Membership Meeting
Friday April 6th 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Trini Mendenhall Community Center 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX 77055
7:00pm Main Speaker : Mark Paternostro – Astronomical Artist
"Painting the Sky - Art of the Cosmos” From Astronomy Magazine to the Adler Planetarium and Beyond."
Mark will present an illustrated timeline of his career as a Astronomical Artist, from Astronomy Magazine to the Adler Planetarium, NASA and Beyond."
Speaker Bio
The April HAS General Meeting speaker will be Mark Paternostro from Chicago, IL. Mark is a renowned astronomical artist whose innate talent and diverse background combine with a keen interest in science and is ranked among the world’s leading space science artists, producing a varied body of personal work.
Mark studied fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and later taught art and illustration at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. In 1976, Mark joined Astronomy Magazine as resident staff artist. His flair for accurate and accessible portrayals of complex astronomical subjects made him a sought-after artist whose work has graced the covers and pages of magazines worldwide. His work has appeared in numerous books, including Isaac Asimov’s Library of the Universe series, and has been featured on network television programs, including Nightline and the PBS Nova series.
Mark Paternostro’s career arc flourished upon joining the Adler Planetarium staff in 1985, serving as Artist, Art Director, Show Director and Producer. Mark provided a distinctive vision, dynamic art direction and innovative creative skills to the numerous full-dome sky shows and exhibits featured at the planetarium over three decades of service. More recently, Mark managed a team of professional artists, voice talent, and others to bring NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission (IBEX), to the public. “Relying on traditional artistic skills combined with current media tools allows me to create a vision of the Universe that is both compelling and realistic,” Mark observes.
Novice Presentation – 6:00 pm
Bill Spizzirri – “Our Milky Way Galaxy”
An informative discussion of about the Milky Way. What a galaxy is, what are it's components, how galaxies evolve and how you can observe the Milky Way yourself.
Trini Mendenhall Community Center
