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The Challenger Memorial Sculpture, (sculpture). Artist:  Hubbard, Calvin, sculptor. Loeffler, Warren, sculptor. Want, Leslie, sculptor. Battaglia, Judy, sculptor. Borate, Brenda, sculptor. Goodson, Tom, sculptor. Johnson, Eric, sculptor. Lawrence, D., sculptor. Lewis, Gerald, sculptor. Pergolizzi, Lisa, sculptor. Robertson, Sonia, sculptor. Rooter, Gwen, sculptor. Swartz, Amy, sculptor. Velez, Mercedes, sculptor. Wilson, Chris, sculptor. Woodworth, Brooke, sculptor. Wyatt, Tyesha, sculptor. Buehner, Amy, designer. Gramse, Claude, designer. Ziegler, Kevin, designer. Fireworks Foundry, founder. Title:  The Challenger Memorial Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1986. Dedicated Jan. 30, 1987. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 25.5 x 24 x 16.5 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A broken egg from which emerge two hands cradling the space shuttle Challenger. The shuttle is held as if ascending into the atmosphere --the proper right hand supporting the rear of the shuttle and the proper left hand supporting the nose of the shuttle. Subject:  Architecture -- Vehicle -- Spacecraft Architecture -- Vehicle -- Challenger History -- United States -- Space Program Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Rochester, City School District, Administrative Office, 131 West Broad Street, Rochester, New York 14614 Located East High School, 1801 Main Street East, Courtyard, Rochester, New York 14609 Remarks:  The sculpture is a joint project of the seventh and eighth graders in Warren Loeffler's science class who worked with art teacher, Calvin Hubbard, and student teacher Leslie Want to build this memorial to the space shuttle's crew. IAS files contain articles from the East High newsletter, March 1987; Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), Jan. 28, 1987, pg. 8A; and the Times-Union (Rochester, NY), Jan. 28, 1987, 8B; and the dedication brochure. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Times Union (Rochester, NY), Jan. 28, 1987, pg. 8B. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY001882   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001882 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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