Nicole Stott with Sarah & Joseph Belknap on the Cosmos

Join a conversation at the intersection of art, science, and imagination, featuring astronaut Nicole Stott in dialogue with artists Sarah and Joseph Belknap. Centered around the paintings of Alma Thomas and the culture of the first missions to outer space, this program explores how images shape both collective imagination and personal perception. Together, the speakers will reflect on awe and wonder as catalysts for discovery, and on how encounters with beauty, whether in a painting or from orbit, can transform how we see our world and our place within it.

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Nicole Stott is a NASA astronaut, artist, and author whose experience of seeing Earth from space has inspired a lifelong commitment to sharing the profound interconnectedness and fragile beauty of our planet.

Sarah and Joseph Belknap create collaborative works that weave together reflections on the cosmos, science, fiction, and human experience.

Alma Thomas, Celestial Fantasy, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 54 in. (152.4 x 137.2 cm), SmithsonianAmerican Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.11

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