Portraits of Hope "Garden in Transit - Airborne"

Portraits of Hope, “Garden in Transit – Airborne,” DC-3 and Centennial of Flight Celebration, Kitty Hawk

 

Photo: Paul Bowen

 

Portraits of Hope “first flight” project with NASA in honor of the Wright Brothers. At the invitation of NASA, Portraits of Hope developed the concept for a public art and civic project in which seriously ill children in hospitals throughout the U.S. participated in Portraits of Hope creative therapy sessions that led to the creation of a vibrant, hand-painted DC-3 aircraft which was one of 100 historical planes featured at the Centennial of Flight celebration at Kitty Hawk. After learning about the project concept, the North Carolina Department of Transportation specifically selected the 1937 plane to highlight the artwork. “Garden in Transit – Airborne” made several flybys at the national ceremony, attended by the President, dignitaries and legends involved in the history of flight. www.portraitsofhope.org

 

Garden in Transit-Airborne – A Portraits of Hope Project

 

Portraits of Hope's Centennial of Flight Public Art and Civic Project – DC-3 Aircraft

 

Conceived and developed by Ed Massey, co-founder of Portraits of Hope

 

National Portraits of Hope project involving children in hospitals throughout the U.S.

 

Creative therapy sessions for

hospitalized children and persons with

disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, and other serious conditions

 

12-month program and collaborative

phase

Exhibition at Centennial of Flight Celebrations, Kitty Hawk

 

Special thank you to NASA

Allison Van Laningham, Patti Ramseur, Susan Kohlmann Smith Moore, Leatherwood, Timco Aviation, Delta Technical Coatings, Wooster Paint Company, Purdy-Bessemer Holdings, Shaoul Levy Par Realty, Rafael Padilla, Helen Bing

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