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Maximov Publications and Leonardo 

			     announce 

		      Space Arts Workshop '97 


On April 13, 1997,  a select group of artists and scientists from around
the world will be gathering in Paris, France to discuss the social and
cultural aspects of exploring space.

Seventeen individuals will be presenting their works of art, speaking as
artist as space explorers. Among these people, is artist  Arthur Woods
whose work, "Cosmic Dancer" flew aboard the Mir Space Station. Also
speaking will be Richard Kriesche, artist of the first art project in
the history of the Russian space flight, to fly aboard the space station
Mir (1991).

The event will be broadcast over the Internet via Maximov Publications
Special section on the Mir Space Station (http://www.maximov.com/Mir/).
You can view the preliminary pages at 

http://www.maximov.com/Mir/mirspaceart.html 

The space arts meeting is being organized by ars astronautica, Leonardo
- the Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and
Technology, Maximov Publications, and the OURS Foundation.

Workshop members will go online to answer questions from users (April
13, 1997 at 4PM to 9PM GMT). 

During the event, Amateur Radio Operators around the world will be
relaying questions to cosmonauts aboard the Mir Space Station. In order
to get the questions to amateur radio operators we are asking for
submissions before April 13th.

		*** CALL FOR QUESTIONS ***

We are requesting questions for both workshop members and cosmonauts.
Please submit your questions to Mark W. Curtiss via email
(mcurtiss@excite.com) or via the online form
(http://www.maximov.com/Mir/mirspaceartstalk.html). Results for these
pages will remain posted at this site for future reference.

Thank you 

Mark W. Curtiss
Mir Space Station Web Developer
mcurtiss@excite.com
http://www.maximov.com/Mir/
	
Space Arts '97 -- http://www.maximov.com/Mir/mirspaceart.html

ars astronautica -- http://www.spaceart.net/
Leonardo (French) -- http://www.cyberworkers.com/Leonardo/
	  (English) -- http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/Leonardo/home.html 
Maximov Publications -- http://www.maximov.com/
OURS Foundation -- http://www.ours.ch/