Black Rock Observatory - Creating Large Scale Science-Based Art

Black Rock Observatory

Creating Large Scale Art Designed to Get People Excited About Science

A Project of the Desert Wizards of Mars

Desert Wizards of Mars

STEAM

ScienceTechnologyEngineering

ArtMath

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though

checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live

in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

-- Theodore Roosevelt

Empowering your crew

A 20" f4.5 Newtonian telescope on a

Dobsonian mount.

Leadership: Letting everyone shine.

Sidenote: Do your research

People want to engage with science.

Fundraising and Promotion

Year 1:105%

Year 2:141%

http://vimeo.com/61597219

http://vimeo.com/98240014

http://www.blackrockobservatory.com/

http://makezine.com/2014/04/10/mars-rover-art-car/

Local Resources:

• Rochester Makerspace• ImagineYou at Rochester Public Library

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