rocket"
Written by Jennifer Marsh
Over 8,000 "Dream Theme" panels will be stitched together to become the world's largest collaborative public art project
Claire Aiello Web Content Manager
2:01 pm CDT, August 17, 2009
The Saturn V replica at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Gregg Stone, WHNT NEWS 19 Chief Photojournalist / August 17, 2009) HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Saturn V will take on a new, artistic look in the next year. It will even take on a new name during this time, as it serves as a gigantic canvas to art from around the world.
The idea behind The Dream Rocket is to wrap the Saturn V in a giant 36,000 square-foot quilt, made up of 8,000 individual panels. Each of the panels will express a "dream theme", with each participant's hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow.
"The spirit of the Saturn V teaches us that when people collaborate on an important goal and put aside their differences, nothing is impossible," said Jennifer Marsh, Director of the Dream Rocket. "Anything can be accomplished."
Students and individuals from more than 100 countries will create the panels, and you can create one as well.
"We want people all over the world to dream those audacious dreams, and to inspire them to make their dreams come true," Marsh added. "The Dream Rocket will symbolize not just the dreams of individuals, but also the power of global collaboration."
You can reserve a two-foot square panel for $100. To do so, visit The Dream Rocket web site.
Copyright © 2009, WHNT-TV
The Dream Rocket's First National Press Conference
Written by Jennifer MarshOriginal Speech Monday August 17, 2009
... I had just finished wrapping the gas station project in New York, and then the Tree project here in Huntsville. I was thrilled with the participation from people all over the world. I felt that these projects had tapped into something important. People WANTED to collaborate.
I wanted to do another wrap project. I was hired by UAH and moved here…all the time thinking "what should I wrap next?"
And when I learned the history of the Saturn V – how the odds makers put 1000-1 odds against putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade – how it was considered an "impossible dream"...
Well… that's where the idea of Big Dreams and the Saturn V came together...
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