David Eicher, editor of ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE states. "I can describe Arica's paintings and Tammy's jewelry as just straightforwardly stunning. They are amazing works of art in their own way, and I am thrilled that such fantastic pieces are inspired by astronomical themes."   

Join visual artist, Arica Hilton and award winning jewelry artist, Tammy Kohl, this Saturday, May 12 from 2:00pm  to 4:00 pm for an in depth discussion about their art, astronomy, philosophy, quantum physics, and the Hubble telescope images of the nebulas that were the inspiration for the paintings and jewelry in "WHERE STARS ARE BORN."

When the two artists learned they were both investigating a series of artwork on the same subject by using the images recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope, they joined forces to intertwine Hilton's paintings and Kohl's jewelry.  

The show is a visual, lyrical and tactile study of the formation of life, beginning with stars, to planet earth and humans.  All stars began their lives in a nebula.  As a star dies it returns its material to the cosmos as another nebula.  It is through this release of matter that the universe is provided with all the elements. This includes all the material that forms the Earth and everything on it, including humans. The oxygen we breathe was formed in the hearts of giant stars and the iron in our bloodstream was formed in the final days of a massive star’s existence before it ripped itself to pieces as a supernova. 

It is from this that we get the saying we are all made of stardust....


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