Imagine creating art designed to be out of this world. Several students at St. Mary’s Grade School accomplished just that by participating in the Dream Rocket project.
Dream Rocket artwork submissions designed with the future in mind will be exhibited through July 31 in the Hallway of Learning outside the ArtLab at the Mulvane Art Museum. In 2014, this artwork will be joined with thousands of other submissions to wrap a 363-foot Saturn V Moon Rocket Replica at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
The designated theme of the panels, “Dare to Dream,” is designed to challenge individuals to expand beyond the present state of the world and imagine the future and the contributions the artist could make to that future. These individual dreams & aspirations will combine to create a monumental 32,000 square foot work art, providing a tangible demonstration of the beauty of individuals collaborating to meet universal challenges.
Started in 2009, the Dream Rocket project has collected art pieces submitted from across the United States and regions of the world, with the goal of amassing 8,000 submissions. To promote the project, collected works are being displayed in libraries, schools and museums. So far, 85 exhibits have been completed and a total of 117 shows have been scheduled since May 2010.
Artwork on exhibit represents 95 school submissions, 11 group, eight individual, and 33 Girl Scout Troop submissions from 22 states as well as Great Britain and Argentina.
Exhibit participants include:
St. Mary’s Grade School, St. Mary’s, Kansas (20)
Rossville Elementary School, Rossville, Kansas
Shawnee Heights High School, Tecumseh, Kansas
Jefferson Co. North High School, Winchester, Kansas
Free State High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Cheney High School, Cheney, Kansas
Boy’s and Girl’s Club, Kansas (5)
Ewalt Elementary School, Augusta, Kansas (16)
Robinson Elementary School, Augusta, Kansas
Meadowlark Elementary School, Salina, Kansas (8)
Rainbow Elementary School, Madison, Alabama
Central School, Huntsville, Alabama
1st Baptist Church, Rogersville, Alabama
Chaffee Elementary School, Huntsville, Alabama
Monrovia Elementary School, Huntsville, Alabama
The Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama
Greengate School, Huntsville, Alabama
Athens High School, Athens, Alabama
Fresh Air Family’s after School Program at Montevallo Middle School, Birmingham, Alabama
Fresh Air Family’s after School Program at St. Barnabus School, Birmingham, Alabama
Columbia Elementary School, Madison, Alabama
Brunetta C. Hill Elementary School, Pelham, Alabama
Councill Elementary School, Pelham, Alabama
Katrina Santos, Fremont, California
Christine Prentice, Sierra Madre, California
Kayitah Nacori Vargas and Girl Scout Troop 33101, Oakland, California
Girl Scout Troop 1327, Aurora, Colorado
William Evertson, Hampton, Connecticut
Nancy Steinson and Marlina Steinson, Roswell, Georgia
Cartwheel Youth Club, West Yorkshire, England
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England
Netherhall Learning Camp, West Yorkshire, England
Junior Girl Scout Troop 99, Navarre, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 424, Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 448, Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 325, Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 302, Pensacola, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 20969, Palm Beach County, Florida
Rhea-Donna Reyes, Tallahassee, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 442, Tallahassee, Florida
Girl Scout Troop 774, Panama City Beach, Florida
Visionary Learning Academy, Atlanta, Georgia
Imagine It! The Children’s Museum Patrons, Atlanta, Georgia
Girl Scout Troop 273, Breda, Iowa
Girl Scout Troop 1245, Erlanger, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 596, Union, Kentucky
The Geiger Family, Erlanger, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 1047, Monticello, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 222, Richmond, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 271, Lexington, Kentucky
Girl Scout Troop 79, Versailles, Kentucky
Ann E. Ruthsdottir, Brunswick, Maine
Glenda Neal and Family, Laurel, Maryland
Janice Jones, Methuen, Massachusetts
William McKinley Elementary School, Revere, Massachusetts
Beachmont Veterans Memorial School, Revere, Massachusetts
Paul Revere Innovation School, Revere, Massachusetts (5)
Girl Scout Troop 30036, New Baltimore, Michigan
Girl Scout Troop 52822, Forest Lake, Minnesota
Brownies Girl Scout Troop 3271, Blue Springs, Missouri
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
Girl’s Inc, Syracuse, New York
Girl Scout Troop 2292, Brooklyn, New York
Girl Scout Troop 3054, New York, New York
Girl Scout Troop PS 23, Staten Island, New York
Girl Scout Troop 48378, Felicity, Ohio
Girl Scout Troop 48377, Mt. Orab, Ohio
Susi Soler, Worthington, Ohio
Walnut Springs Middle School, Westerville, Ohio (17)
Neighborhood Art House and Max Riley, Erie, Pennsylvania
Girl Scout Troop 2692, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Girl Scout Troop 3522, Mansfield, Texas
Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Dane County in Fitchburg, Wisconsin
A range of themes can be found such as community, conservation, education, environment, freedom, health, mixed, music, nature, peace, and space.
The designated overall theme of the panels, “Dare to Dream,” challenges individuals to expand beyond the present state of the world and imagine the future. Perhaps most importantly, individuals are challenged to imagine their contribution to that future.
These individual dreams & aspirations will combine to create a monumental 32,000 square foot work of art, providing a tangible demonstration of the beauty of individuals collaborating to meet universal challenges. The creation of the panels has been a catalyst for creativity in health care facilities, libraries, schools, museums, and for individuals.
The Dream Rocket Project was founded by Jennifer Marsh in a response to the growing need within her community for supplemental arts education for public schools, community arts, and perhaps most importantly, an outlet for individuals around the world to find common ground.
Marsh currently resides as fellow of the Donald B. and Twila Catron Sr. Professorship of Art at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. More information about the International Fiber Collaborative and its current project is available online at www.thedreamrocket.com.
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Contact:
The Dream Rocket Project: Jennifer Marsh, (614) 561-9057, jennifer@thedreamrocket.com
Mulvane Art Museum: Cindi Morrison, director, (785) 670-1124, cindi.morrison@washburn.edu