[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Space Art Working Group Co-Sponsors Workshop at NASA Ames Research Center

[Leonardo/ISAST]

Contact: Frank Pietronigro, Workshop Co-Organizer, Project Director, 
Zero Gravity Arts Consortium
frankp at andrew.cmu.edu
415-695-0933

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Art and Space Exploration Organizations Convene to Discuss Future
Collaborations

Leonardo Space Art Working Group Co-Sponsors
WORKSHOP ON SPACE ARTISTS' RESIDENCIES AND COLLABORATIONS
February 10 -12, 2005

January 25 - San Francisco - For three days in February, artists and
scientists from several prominent national and international institutions
will convene at the Carnegie Mellon University West Coast Campus at the NASA
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, to discuss and prepare for
future collaborative work in space.  The Workshop, which is being organized
by the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at
Carnegie Mellon University, the Center for Science Education at Space
Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, and artists and
scientists from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will be open to invited
participants on Thursday, February 10, 2005, and will conclude with a public
event, sponsored by Zero One: The Art and Technology Network on Saturday,
February 12.

Participants in the workshop sessions will include artists, curators,
writers on science and technology, NASA and SETI personnel, and
international representatives of the space art community.  Topics to be
discussed include The Arts and the Evolution of Space Culture, Space Art
History, Artists' Residences at NASA, ESA, and JAXA, and Future Public
Integration through Education, Exhibition, Media and Symposia.  

For more information visit http://www.zgac.org.