ARTEFFECT at MCAAD: Visualizing Impact
- September 20, 2025
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
On Site Exhibition
$250 Middle School Certificate of Excellence 2022, Grade 8
Reaching for the Stars
- Acrylic, paper on canvas.
- 24 x 20 in
- Sophia Waller
Teacher: Cheryl Lunger
School: LaVilla School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "[Leavitt's] determination as an astronomer looking for answers in an ever-growing universe, and as a woman of persistence, left me looking back at my canvas not with worry; but with inspiration. With motivation. With only one thought able to build in my head: 'If she could do it, so can I.'"
Read the artist's Impact Statement.
Learn more about Unsung Hero: Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Subject Matter: Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Created: 2022
- Collections: Arrived April 2025, ARTEFFECT: Visualizing Impact at MCAAD, Awardees, Henrietta Swan Leavitt