<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="">The Plattsburgh State Art Museum presents a special exhibition:</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b>"The Father of Space Art: Chesley Knight Bonestell"</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Opens to the public on March 26 and continues through May 18, 2024 in Slatkin Gallery, second floor John Myers Building.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#0b5394"><b>RECEPTION:</b> March 28th from 4pm - 6pm</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#0b5394"><b style="">FILM SCREENING EVENT</b> of <i style=""><b>Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future </b></i>WITH FILMMAKER Q&A </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#0b5394">Sunday, April 7th at 1:30pm</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#0b5394">Yokum Hall, Room 200</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><i style=""><font color="#0b5394">see attachments</font></i><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><i>This is a showing of selected works from the Jay Whipple III collection of original Chesley Bonestell paintings. Rarely put on display, don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the art of this great visionary.</i></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><i><br></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986) was an American pioneer of space art who helped popularize manned space travel. He is well known for his cover art for science fiction magazines, including Astounding Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as well as many books such as The Conquest of Space, The Exploration of Mars, and Beyond the Solar System in collaboration with several authors well known in the field of space exploration.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="">Bonestell’s work also includes architectural paintings, scientific illustrations, and special effects matte paintings for films such as Destination Moon (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), and War of the Worlds (1953).</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_ltn96i8z2" alt="BonestellWEB.png" width="330" height="510" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Our galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday 12pm-4pm.</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT PSAM OFFICE AT 518-564-2474 OR EMAIL</span><span style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="mailto:artmuseum@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration-line:none;font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">ARTMUSEUM@PLATTSBURGH.EDU</a></p><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-size:12px;display:inline-block;line-height:18px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-po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