![]() ![]() She is an excellent academic and a wonderful role model for the students at West Virginia Wesleyan College, many of whom are West Virginians themselves.This sculpture will be executed in part as a demonstration in the Spring 2017 3D Design course. ![]() Johnson is a perfect subject for our statue project because she has so many great accomplishments, and has overcome so much in terms of gender and racial discrimination, to become a mathematician for NASA. ![]() Johnson is also showcased in the recent feature film, Hidden Figures. The statue will sit on a 2’x2’x3’ brick pedestal. Johnson, the brilliant African-American NASA mathematician, originally from West Virginia. The WVWC Art & Design Department is bringing in local sculptor Andy Thorne to complete a small (2′ tall) sculpture of Katherine G. WV Colleges plan tribute statues for NASA’s Katherine Johnson (Charleston Gazette-Mail, Febuary 25, 2017) Information from the Art Department GoFundMe in 2016 Margot Lee Shatterly talks about her book Hidden Figures, and the inspiration behind it on her website.Īrtists work to place ‘Hidden Figures’ lead Katherine Johnson statue in Buckhannon (Kirsten Reneau, Exponent-Telegram, January 15, 2017) The Legacy of a Hidden Figure (Marina Koren, The Atlantic, Feburary 24, 2020) A few of the many sources of information about the life of Katherine Johnson, and the ways that she has inspired (and is still inspiring) the world.ħ Lessons from ‘Hidden Figures’ NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson’s life, by Della Dumbaugh, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Richmond. ![]()
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