remarkable women
2021 LONG TERM ART EDUCATION RESIDENCY

together, during the 2021 art residency "remarkable women" we will investigate the contributions of 39 women who have made an impact on american history and who have inspired generations to pursue their dreams.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
& lucille Ball  reach for the stars

cecilia payne-gaposchkin
pioneering astrophysicist & astronomer

  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born in England in 1900.  She attended Cambridge University later moving from Cambridge England to Cambridge Massachusetts to pursue her studies and opportunities in science.
Truly a remarkable woman, Cecilia published a book in 1925 sharing that she had discovered that the sun is made of hydrogen and helium gas!

video lentgh just over one minute

Pause video at 3:04 (it moves on to another scientist)

stargazing session one of three
Materials:
rulers
reed pieces
basin or bucket of water
paper towels
rubber bands
pencils
​containers labeled with names
aprons for Peeps

session Two

Lucille ball
the founding queen of television

Click the button below to hear about Lucille Ball - star of Broadway, the silver screen and TV 

star struck SESSION two OF THREE
Materials:
reed pieces
tacky glue
skewers or OLD paint brushes
paper cut for stars
​paper towels
aprons for Peeps

NOTE:  If this step moves quickly and you have extra time, the artists could cut the spiral circles whch will decorate the stars after they are painted.

In 1951, I Love lucy premiered on CBS

I love lucy  invented the sitcom format, the live audience and the rerun
(I'm happy for that!)

session  three

wish upon a star SESSION three OF THREE
Materials:
rulers
reed pieces
liquid watercolors
salt
paint brushes
paper towels
aprons for Peeps

finishing touches

paper circles
scissors
glue dots

STAFF NOTE:  I suggest using a needle to poke the small hole for the monofilament to go through for hanging.