Antarctic Artists and Writers Project

位于巴尔的摩的马里兰科学中心(MSC)将举办一系列活动，围绕NSF南极艺术家和作家计划的参与者创作的一系列作品，以配合南极条约协商会议(ATCM)召开50周年。ATCM将于2009年4月在巴尔的摩举行。MSC项目将包括展览和科学演示。艺术家和作家计划从未展出过如此广泛的作品集。展览将展示艺术家和作家参与者创作的艺术品、摄影和雕塑等媒体。该计划使艺术家和作家前往南极洲创作作品成为可能，这些作品将增加公众对南极地区和在那里进行的研究的了解。相关的科学演示将通过展示南极研究人员使用的衣服和其他防护装备，向公众介绍南极环境的严酷。科学上准确的大型平面图和壁画将让参观者对南极环境和在美国南极计划(NSF管理)的支持下在那里进行最先进的科学研究的挑战有一种“地方感”。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、美术馆馆长、艺术家和作家项目的前参与者以及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，以及艺术家参与的意愿，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计划让观众接触到艺术家对非洲大陆的娱乐以及这两位艺术家？以及科学家对那里生活和工作的描述。展览和科学演示的观众将包括普通公众和学校团体在春季参观MSC，当时每天都有2000多名学生参观。对于参加条约会议的400名国际代表来说，展览将提供一个关于非洲大陆和艺术家和作家计划的新视角。MSC希望观众认识到南极洲不仅仅是一片冰冷的荒野，并将这块大陆理解为既简朴又美丽，拥有各种地貌和生命形式，并为关键的科学研究提供了环境。MSC将通过为1,200-1,500名巴尔的摩市在校学生提供补贴交通和入学，让服务不足的观众了解该计划。RMC研究公司将进行终结性评估工作。

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.