WHAT:     Press preview of “Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World”

WHEN:     Wednesday, July 15
               Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.
               Remarks, 10:30 a.m.
               Artist-led tour of the exhibit, 10:45 a.m.

WHERE:   Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue S.W.

WHO:       Peter Jakab, associate director, National Air and Space Museum
               Alan Bean, artist and Apollo 12 astronaut

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon Landing, the National Air and Space Museum on the Mall opens “Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World,” a major exhibition of paintings by American artist and Apollo 12 astronaut, Alan Bean. It will be the largest exhibition of Bean’s work to date with approximately 50 original paintings and drawings. The exhibit will enable viewers to experience a world 238,000 miles away through the eyes of the only artist to walk on the lunar surface. Artifacts from the museum’s collection will supplement the exhibit as
three-dimensional references to the lunar equipment depicted in the paintings.

Reporters interested in one-on-one interviews with Bean must call in advance.

Interested media must RSVP to larai@si.edu or mullenb@si.edu.