Hi Cheyenne!

I definitely like art! When I was a kid, I took classes in ceramics and weaving at a museum in my town. In college, I took many courses in art history and archaeology. I am very interested in Greek and Roman art, the art of ancient Egypt, and how the art and architecture of the ancient world influenced the Renaissance. Art history classes were a lot of fun, since we took field trips to museums to do our homework. When I travel for scientific conferences, I try to find the time to visit different museums. On a trip to England, I had time to visit the British Museum in London, which has an enormous collection of art from Egypt and some pretty cool mummies. When I went to a conference in Nice, France, I visited a museum dedicated to the famous artist Matisse.

I recently starting learning how to make stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, since doing something creative and artistic is a nice break from thinking about science all day. I have also taken classes in fused glass, in which we used a kiln to melt pieces of different colored glass and metal together to make jewelry.

Judging by your entry in the Sunworks Art Contest, you are quite the young artist yourself! If you enjoy both art and astronomy and space science, you might want to consider a career as a NASA graphics artist. Here is a link an article about some of the graphic artists who work for NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/visio...fe/nasa_artists.html . And here is a link to an article that tells about what one artist does at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: http://www.nasa.gov/visio...eatures/make_3D.html .

Kris