Artists of widely varying styles and media were selected nationwide to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Artist Event - this gallery shows the results of their work.
Webb Art & Science

#JwstArt: Juried Show
About:
Twenty two artists were selected nationwide to attend the James Webb Space Telescope Artist Event at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. They sat directly in front of the Webb telescope and were briefed on the mission by scientists, engineers and other project personnel while they worked; sketching, painting, writing, sewing, playing music. This gallery shows their impressions of the Webb Telescope and its mission. For more information, see the press release.
Where:
Traveling Show: A subset of the art has been part of a traveling exhibit, past shows include:
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NASA Goddard Visitor Center
(Spring 2017) - Art.Science.Gallery
(Summer 2017) - Texas Museum of Science & Technology
(Summer 2017)
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Joanna Barnum : James Webb Space Telescope
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Joanna Barnum : Icon: Metaphor
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Joanna Barnum : Icon: Gaze
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Erin Barry-Dutro: Visions I, II, III
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Erin Barry-Dutro: James Webb
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Ophelia M. Chambliss: 18 Wafers
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Jedidiah Dore: maryland-houston
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Jedidiah Dore: reflect
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Jedidiah Dore: mirror
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Jedidiah Dore: Assembly
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Jedidiah Dore: Primary Mirror
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Jedidiah Dore: Cleanroom
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Lauren Emeritz: See the Galaxy & Beyond
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John Garvey: The James Webb Space Telescope Song
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Veronica Guzzardi : Peer Deep Into The Past
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Veronica Guzzardi : What I Can See
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Ikumi Kayama : James Webb Space Telescope
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hannah Larrabee : Three-Body Problem
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hannah Larrabee : Helen of Troy
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hannah Larrabee : James Webb Space Telescope
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Jessica Lee: New Worlds
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Jessica Lee: Alpha and Omega
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Jessica Lee: Maggie's Nebula
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Jessica Lee: James' Web
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Jessica Lee: Beyond
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Susan Lin: Reflected Worlds
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Joan Lok: Galactic Motifs
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Joan Lok: Into The Unknown
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Joan Lok: Space Suminagashi
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Tim Makepeace : JWST - Recumbent Primary Mirror
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Tim Makepeace : JWST - Vertical Primary Mirror
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Laddie Scott Odom: To L2
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Sue Reno: Luminosity
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Brandi Smart: Out of the Darkness
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Brandi Smart: Celestial Bodies
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Cameron Stern: JWST Capsule Collection
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Stephen Elliott Webb : Looking Back
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Ashley Zelinskie: Exploration
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INSPIRATION FOR THE SHOW
Dane Ault: James Webb Space Telescope
Statement About the Work from the Show Curator
In 2016, I met artist Dane Ault at AwesomeCon. He had a striking series of prints of spacecraft, including Hubble and Cassini - but no James Webb Space Telescope. When asked, he told me that it'd be suggested to him not to bother doing a JWST one until after it launched. I encouraged him not to wait, and invited him for a tour if he had time while he was in town. He came out to Goddard to see the telescope (which was face down at the time, unfortunately), but a few weeks later, he sent me an email with this art. It was really cool to see JWST added to his Science + Nature series of lithographs, and it planted the seed of an idea, which, combined with the first views of JWST's gorgeous gold-coated mirror, culminated in our November 2016 artist event. I was able to put out a call for artists to apply to come see JWST in person, and be inspired to create right in front of it. The event was a success, and the art in this exhibit was produced as a result. - Maggie Masetti
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