Terri Sindelar
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                    May 29, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8400)

Cecelia Blalock
Young Astronaut Council, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/682-1984)

RELEASE:  92-78

OUTER SIGHT  STUDENT ART CONTEST WINNERS SELECTED


     NASA and the Young Astronaut Council today announced the 
12 winners of the International Space Year 1992 (ISY) student 
space art contest, Outer Sight.   Over 1,800 school children 
in grades K through 9 entered the competition to capture ISY's 
spirit of world-wide celebration of space cooperation and 
discovery by expressing their vision of future space 
exploration and discovery.

     The overall winner of the competition is second grader 
and home-schooler Jonathan Hester from Wilson, N.C.  
Jonathan's design depicts young astronauts from around the 
world holding hands in space.  He will receive an all-expense 
paid trip to the 1992 Young Astronaut Council ISY Educators' 
Conference, which will be held Oct. 8-12, in Orlando, Fla.  
His winning poster will be introduced at the opening 
ceremonies of the conference which more than 1,500 teachers 
and students are expected to attend.

     The other eleven winners and their designated grade 
categories are as follows:

     Grade category K-3:  Emily Lauter, grade 3, Lincoln 
Elementary, Brainerd, Minn.; Andrea Noe, grade 2, Hawes 
Elementary, Ridgewood, N.J.; and a collaborative effort from 
Amanda Nolan, Lauren Machen, Brandon Ferronto and Elizabeth 
Kitsch, grade 3, Weymouth Township School, Dorothy, N.J. 


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     Grade category 4-6:  Samantha Aigner, grade 4, McClellan 
School, Pittsburgh, Penn.; Teri Terrell, grade 5, Windy Hill 
Elementary, Jacksonville, Fla.; Brennan Maupin, grade 6, 
Harencroft Elementary, Olathe, Kan.; and Heather Scor,  grade 
4, Lakeland School, Syracuse, N.Y. 
                                    
     Grade category 7-9:  John Kulluck, grade 8, LaCanada  
High School, LaCanada, Calif.; David Kowalski, grade 7, Derby 
Intermediate School, Derby, Conn.; Chris Miller, grade 9, 
Saint Xavier High School, Louisville, Ky.; and Catherine 
Carter, grade 9, Garrison Forest School, Long Green, Md. 

     Each winner will receive a certificate and trophy in 
honor of their accomplishment. 
                                    
     The Outer Sight  art contest was officially announced by 
President Bush on Jan. 24, 1992 at a White House event to 
kick-off the International Space Year.  

     Judges met May 27 to select the top winning designs.  The 
panel included Astronaut and NASA Assistant Deputy 
Administrator Charles Bolden; NASA's Director of Fine Arts and 
Graphics, Bob Schulman; NASA's Education Program Manager 
Muriel Thorne; former Curator of Art at the National Air and 
Space Museum, James Dean; artist Ron Miller, and Young 
Astronaut Council President T. Wendell Butler. 

     "The students demonstrated a wide array of creativity," 
states Bob Schulman, "I was impressed by the individuality and 
uniqueness of each of the twelve winners.  I congratulate and 
applaud their outstanding accomplishments."

     T. Wendell Butler adds, "Children are natural artists, 
and space travel began in the imagination of artists.  It's a 
natural logical thing to take a subject like this and explore 
it through visual media." 

     The top winning design is on display at the NASA 
Headquarters Auditorium located on the sixth floor at 400 
Maryland Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C., and will be available 
for viewing May 30 through June 5. 

     All twelve winning posters will be displayed at the 
Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum later in the year.


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EDITORS NOTE: A photograph of the winning design is available 
to media representatives by calling NASA Headquarters 
Audio/Imaging Branch on 202/453-8375.
Color: 92-HC-346
B&W: 92-H-392