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Art and the Cosmic Connection

One Community, One Book

Become an artist explorer! Use the Elements of Art to make scientific inferences of our celestial neighbors, all while you make beautiful, soft pastel-art inspired by real NASA images.

Celebrate One Community, One Book by making out-of-this-world art with Mobile Makerspace!

Become an artist explorer and use the elements of art as a tool to investigate and interpret the surfaces and atmospheres of our celestial neighbors, all while you make beautiful, soft pastel-art inspired by NASA images.

Art and the Cosmic Connection is an interdisciplinary program originally developed by artists and educators Monica and Tyler Aiello in conjunction with NASA's Jet Propulsions Laboratory.  

NASA’s space images aren’t just iconically beautiful, they’re also rich in data.  Scientists use multiple techniques to make sense of this data, including visual analysis.  Likewise, artists use their sense of sight to guide their creativity, making sense of visual information using a system of concepts called the elements of art: line, shape, color, value, and texture.  Scientists utilize analogous concepts, and the elements of art can be a valuable tool in planetary image analysis, fusing art and science.

Saturday, February, 21| 11:00AM to 12:00PM

Makerspace Rotunda, Second Floor
Laman Library

Ages: Adults and Teens

Registration Recommended, but not Required. 

Part of NLRPLS’s 2026 One Community, One Book series around Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Check out all of our 1C1B programs, here: NLR Public Library One Community, One Book Programs.

Did you know that the Mobile Makerspace programs can be booked by any Arkansas organization?

• Visits are free within North Little Rock and scholarships are now available for organizations outside North Little Rock
• To book hands-on STEAM education activities from out Mobile MakerSpace team, CLICK HERE and fill out our request form.   

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