The Strategic Air & Space Museum is dreaming big, big enough to display The Dream Rocket Project comprised of 100 artworks created by 647 students located at 17 schools (37 classrooms). Submissions represent participants residing in Nebraska, Texas, Arizona, Virginia, and Kansas. This exhibit will be on display at the museum until May 31st.
In 2008, a group of educators and artists formed the International Fiber Collaborative (IFC), a non-profit organization with a mission to create deeper learning experiences through art, collaboration and cross-curricular themed programming for individuals and their communities. IFC’s current initiative, The Dream Rocket Project, which was launched in 2009, is collecting 8,000 pieces of artwork that in 2015 will be stitched together to wrap a 363-foot Saturn V Moon Rocket replica at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama for a temporary exhibition. The Saturn V rocket is 58 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. So far, art submissions have been received by individuals residing in 17 countries, 46 states and 363 communities. Prior to the wrapping of the Saturn V, all submissions are being displayed in libraries, schools, museums and community centers. By 2015, The Dream Rocket Project estimates 36,000 people will have contributed to a monumental 32,000 square foot wrap.
For more information about SAS Museum, please contact Angela Roeber at (402) 380-1350, by email at ARoeber@strategicairandspace.com, or visit www.sasmuseum.com.