Twenty-three feet in diameter! An enormous art installation by English artist Luke Jerram is coming to Providence this month as part of a larger series of events and exhibitions presented by the NASA RI Space Consortium in association with WaterFire Providence. This highly-detailed, 23′ diameter, moon sculpture will be installed in the main hall of the WaterFire Arts Center through July 28. From The Museum of the Moon:
Providence and WaterFire are celebrating the 50th-Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission and man’s first steps on the Moon co-sponsored by the NASA RI Space Consortium with support from Brown University. The celebration includes a series of exhibitions, lectures and other activities throughout July and a full lighting of WaterFire on July 20 presented as part of WaterFire’s #Art4Impact Summer of Science Event Series.
Monday’s opening reception includes a special preview performance at 8pm of Judith Lynn Stillman’s new multimedia chamber music work. At 8:15pm special guest speaker Carter Emmart, Director of Astro Visualization at the American Museum of Natural History, will be speaking on “Seeing the Moon and Mars as Landscape”. (Facebook event.)
The free exhibition runs through July 28: Monday thru Friday, 10am to 5pm (Thursday till 10pm); Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5pm.
Free opening reception, 7:30pm to 10pm, Monday, July 8, WFAC, 475 Valley Street, (directions)