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Aug - Sep 98
CALL FOR ART!!
From Dave Hardy, President
"Remnants" By James Wappel
Debris hurtles away from the titanic
explosion of a supernova.
For the last couple of
years I have been negotiating with Astronomy Magazine to try to get an article about the
IAAA and space art. I'm delighted to say that I now have agreement on a 'gallery': six
pages of space art, with one or two paintings on each page! Only one piece of artwork from
any one member will be published, though you can send two for choice, and there is NO
payment. As you know, neither the Board nor I would normally agree to this, but this
counts as 'free advertising' and will be invaluable to both the IAAA and the artists
involved.
The article will probably run in the January 1999 issue, so all art has to be with *them*
by October at latest -- so we need all artwork by 5 September 98. We need about 20 pieces
from which to choose; remember that it must be ASTRONOMICAL art-- though this does not
mean it has to be totally realistic or representational, as long as it is based on current
scientific knowledge. But no SF or fantasy!
In order to facilitate the selection of art, which will be reviewed initially by the new
Board but ultimately chosen by ASTRONOMY's Art Editor, our new Board member Dirk Terrell
has set up a website on which we can review the art. So if you are able to send work
digitally, please send, initially, a small low-res (72dpi) JPEG as an e-mail 'attachment'
to: spaceart@falcon-net.net
Those who cannot send work digitally will need to send a *good* 35mm slide for choice.
In the USA, east coast:
Susan Lawson-Bell
Natural Light Studio
932 S. Walter Reed Drive, 2nd Floor
Arlington, VA 22204
and west coast:
Aldo Spadoni
3157 Crownview Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-6413
From the UK and Europe, please send to me (Dave Hardy) at the address on the back page of
the Pulsar.
If your work is chosen, you will be asked to send a high-quality 4x5 transparency or
high-res digital art to an address to be given later. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL SLIDES ARE OF
HIGH QUALITY. (See the article in this Pulsar on this subject.)
So go to it, and let's put on a good show!
Orbiting the core of a quasar galaxy, a bizarre stellar system has formed near the result of a supernova explosion. Viewed from within an ancient volcanic crater on the surface of a moon orbiting a terrestrial sized planet, a pulsar appears as a brilliant "jetting" stellar entity. Above the moon's horizon an irregular ring of debris partially eclipses the parent planet and other companion moons.
International Association of Astronomical Artists