Members of the Explorers Club Washington Group are invited to take a tour of the new “NASA ART: 50 Years of Exploration” at the National Air and Space Museum at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 24.
There is no admission charge but only the first 20 people who sign up will be able to take the tour. To sign up contact Arnella Trent, 301-526-0822 or arnellat@gmail.com
Featured artists include Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell, Annie Leibovitz and Jamie Wyeth. The work shows some of the triumphs and also tragedies encountered by NASA.
The tour will be led by James Dean, founding director of the NASA Art Program and Bertram Ulrich, Curator of the NASA Art Program. It will take approximately an hour followed by an informal Dutch Treat lunch.