Teacher: Yumeka Soga
School: The Overlake School, Redmond, WA, US

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "In my painting, I chose to depict Gene Shoemaker surrounded by the universe he so passionately studied, and the stories he helped us uncover. In one palm, he holds a mockup of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, symbolizing his role in preparing humanity’s first Moon explorers."

Read the artist's Impact Statement.

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