”Deadly Moons” at 2009 ALCON
Sketches by the children of New York, Video and Details by Deirdre Kelleghan
Over 30 children and 10 adults attended my Astronomy / Art workshop “Deadly Moons” at ALCON 2009.ALCON is The Astronomical Leagues annual convention.
Deadly Moons teaches a little bit about our moon , and the other exotic moons in our solar system. We learn about moon phases, busy moons , quite moons , Galilean moons, moon exploration and moon terminology . We have fun with moons and create our choices on black paper with soft pastels in vivid colors.
The workshop was organised by the Amateur Observers Society of New York at Hofstra University Long Island NY. Some children came from the Science Camp at the university and some came from Linda Prince’s Young Astronomers Group.
On September 18th 2009 the moons created by these New York children will be on display
at Birr Castle Science Center .
That evening up to 200 moons created by Irish , Russian , and American
children will join a top class display of astronomical sketching in the Exhibition Gallery at Birr Castle.
The children’s work will merge with sketches from Sir Patrick Moore CBE , and other amateur
celestial sketches from the USA, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Finland, Iran, and Australia .
Dr Carolina Odman International Program Manager for Universe Awareness for Young Children will
open the exhibition and give a talk about UNAWE’s work in the world.
Well done, Deirdre! I can’t wait to see what some of these kids are doing 5 or 10 years from now….
Cheers,
— Jeff.
Dee,
Bravo! Great work you do for the joy of it.
Frank 🙂