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Martha Glowacki, director of the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery, has been a curator, exhibition designer, and grantwriter/fundraiser for the Watrous Gallery since 2004. She previously was director of the Design Gallery at the UW–Madison (2000–2003). Martha has an MFA degree from UW–Madison and...
Starry Transit: An Installation by Martha Glowacki
Wisconsin Science Festival
Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 6:30pm - 10:00pm
UW–Madison Washburn Observatory 1401 Observatory Dr.
Madison
Wisconsin
Starry Transit: An Installation by Martha Glowacki (Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery Director) is a collaborative project between the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the UW-Madison Department of Astronomy. For the exhibition, Glowacki created several artworks, including a working planisphere and a freestanding cabinet with a tableau of migrating birds perched on fanciful models of constellations. During the Wisconsin Science Festival, several of the artworks that were in Starry Transit will be re-installed in the observatory. A set of prints from UW's Tandem press edition of Natural Philosophies, one of the original pieces in the installation, will also be on view. The observatory opens at 6:30 pm for the exhibit. The public is invited for star gazing between 8:00-10:00 pm.
