Teacher: Archana Kamani (2024-25 Ambassador)
School: Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies, Plainfield, NJ

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "My research into Cecilia's life revealed her as a figure who reshaped our cosmic understanding, an inspiration…The lower half of the foreground reveals the Harvard Observatory, the bastion of her work, rendered with precision. The buildings are thoroughly detailed, developed in earthy browns and tans, contrasting with the dreamy blues and purples of the cosmos, emphasizing the duality of her grounded research and its cosmic matter."

Read the artist's Impact Statement.

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