<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The Plattsburgh State Art Museum presents a special exhibition:</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:avenirlt-medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;font-weight:700">The Father of Space Art: Chesley Knight Bonestell</span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#0b5394">March 26 - May 18, 2024</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#0b5394">Slatkin Gallery, John Myers Building</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394" size="4"><b>Reception:</b> TODAY! March 28th from 4pm - 6pm</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><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><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><i><br></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><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">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).</p><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><font color="#0b5394"><b>SPECIAL FREE SCREENING EVENT </b></font><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">WITH FILMMAKER Q&A</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0b5394"><i><b><font size="4">Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future</font> </b></i></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0b5394"><i>A film by Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. </i></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0b5394">Sunday, April 7th at 1:30pm</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0b5394">Yokum Hall, Room 200</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><i><font color="#073763">exhibit viewing after the event</font></i></div><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:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></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"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4">Museum events are FREE and the public is WELCOME. </font></b></p></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><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)"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Our galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday 12pm-4pm.</font></b></p></div><img src="cid:ii_lua3opzm0" alt="BONESTELL POSTER web.jpg" width="330" height="510"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.5rem;background-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