{"id":10762,"date":"2015-06-13T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10762"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:35:55","slug":"space-art-michael-najjar-brandon-vickerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10762","title":{"rendered":"Space art: Michael Najjar & Brandon Vickerd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two space artists:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Photographer\u00a0Michael Najjar<\/a>\u00a0(see earlier post here<\/a>) \u00a0is waiting for Virgin Galactic<\/a>‘s SpaceShipTwo<\/a> to begin flying in hopes that he can use his ticket to become the first artist to reach space:\u00a0Training to Become the First Civilian Artist in Space – WIRED<\/a><\/p>\n

[]<\/a>
\nTwo works by Michael Najjar in a gallery.
\nCredits Michael Najjar<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

==<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Leonard David points<\/a>\u00a0to an\u00a0exhibition in\u00a0 Windsor, Canada<\/a>\u00a0by artist\u00a0Brandon Vickerd<\/a>\u00a0of several space inspired works.<\/p>\n

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\nSputnik Returns<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Brandon Vickerd
\nA 12 foot by 6 foot stainless steel sculpture from 2013.<\/em>
\nCurrently at a part of Sculpture <\/em>
\nby the Sea 2013, in Arrhus, Denmark.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two space artists:\u00a0 * Photographer\u00a0Michael Najjar\u00a0(see earlier post here) \u00a0is waiting for Virgin Galactic‘s SpaceShipTwo to begin flying in hopes that he can use his ticket to become the first artist to reach space:\u00a0Training to Become the First Civilian Artist in Space – WIRED [] Two works by Michael Najjar in a gallery. Credits Michael … Continue reading Space art: Michael Najjar & Brandon Vickerd<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2NA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12400,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12400","url_meta":{"origin":10762,"position":0},"title":"Video: Exhibition “outer space” by artist Michael Najjar opens in NYC","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted a couple of times about photographer\u00a0Michael Najjar's space inspired works (see here and here). 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