Antarctic Artists and Writers Project

（记者周宗欣）为纪念《南极条约》协商会议召开50周年，位于美国巴尔的摩巴尔的摩的马里兰州科学中心将举办一系列活动，展出美国国家科学基金会南极艺术家和作家项目的参与者的作品。ATCM将于2009年4月在巴尔的摩举行。MSC计划将包括展览和科学演示。以前从未有过如此广泛的艺术家和作家计划的作品被展出。展览将展出艺术家作家参与者制作的艺术品、摄影、雕塑和其他媒体。该计划使艺术家作家有可能前往南极洲创作作品，以增加公众对南极地区和在那里进行的研究的了解。一个相关的科学演示将通过展示南极研究人员使用的服装和其他防护装备，向公众介绍南极环境的严酷性。科学上准确的，大规模的平面地图和壁画将给那些参加南极环境的“地方感”，以及在NSF管理的美国南极计划的支持下进行最先进科学的挑战。这些项目将由MSC展览，教育和项目工作人员开发和管理，顾问团队包括科学家，艺术博物馆馆长，艺术家和作家计划的前参与者以及NSF工作人员。MSC的工作人员对艺术家和作家计划及其参与者的研究沿着艺术家的参与意愿，为建立一个有意义的计划提供了坚实的基础。 更广泛的影响MSC计划使观众接触艺术家的娱乐大陆以及两个艺术家？以及科学家们对在那里生活和工作的描述展览和科学演示的观众将包括一般公众和学校团体参观MSC在春季，当它是常见的2,000多名学生参观在给定的一天。对于参加条约会议的400名国际代表来说，展览将为非洲大陆和艺术家和作家计划提供一个新的视角。MSC希望观众能够意识到南极洲不仅仅是一个寒冷冰冷的荒野，并了解这片大陆既严峻又美丽，拥有各种地貌和生命形式，以及关键科学研究的环境。MSC将通过为1200 - 1500名巴尔的摩市学校学生提供交通补贴和入场券，向服务不足的观众展示该项目。 RMC研究公司将进行总结性评价工作。

The Maryland Science Center (MSC) in Baltimore will hold a series of programs centered around an exhbit of works produced by participants in NSF's Antarctic Artists & Writers Program to coincide with the 50th anniversary convening of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM). The ATCM will be held in Baltimore in April 2009. The MSC program will consist of the exhibit and science demonstrations. Never before has such an extensive collection of Artist and Writers Program works been on display. The exhibit will feature artwork, photography and sculpture and other media produced by Artists & Writers participants. The program makes possible Artists'& Writers' travel to Antarctica to create works that will increase public understanding of the Antarctic region and the research performed there. A related science demonstration will introduce the public to the harshness of the Antarctic environment by exhibiting the clothing and other protective gear used by Antarctic researchers. Scientifically accurate, large-scale floor maps and murals will give those attending a "sense of place" about the Antarctic environment and the challenges of conducting state-of-the-art science there under the auspcices of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which NSF manages. The programs will be developed and managed by MSC exhibit, education and program staff with a team of advisors encompassing scientists, art museum curators, former participants in the Artists and Writers Program and NSF staff. MSC's staff research into the Artists and Writers Program and its participants along with the artists' willingness to participate provide a strong foundation on which to build a meaningful program. Broader Impacts MSC plans to bring audiences in touch with artists' recreations of the continent as well as both artists? and scientists' accounts of living and working there. Audiences for the exhibit and science demonstration will include the general public and school groups visiting MSC in the Spring, when it is common for more than 2,000 students to visit on agiven day. For the 400 international delegates of the treaty meeting, the exhibit will provide a novel view of the continent and the Artists and Writers Program. MSC expects audiences to become aware of Antarctica as more than a cold icy wilderness and to understand the continent as both austere and beautiful with a variety of landforms and life forms, and a setting for critical scientific research. MSC will expose underserved audiences to the program through subsidized transportation and admission for 1,200-1,500 Baltimore City school students. RMC Research Corporation will conduct summative evaluation efforts.