Explore our space-inspired augmented reality [AR] experiences created in collaboration with artists, scientists and students to be presented at events and festivals. Our experiences are developed with STEMarts Ambassadors that are trained to create 3D models, design AR experiences and become AR experience guides at the events.
SPACE[AR]T Lands at ATOMIC 66
We’re excited to bring a SPACE[XR] Station to this year’s Atomic 66 Festival in Albuquerque —”Where Space, tech, ART, and Culture Meet for a week of innovation along Route 66. This isn’t just a conference–it’s a gathering of Innovators, Creatives, the curious, and the ones bold enough to think they can reshape tomorrow.”
STEMarts invites festival-goers to experience space-inspired artworks through a series of interactive Augmented Reality (AR) stations, located inside the historic Lobo Theater and outside on Central Avenue.These digital creations were designed by STEMarts students and artists working with STEMarts Lab, blending artistic expression with space science. From speculative astro-suits to cosmic landscapes, each piece offers a unique lens into the imagination of the next generation of space thinkers.
3D Models created by Artists: Ian Harrison. Raziah Ko, Zion Flores, Shaylee Mirabal
SPACE[AR]T Travels to Guadalajara
We’re excited to announce an international partnership that will combine art, science, and cultural exchange in the heart of Mexico! STEMarts Lab is bringing an interactive Augmented Reality [AR] pop-up installation called SPACE[AR]T to Plaza Guadalajara on November 22, 2024, 5-7pm, as part of a broader international STEAM youth exchange. Participants point their phones to the sky and discover our Space[AR]T. Visitor-captured AR Selfies will be displayed in real time on an LED screen. Our New Mexican and Mexican Ambassadors will be on hand to guide participants through their augmented reality journey.
3D Models created by Artists: Ian Harrison and Elizabeth Littlejohn. Mexico Student: Santiago Valadez. New Mexico students: Raziah Ko, Zion Flores, Shaylee Mirabal
Discover SPACE[AR]T in the Sky@PASEO
STEMarts Lab presented an interactive Augmented Reality [AR] Sky Hunt at The PASEO Festival 2024 in Taos, New Mexico. Participants visited each of our six [AR] stations, pointed their phones to the sky, and discovered our Space[AR]T — artist and student-created animated models that appear in the sky and land in front of you. Each art piece explores our relationship to space through the unique lens of our community and culture.
Kids visited our Space[AR]T Drawing Station to meet LANL Astrophysicist Dr. Andrea Albert (Friday) and NASA Solar System Ambassador Arwen Hubbard (Sunday), hear their space stories, and ask questions. Afterward, they had fun drawing their space-inspired designs on our Space[AR]T paper models with their own augmented reality space object.
Los Alamos ScienceFest
A fun Augmented Reality (AR) Sky Hunt. Participants scanned the QR codes at our six sites, pointed their device to the sky and discovered our student-created Space[AR]T in the sky. They captured all six objects to collect the reward, their own AR object to take home. Photos captured by participants were projected at SALA Event Center. (See below). Artists/Instructors: Ian Harrison and Julia Doke (ABQ). Ambassadors: Shaylee Mirabal (Taos Pueblo), Santy Valadez (Guadalajara). AR Developer: Alessandro Straccia. Guest science guides: Dr. Andrea Albert, LANL astrophysicist and Shane Wood, QuarkNet Staff
ACSP Event [AR]
STEMarts Lab partnered with the Association of Commercial Space Professionals and the Q Station for the Space Regulatory Bootcamp on March 4-7, 2024. Space Messengers [AR], a space-themed augmented reality experience, was designed especially for the ACSP conference attendees. Created in collaboration with Aestar, our Albuquerque Sister Cities partner in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monica Storss, Learning Experience Designer, Roy Macdonald, designer of the Space Visualizer, and Space Messengers artists: CHiKA, Ian Harrison and Julia Doke.